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131. IOR/P/241/38 8 Mar 1793 pp 1010-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/38 8 Mar 1793 pp 1010-14
Title:
Coconut cultivation
Scope & Content:
Dr William Roxburgh recommends the cultivation of coconut 'by securing to labourers the fruits of the industry' (part 2 of 2)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1793
Extent:
1 file

132. IOR/P/241/38 Mar 1793 pp 1049-52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/38 Mar 1793 pp 1049-52
Title:
Coconut cultivation
Scope & Content:
Dr William Roxburgh's suggestions regarding the planting of coconuts communicated to the northern factories
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1793
Extent:
1 file

133. IOR/P/241/39 1 May 1793 pp 1692-94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/39 1 May 1793 pp 1692-94
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Letter from A Ross, with papers from Roxburgh relative to the manufacture of sugar and the bowstring flax
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1793
Extent:
1 file

134. IOR/P/241/40 Jul 1793 pp 2290, 2465-68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/40 Jul 1793 pp 2290, 2465-68
Title:
Coconuts and indigo
Scope & Content:
Transporting coconuts from Colombo; on the cultivation of indigo
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1793
Extent:
1 file

135. IOR/P/241/41 Sep 1793 pp 3049-56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/41 Sep 1793 pp 3049-56
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Reports on the Nopalry Gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1793
Extent:
1 file

136. IOR/P/241/44 Jan 1794 pp 38-39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/44 Jan 1794 pp 38-39
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Authorising Dr Berry to land eight chests of China shrubs for the gardens
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1794
Extent:
1 file

137. IOR/P/241/45 28 Feb 1794 pp 688-91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/45 28 Feb 1794 pp 688-91
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Recommending Dr Benjamin Heyne be appointed to succeed Roxburgh in charge of the botanical plantation
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1794
Extent:
1 file

138. IOR/P/241/45 Feb 1794 pp 373-77

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/45 Feb 1794 pp 373-77
Title:
Madras Public Proceedings
Scope & Content:
Report on the 'gooble goss', an unknown species of grass that the Board of Agriculture wish to introduce into England
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1794
Extent:
1 file

139. IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73
Title:
Papers on the subject of bowstring flax, and the Hindu method of making sugar
Scope & Content:
Madras Public Consultations, May 1794: [pp 1435-1437] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Robert Clerk, Civil Secretary, Fort St George, dated Samulcotah [Samalkota] 1st February 1793, on the subject of East Indian bowstring flax, and enclosing the following papers. [pp 1437-1461] An account ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1792-Feb 1793
Extent:
1 file

140. IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/P/242/21 2 May 1800 pp 1576-88
Title:
‘Sketch of a Plan’ [report] for a Botanical Garden on the Madras Establishment included with Letter dated 2 May 1800 Bangalore from Dr Benjamin Heyne to Lord Clive
Scope & Content:
Plan advises regarding: 1. the suitability of locations ‘for the purpose and relative to the Countries which will benefit from it’ including comments on soil quality and composition and climate – particularly of Mysore, population, recommends ‘a little hill’ to provide a variety of soil types, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1800
Extent:

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