Proceedings relating to the report on certain species of nettle grass grown in Assam
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Table of Contents. [pp 1-2] Extract from a General letter from the Government of Bengal to the Court of Directors of the East India Company in the Revenue Department (No.11 of 1852), dated the 22nd July 1852, on the subject of Major Hannay's report on certain species of nettle grass grown in A...
Papers regarding Act X of 1843, An Act for the Administration of Justice and Collection of the Revenue in the Districts of Kurnool and Bunganapilly [Banganapalle]
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The papers include a report by T L Blane, Commissioner of Kurnool, on the revenue settlement of the Kurnool Jagir, dated 12th October 1841 (pp.8-36), tabular statements of land revenue (pp.56-81), a colour sketch map showing the several Districts in the neighbourhood of Kurnool (scale of 8 miles...
Papers regarding the grant of 1,500 rupees to Dr William Jameson as compensation for the loss of his baggage while engaged on a scientific expedition to the Indus in 1841 to examine the cause of a flood of the river
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Includes Dr Jameson's report on the geology of the Punjab and parts of Afghanistan
Papers regarding Act I of 1844, An Act for securing certain immunities and privileges to His Highness the Nabob of the Carnatic, His Family and Retinue
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Includes a printed copy of the Act, and lists of the male and female relations, and the principal officers, of the Nabob who were to be exempted from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the Court of Commissioners for the recovery of small debts
Report by W Kirkland, Collector of Kaira, on the subject of the state of the tanks, drains and other public works within his district for the year 1841/42, with proceedings thereon
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Includes on page 37 a colour sketch map of the district, giving a general view of the lines of the drains that had been recently completed; also showing the drains which were in contemplation; and those which were recommended to be dispensed with
Dr J R Martin recommends compiling a general medical topography of India
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On the recommendation of Dr James Ranald Martin, the Bengal Government instruct all their medical officers to compile data on the medical topography of their particular locality, the results to be made up into a general medical topography.
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Government of India. It is the eleventh in a series of fifteen items on the Per...
Introduction of inoculation in Trichinopoly District, and the extension of the practice throughout the Madras Presidency
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Government of Madras award 500 pagodas to Surgeon James Richardson for his work in furthering the practice of inoculation in Trichinopoly, introduced several years prior by Nicol Mein. Order than an abstract report regarding inoculation be published in the vernacular languages and circulated. L...
