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11. IOR/F/4/1276/51241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1276/51241
Title:
Indigo cultivation in India
Scope & Content:
Relations between the European indigo planters and their native tenants, Vol 2.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1828-Jan 1830
Extent:
1 file

12. IOR/F/4/1330/52529

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1330/52529
Title:
Dye produced from the redwood tree found in Burma
Scope & Content:
The collection consists of the following papers regarding dye produced from a species of redwood tree found in Tavoy and Mergui in Burma: Note by George Swinton, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, dated 28th November 1831, enclosing a letter from Thomas Speir, a silk printer of Calcu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1831-Jan 1833
Extent:
1 file

13. IOR/F/4/1546/61487

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1546/61487
Title:
Proceedings connected with the operations of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Calcutta
Scope & Content:
Table of Contents. [pp 1-2] Extract of a General letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company in the Revenue Department, dated 10th February 1834, regarding the operations of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society. [pp 3-7] Extracts from the Proceedings of the Bengal Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1830-Feb 1834
Extent:
1 file

14. IOR/F/4/1635/65498

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1635/65498
Title:
Papers relative to cotton experiments in the Bombay Presidency
Scope & Content:
[pp 1-2] Extract from Revenue letters from Bombay, dated 2nd March (No.5) 1836, regarding an Indian charka and foot roller used for cleaning cotton forwarded by the Bombay Government to London, and Egyptian cotton seed and an Egyptian machine for cleaning cotton to be sent to Bombay. [pp 3-4] ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1835-Apr 1836
Extent:
1 file

15. IOR/F/4/1667/66696

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1667/66696
Title:
Cotton cultivation in Madras
Scope & Content:
Employment of Dr Robert Wight of the Madras Medical Service to collate and condense the information received from the various Collectors of the Madras Presidency regarding the cultivation of cotton, tobacco and other valuable crops. With table of contents.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1835-May 1836
Extent:
1 file

16. IOR/F/4/1732/69955

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1732/69955
Title:
The collection of seeds, bulbs and tuberous roots from the Himalayan range, and the interchange of botanical products between England and India
Scope & Content:
The collection contains the following papers: General Department letter, No.6 of 1838, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated Simla 16th August 1838, regarding an interchange between India and England of plants and vegetable productions indigenous in the one but rare or unk...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1838-Jan 1839
Extent:
1 file

17. IOR/F/4/1737/70400

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1737/70400
Title:
Cultivation of cotton and senna
Scope & Content:
Circulars on the cultivation of cotton and senna are sent by Dr Robert Wight to the Collectors of the Madras Presidency (printed copies of the circulars, dated 15 Apr 1837 and 22 May 1837, are to be found on pp 7-23) - correspondence between Wight and the Madras Chamber of Commerce
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1837-Nov 1837
Extent:
1 file

18. IOR/F/4/1754/71645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1754/71645
Title:
Hemp cultivation in India
Scope & Content:
Paper by Dr John Forbes Royle on the advantages and practicability of cultivating hemp [cannabis sativa] in India with a view to the supply of that article to meet the large demand existing in Great Britain: importance to British Naval and Merchant shipping of hemp in the manufacture of ropes an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839?
Extent:
1 file

19. IOR/F/4/1755/71755

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1755/71755
Title:
Employment of Robert Wight as agricultural researcher in Madras Presidency
Scope & Content:
1837 correspondence between Government of Madras and Court of Directors of East India Company re Robert Wight’s continuing employment as agricultural researcher. Wight solicits financial help for illustrations for his book on useful plants [Figures of Indian Plants]; mentions his own purchase of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1837-Aug 1838
Extent:
1 file

20. IOR/F/4/1771/72784

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1771/72784
Title:
Sugar cane cultivation in Bombay
Scope & Content:
Proposals by Government of Bombay to encourage the better manufacture of sugar by native cultivators in Bombay Presidency, in view of crop’s importance for export and the successful introduction of Mauritian sugar cane to the country. Tale of contents. Documents include: [f. 7–15] from Territori...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1837-Jan 1839
Extent:
1 file