People In addition to Nathaniel Wallich himself, the following individuals feature in or are referred to in the correspondence: Governor of Bengal Court of Directors, British East India Company Sir C. T. [Charles Theo] Metcalfe, Bart., Supreme Council H. J. Princep, Secretary to Government [Ben...
Proposals by Government of Bombay to encourage the better manufacture of sugar by native cultivators in Bombay Presidency, in view of crop’s importance for export and the successful introduction of Mauritian sugar cane to the country. Tale of contents. Documents include: [f. 7–15] from Territori...
Rubber Tree of Assam: Report by William Griffith, Assistant Surgeon on deputation with the Bhutan mission
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Griffith recounts his expedition with Lieutenant Vitel and Mr Brownlow to the forests where the rubber tree is found and findings. Introduces reader to the features of the forest, including sweet chestnuts, alder and artocarpus chaplaska, proceeds to comprehensive description of the rubber tree ...
Table of Contents. [pp A-H] Letter from the Government of Bombay, Territorial Department, No.21 of 1838, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 6th September 1838, regarding the formation of a Botanical Garden in the Ahmednuggur [Ahmednagar] Collectorate. [p I] Extract fr...
Further papers regarding the promotion of tea cultivation in Assam - correspondence of the Tea Committee with the Government of India - decision that no grants of land should be made to private entrepreneurs until a general scheme for such leases has been agreed upon - 95 boxes of Assam tea shipp...
Table of Contents. [pp 1-3] Extract from Public letter No.35 of 1838 from the Government of India, dated 1st November 1838, requesting sanction of the appointments of Mr McCulloch to the situation of Superintendent of the Government Botanic Gardens under the Bombay Presidency, and Dr Gibson to...
Robert Wight writes (ff 4-12) to Government of Madras recommending convicts be employed as agricultural labourers on experimental farms. Wight notes inefficiency of existing tools used by labourers; proposes that prisoners work with European tools such as the wheelbarrow or the hoe. Recommends t...
Saharanpur Botanic Garden: Hugh Falconer’s report and related documents
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Main documents, in order of their appearance, include: (1) Covering letter dated 24 Jul 1839 from Lord Auckland, Governor General, to Court of Directors of East India Company, expressing confidence in Falconer’s report and reiterating some of the demands made therein, e.g. for medical plants fro...
Table of contents. Extract from Revenue General letter from Madras, No.4, dated 23rd February 1838, regarding two shipments of Cassia from Canara [Kanara], and correspondence which had taken place with the Government of Ceylon and the local officers on the Malabar Coast as well as with Surgeon...
Further papers regarding the proposed exchange of vegetable products between Europe and India
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Table of Contents. Extracts from Public letters from the Government of India, 31st May to 4th December 1839, on the subject of the interchange of vegetable productions of India and Europe with a view to their naturalisation. Public Department letter, No.1 of 1839, to the Governor General of ...