File R 302/1881 - Draft of a letter to L J K Brace informing him that a passage to Calcutta has been secured for him on board the ss. City of Venice, sailing from Liverpool
File R 303/1881 - Reply to an enquiry of Mr T Dyer informing him that the total cost of procuring seeds of the Hevea elastic freight to India in 1877 amounted to £1505
File R 304/1881 - Correspondence on the subject of a plant known to botanists as Puneeria coagulans and its use as a substitute for rennet in the manufacture of cheese in India
File R 305/1881 - Desire of the United States Government Department of Agriculture to obtain seeds of all know varieties of sorghum in connection with on-going investigations to ascertain whether they may be valuable for sugar production
File R 306/1881 - Account of the sale of 1215 bales of East India cinchona bark shipped by the Eldorado and sold at public sale for the account of the Secretary of State for India
File R 307/1881 - Request of Charles Palmer, a Forest Ranger, for permission to visit the Forest School at Nancy and the forests, and to be reimbursed his travelling expenses
File R 309/1881 - Approval for a Government of India proposal to permit the Conservator of Forests of the School Circle, North-Western Provinces and Oudh, to supply seeds directly to foreign countries
Scope & Content:
File includes Government of India Home Revenue and Agricultural Department letter (No.5 of 1881, dated 3rd April 1881) on the supply of seeds to foreign countries by the Conservator of Forests of the School Circle, North-Western Provinces and Oudh