The collection of seeds, bulbs and tuberous roots from the Himalayan range, and the interchange of botanical products between England and India
Scope & Content:
The collection contains the following papers: General Department letter, No.6 of 1838, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated Simla 16th August 1838, regarding an interchange between India and England of plants and vegetable productions indigenous in the one but rare or unk...
Jamsetjee JeeJeebhoy [given as Jamsetji Jijibhoy] informs the Bombay Government that he has paid into the General Treasury his donation of one lakh of rupees towards the establishment of a medical college, general hospital and dispensary at Bombay.
Botanical writings of George Gardner, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Ceylon
Scope & Content:
Table of contents. [p 1] Extract from a Despatch, No.17, from the Government of India, Home Department, to the Court of Directors, dated 23 April 1850, regarding the Government of India's willingness to subscribe to Dr Gardner’s elementary work on botany. [pp 3-14] Extract from the Proceedin...
Papers regarding a sum of Company Rupees 8077-7-6 incurred in excess of the receipts of the Boat Establishment at Ferozepore from June 1841 to June 1843
Scope & Content:
The papers include a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Ferozepore Boat Establishment, and statements relating to the hire and maintenance of the boats
This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, British Political Agent at Aden; the Me...
