File R 347/1881 - Two copies of a catalogue, and related papers, regarding the public sale at Mincing Lane, by Jenkin & Phillips, London Drug Brokers, of bales of cinchona bark received from Madras per ship Manora
File R 351/1881 - Enquiry from Mr Alex Forbes Adam of Kelvinside, Glasgow, as to whether the expenses (exclusive of school fees) for the course of training at Nancy for the Forest Department in India are paid for by the parents of the candidate, or by the Secretary of State for India
File R 353/1881 - Letter from Colonel G Pearson to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 10th May 1881, regarding a bill of £350 on account of the half yearly payment of £25 to each of the fourteen pupils at the School of Forestry at Nancy
File R 355/1881 - Letters of Professor A H Church and Professor Thisetton Dyer on the subject of “White Linseed” and its possible value for artists
Scope & Content:
File includes a letter from Professor A H Church, dated 6th May 1881, reporting on an experiment on a "particularly interesting" sample of "White Linseed" which was included in the collection of seeds received at Kew from the India Museum and transferred to the Bethnal Green Branch of the South K...
File R 356/1881 - The search for gold deposits in the sand in the Malabar coast and a suggestion of Mr Francis Mason of 2 Burton Crescent, Russell Square, for the Government of India to investigate matters
File R 358/1881 - Minute papers listing Government of Madras Proceedings of November and December 1881 which were regarded as being of particular interest
File R 359/1881 - Papers, including a letter from London Drug Brokers Jenkin & Phillips to the Under Secretary of State for India, regarding a consignment of 490 bales of government cinchona bark which arrived from Madras per ship ss. Ancona