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 ...
Sale by auction of any cinchona bark consigned to the India Office from Madras and Sikkim, and transmission to India of the stock of quinine and febrifuge which has accumulated in London
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pp 167-79. Government of India to the Secretary of State, forwarding correspondence from the Presidency Governments regarding the decision to revert, pending final decision on the question of local manufacture, to the former system of sale by auction. Encloses the following letters: G King, Supe...
Sample of cinchona febrifuge manufactured by the Government Chemist in Jamaica
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pp 181-85. Dispatch from the Secretary of State forwarding a letter by Sir W T Thiselton-Dyer [written on behalf of Sir Joseph Hooker] regarding a febrifuge prepared in Jamaica from red cinchona bark grown in the colony; accompanying an analysis report by Dr B H Paul of the London Analytical Labo...
Analysis of red cinchona bark; and consignment made over to Messrs Howards, who extracted from it 803lbs of febrifuge
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pp 187-88. Dispatch from the Secretary of State, informing the Governor General that 200 bags of red cinchona bark were made over to Messrs Howards, who extracted from it 803lbs of febrifuge. The letter also forwards copies of the following: Report of Dr B H Paul, London Analytical Laboratory, o...
Report on the Government Cinchona Plantations in Bengal and of the Government Quinologist for the year 1883-1884
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pp 201-15. Dispatch of the Secretary of State, enclosing: Twenty-second Annual Report of the Government Cinchona Plantation in British Sikkim by Surgeon-Major G King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and of Cinchona Cultivation in Bengal Quinologist's report for 1883-84 Reso...
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...