Question of local manufacture of cinchona febrifuge in lieu of home manufacture
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pp 5-25. Despatch from the Secretary of State stating that, pending the final decision regarding the local manufacture of quinine from the Madras and Sikkim barks in lieu of home manufacture, he has determined to revert to the former system of sale by auction of the barks consigned to the India ...
Proposals for the establishment of a Quinine Manufactory on the Nilgiris
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pp 127-32. Correspondence between the Secretary of State, the Government of Madras and the Government of India regarding proposals for a quinine manufactory in the Nilgiris, forwarding: Letter from Messrs H Stranbrough [Stanbrough?], Hinde and other to the Under Secretary of State, detailing a p...
Report on the Government Cinchona Plantations in the Nilgiris for 1883-1884
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pp 401-35. Despatch from the Government of Madras forwarding the report of M A Lawson, Director of Government Cinchona Plantation, Parks and Gardens, Nilgiris [report on the four planatations - Dodabetta, Naduvatam, Hooker and Wood] for the official year 1883-84, including 17 statistical stateme...
Method of manufacturing cinchona febrifuge in the Madras Presidency and Lower Bengal
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pp 151-87. Extensive correspondence between the Governments of Madras and Bengal, the Government Cinchona Plantations at the Nilgiris, the Government Quinologist and Government Botanist, the Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta, and Surgeons of the Army Medical Department and In...
Comparison between the cost of working the Madras and Bengal Cinchona Plantations
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pp 421-23. Communication from the Government of Madras, forwarding a copy letter by M A Lawson, Government Botanist and Director of the Government Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris.
Proposal for the sale of quinine to the poorer classes in Bengal
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pp 379-84. Proposal from the Government of Bengal that quinine from the Government factory near Darjeeling be sold through public offices in the interior of the district, with orders thereon from the Government of India that the proposal be trialled, and that the post office should also undertake...
Appointment of temporary medical practitioners in England for plague duty in India
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pp 97-109. Note by the Director General of the Indian Medical Service, regarding the difficulties in obtaining medical practitioners for plague duty; plus copy telegrams from the various Presidencies and Provinces providing details of their respective plague establishments.