Conduct of Surgeon Major C E W Bensley, and his compounding and sale of febrifuge
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pp 7-15. Correspondence regarding the actions of Surgeon Major C E W Bensley, Civil Surgeon in the district of Nuddea. Bensley purchased cinchona alkaloid at wholesale price, established a compounding establishment, and sold his compound under his own name for a profit. The correspondence include...
Establishment in Bombay of a lodging-house for the accommodation of Muslim pilgrims arriving there from different parts of India prior to their proceeding to Mecca on pilgrimage
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pp 365-67. Communication from the Government of Bombay regarding measures taken to implement the recommendation of Abdur Razzack that accommodation for pilgrims be provided in Bombay. Government confirm that Haji Karim Mahomed bin Suleman has offered a sum of Rs 25,000 to establish a musáfarkhana...
Correspondence regarding the expediency of discontinuing the practice of arming the warders of the Tezpur Lunatic Asylum with batons
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pp 395-98. Resolution of the Chief Commissioner of Assam on the Tezpur Asylum Report for 1887, commenting on incidents of violence and the use of batons by warders; with correspondence regarding baton use.
Provision for Assistant-Surgeons to be employed as lecturers to female students at Agra Medical School
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pp 565-69. Correspondence, with enclosed proceedings of a meeting of the Executive Committee of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh Branch of the Countess of Dufferin Fund.
Questions regarding the identity of the variety of Carthagena Bark cultivated in the Nilgiri Cinchona Plantations of the Madras Presidency
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pp 35-39. Despatch from the Secretary of State, enclosing: Letter from W T Thiselton-Dyer, Director Kew Royal Gardens, to the Under Secretary of State.Copy paper titled Carthagena Bark, by David Hooper.
Further questions on the identity of the variety of Carthagena Bark cultivated in the Nilgiri Plantations
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pp 203-10. Despatch from the Government of Madras, forwarding letters from W T Thiselton-Dyer, Director, Royal Gardens Kew; M A Lawson, Government Botanist and Director of Government Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris; and from the Governments of Madras and Bengal.
Annual Report on the Government Cinchona Plantation and Factory in Bengal for the year 1888-1889
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pp 513-29. Annual report by Brigade Surgeon G King, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta, and of cinchona cultivation in Bengal, and officiating Government Quinologist; plus resolution thereon by the Lieutenant-Governor. Contains detailed statistics and a memorandum on the fusel oi...
Distribution of the sets of questions devised by the Leprosy Commission in connection with their investigation relating to leprosy in India
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pp 1205-21. Communication from the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, enclosing questionnaires to be distributed to Civil Medical Officers throughout India when investigating leprosy; including H Vandyke Carter's Leper Inheritance Table.
Transfer to the Revenue and Agricultural Department of business connected with the Government Cinchona Plantations and the manufacture of the drug; and reorganisation of the establishments employed under the Botanic Gardens and Cinchona Plantations
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pp 303-11. Letter from the Government of Bengal to the Home Department, regarding recommendations by Goerge King on the reorganisation of the Darjeeling Botanic Gardens and the Cinchona Plantation in the Presidency, including details of the present establishment. Plus resolution of the Governme...
