File R 510/1881 - Letter of enquiry from Philip R Parker of Caen, Calvados, France, asking for a copy of the regulations relating to the forthcoming examination for admission to the Indian Forest Department, and requesting information regarding employment, pay, leave and pension prospects for successful candidates
File R 511/1881 - Letters regarding the forwarding and receipt of copies of a memorandum, prepared by the Government of India, embodying the substance of several reports on Indian dyes and the dying industry
File R 513/1881 - Government of Bombay (Revenue Department) letter No.11 of 1881 dated 21st June 1881, with related minute paper, regarding an appointment offered by the Egyptian Government to Mr James R Gibson of the Bombay Survey Department
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