File R 517/1881 - Papers regarding the analysis, utilization and sale of cinchona bark
Scope & Content:
File includes catalogue for the public sale on 5th July 1881, by Jenkin & Phillips, London Drug Brokers, of 924 bales of cinchona bark, grown in the Government Gardens at Ootacamund
File R 519/1881 - Draft Despatch No.1 of 1881, dated 18th June 1881, to Sir Louis Mallet, Under Secretary of State for India, regarding the proposed establishment of an agricultural department and the appointment of a secretary
File R 528/1881 - Enquiries of retired Madras Army Officer Lt. Col. Henry B Sweet, on behalf of his eldest son, concerning pay and promotion prospects in the Indian Forest Department