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91. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 20
Title:
William McIvor, Superintendent, Government Chinchona Plantations
Scope & Content:
William McIvor, Superintendent,Government Chincona Plantations, complains to the Government of Madras that he has not been given sufficient authority over his subordinates to run the plantations effectively. The accounts of Lt Nichol, in charge of Neddiwattam plantation, are audited and found to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-67
Extent:
1 file

92. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 22
Title:
Chinchona: patent for mossing
Scope & Content:
William McIvor, Superintendent, Government Chinchona Plantations, protests to Government of Madras at the withdrawal of his patent for mossing (i.e. covering the growing bark of the chinchona tree with moss, to maintain alkaloid content of bark). Government of Madras forwards McIvor’s correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 file

93. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 23
Title:
Therapeutic effects of chinchona
Scope & Content:
Preliminary report of the Madras Chinchona Commission, reporting the treatment of 1145 cases of 'paroxysmal fever'. Includes tables of submissions from medical officers. Individual reports submitted by Dr J Keess at Goodaloor and by Dr W N Chipperfield at Madras. Correspondence between J Brought...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:

1 file

94. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 32
Title:
Chinchona: analyses of samples
Scope & Content:
Preliminary report by J Broughton, Government Quinologist, on his examination of the various products of the Government Chinchona Plantation. Supports the value of the mossing process introduced by William McIvor. 12 Apr 1867. Report by J E Howard, FLS, to Secretary of State for India, on the ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 file

95. IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1356 no 42
Title:
Report on Chinchona Plantations
Scope & Content:
(1) Report by William McIvor on chinchona plantations and botanical gardens, Ootacamund, in the Nilgiris for the year 1866-67. Discusses condition of plants, formation of alkaloids (quoting analysis by J E Howard), convict labour, botanical garden, and tea plantation. Includes sketch of trees at ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 file

96. IOR/L/PJ/3/1357 No.28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PJ/3/1357 No.28
Title:
2797: Cinchona on the Nilgiri Hills
Scope & Content:
Cover page for Collection No.14, Fort St George, Revenue Department, Miscellaneous, and Table of Contents. Report by J Broughton, Quinologist to Government, on the utilisation of the cinchona barks of the Government plantations on the Nilgiri Hills, dated 27th November 1867, with related corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1867-May 1868
Extent:
1 file

97. IOR/P/3/53 2 Jul 1790 pp 350-72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/3/53 2 Jul 1790 pp 350-72
Title:
Letters to Government from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd reporting on various botanical subjects
Scope & Content:
Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 350-355] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to the Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 25th June 1790, regarding the cultivation of Mawah and Teak, and reporting that there were upwards of one thousand plants of Spanish American Napaul [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790
Extent:
1 file

98. IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95
Title:
Proceedings regarding the climate of Northern India
Scope & Content:
Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 680-683] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to David Hay, Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 27th July 1790, regarding the benefits to the health of Europeans of the climate near the northern frontiers of India, in contrast to the dange...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790-Jul 1790
Extent:
1 file

99. IOR/P/4/62 15 Oct 1798 pp 765-68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/4/62 15 Oct 1798 pp 765-68
Title:
Botanical collecting in Kashmir
Scope & Content:
Mr Hunter's descriptions of sundry plants found by Captain Hardwicke on a tour from Fatehgarh to Srinagar
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1798
Extent:
1 file

100. IOR/P/11/57 25 May 1826 nos 42-43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/11/57 25 May 1826 nos 42-43
Title:
Medicinal plants at Saharanpur
Scope & Content:
Nathaniel Wallich writes to General Department, Government of India, 5 May 1826, enclosing letter from the Medical Board dated 29 April 1826 thanking Wallich for conveying details of experiments made by John Forbes Royle at Saharanpur on medicinal plants and encouraging Royle to continue the work...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1826
Extent:
1 file