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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/955/27123(2)
Title:: Board's Collection
Scope & Content:: Title page: Relative to the formation of Physic Gardens and the experimental Bamboo Plantation at Sangor. Deputation of Dr. Wallich to make Botanical Surverys of the forests of Pegue and Martation, etc. Notes/main themes: Dr. Royle replaces Dr. Govan as Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at ...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1826
Extent:: 173 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/961/27345
Title:: Summary of Nathaniel Wallich's career, and his return to England
Scope & Content:: Collection to Draft No 458. This item comprises a series of documents relating to Wallich’s application to return temporarily to England in order to restore his health. Main themes: Wallich applies to return to England to restore his health; appointment of temporary stand-in (Sir Charles Metcalf...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1827-1828
Extent:: 58 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1049/28762
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Scope & Content:: Papers regarding various public works at Bombay and elsewhere - proposal that the temporary bungalows at Malabar Point should be converted into a marine villa for the use of the Governor - purchase of the late Colonel Ford's house at Dapuri near Poona as a summer residence for the Governor - esta...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Dec 1813-Oct 1828
Extent:: 1 file

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1068/29180
Title:: Board's Collection
Scope & Content:: Title page ‘Botanic Garden. Return of Dr. Wallich from Arracan. A Bholiah to be built for the use of the Garden at an expense of S.R. 2,500 and increase of allowance to two of the Painters’. Contents Page Correspondence/documents Extract Public Letter from Bengal, 29 Nov 1827 [pp. 1-4] wor...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1827
Extent:: 44 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1079/29439
Title:: Cotton and tobacco cultivation in the United States of America
Scope & Content:: [pp 1-4] Remarks on the culture of cotton in the United States of America. [pp 5-10] Paper on the culture of tobacco in Virginia. [pp 13-17] Statement of the best method of cultivating New Orleans cotton. [pp 21-28] Extract from Captain Hall's Travels in North America, describing the metho...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Sep 1827-Feb 1828
Extent:: 1 file

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1139/30257
Title:: Board's Collection
Scope & Content:: Title page ‘Collection respecting Dr. N. Wallich of the Bengal Establishment. Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at Calcutta’. Overview This item comprises a series of documents relating to Wallich’s period of leave in England to recover his health. Correspondence/documents Letter to Jose...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1827-1830
Extent:: 67 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1187/30806
Title:: Spice gardens of Tinnevelly
Scope & Content:: [pp 1-2] Extract from Revenue letter from Fort St George, dated 4th July 1828, regarding the spice gardens of the Tinnevelly District, and information relative to the cultivation of nutmegs and the preparation of them for the European market. [pp 3-14] Report by J Monro, Collector of Tinnevell...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Sep 1820-Jul 1828
Extent:: 1 file

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1191/30877
Title:: Saharanpur Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:: Government of Bengal to Court of Directors enclosing documents relating to botanical establishments. [ff 13-69] Extract Public Letter from Bengal, 1 July 1828, of report dated 1 December 1827 by John Forbes Royle on the Botanic Garden at Saharanpur. Summarises measures taken for garden's improve...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1825-Mar 1829
Extent:: 1 file

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1276/51241
Title:: Indigo cultivation in India
Scope & Content:: Relations between the European indigo planters and their native tenants, Vol 2.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Aug 1828-Jan 1830
Extent:: 1 file

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/F/4/1330/52529
Title:: Dye produced from the redwood tree found in Burma
Scope & Content:: The collection consists of the following papers regarding dye produced from a species of redwood tree found in Tavoy and Mergui in Burma: Note by George Swinton, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, dated 28th November 1831, enclosing a letter from Thomas Speir, a silk printer of Calcu...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Nov 1831-Jan 1833
Extent:: 1 file

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