Report on the Nilgiri Hills for the period Oct 1832-Dec 1833
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Report by Dr Robert Baikie (with associated correspondence) (includes returns of sick officers and soldiers of the King's and Company's armies, pp 24-55).
Papers regarding the treatment of eye disease in the Bombay Presidency
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Decision not to re-establish the Eye Infirmary at Bombay but to continue the system of employing an itinerant oculist (includes reports on the Eye Infirmaries at Madras and Calcutta).
Proceedings relating to Assam (Naga and Garo Tribes)
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[pp 135-172] Papers on the expedition to the Angami Hills by Captain John Butler, Principal Assistant Agent to the Governor General in charge of Nowgong, and J W Masters, Sub-Assistant Commissioner. The papers consist of the following: [pp 135-136] letter from Major F Jenkins, Agent to the Gov...
Saharanpur Botanic Garden, including papers re tea cultivation
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[ff 1–19] extracts from Proceedings of the Revenue Department of the North Western Provinces between February and July 1851, mainly re discharge of an elderly Chinese tea manufacturer, Dawa Saw, at Pooree: free passage to Canton granted to him, and Ajeen, another tea manufacturer, permitted to a...
‘Observations connected with the employment of Cruizers in the Gulf’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Henry Meriton, Superintendent of the Marine. The item considers the possibility of the resurgence of ...
Cotton and tobacco cultivation in the United States of America
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[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...
Papers relative to cotton experiments in the Bombay Presidency
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[pp 1-2] Extract from Revenue letters from Bombay, dated 2nd March (No.5) 1836, regarding an Indian charka and foot roller used for cleaning cotton forwarded by the Bombay Government to London, and Egyptian cotton seed and an Egyptian machine for cleaning cotton to be sent to Bombay. [pp 3-4] ...
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...
