A short account of the introduction of Cinchona into Southern India, its cultivation and the preparation of the bark
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pp 125-33. Communication from the Revenue and Agricultural Department, forwarding for information a short account of the introduction of cinchona to Southern India, including a descriptive catalogue of specimens of woods, barks etc., and an analysis of different kinds of barks grown on the Govern...
Correspondence regarding the deportation of Insane Asylum patients from India to the United Kingdom
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pp 135-87. Includes copy of the Supplementary Instructions to Officers in the British Possessions Abroad plus appendices, including appendix (f), Scale of Medicines and Medical Stores issued and caused to be published by the Board of Trade in pursuace of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1867.
Creation of the appointments of Physician and Resident Surgeon in connection with the Pestonji Hormasji Cama Hospital for women and children at Bombay
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pp 201-04. Communication from the Government of Bombay, with orders thereon, to fix the salary of Edith Pechey as Physician in charge at Rs. 1,000 per mensem, and of Charlotte Ellaby as Resident Surgeon at a salary of Rs. 600 per mensem with free quarters in the Hospital.
Report on the Government Cinchona Plantation and Factory in Bengal for the year 1885-86
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pp 325-34. Report by Surgeon-Major George King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and of Cinchona Cultivation in Bengal; with Resolution of the Secretary to the Government of Bengal, thereon.
Correspondence regarding the proposed appointment of Physcian and Resident Surgeon positions in connection with the Pestonji Hormasji Cama Hospital for women and children, Bombay
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pp 335-57. Includes detailed information on the funding and foundation of the Pestonji Hormasji Cama Hospital for women and children, and the Jaffer Suleman Dispensary.