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41. IOR/F/4/2042/92957 pp 166-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2042/92957 pp 166-71
Title:
Gardens at hospital for the insane
Scope & Content:
Extracts from inspection report on the local hospital for insanes, by W Russell, Session Judge, 24 Pergunnahs, Bengal, to Judicial Department of Government of India. Plan of hospital (pp 116-17). Section A of report (pp 166-71) discusses the gardening carried out by patients. Successful cultivat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841
Extent:

8 folios

42. IOR/F/4/2068/95036

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2068/95036
Title:
Cultivation of senna in the Deccan
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, mainly between the Revenue Department and the Medical Board of the Government of Bombay, re the proposal by Alexander Gibson, Superintendent of Dapuri Botanic Garden, to encourage the cultivation of senna in the Deccan. Gibson proposes that, as an incentive to cultivators to prod...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1843-Nov 1843
Extent:
1 file

43. IOR/F/4/2189/107224

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2189/107224
Title:
Export of wheat from India to England
Scope & Content:
Memoranda on the export of wheat from India to England, by John Forbes Royle
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
1 file

44. IOR/F/4/2192/107464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2192/107464
Title:
Correspondence regarding a paper by Dr John Forbes Royle on the cultivation of grass
Scope & Content:
[p 1] Military letter from Bengal, No.17, dated 23rd February 1847, forwarding papers containing remarks on Dr Royle's paper on the cultivation of the Italian Rye and other grasses. [p 3] Extract from Military letter to Bengal, No.25, dated 8th April 1846, forwarding a copy of a paper by Dr Ro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1846-Jul 1847
Extent:
1 file

45. IOR/F/4/2192/107525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2192/107525
Title:
Public Gardens in Delhi
Scope & Content:
Extracts from the Proceedings of the Foreign Department of the North Western Provinces between June 1846 and February 1847 regarding the attempt by Bahadur Shah, King of Delhi, to dispossess Khoosroo Zemanee Begum [Khushru uz-Zamani Begum], the widow of his late brother Prince Saleem [Shahzada M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1847
Extent:

1 file

46. IOR/F/4/2271/116122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2271/116122
Title:
Proceedings relating to Assam (Naga and Garo Tribes)
Scope & Content:
[pp 135-172] Papers on the expedition to the Angami Hills by Captain John Butler, Principal Assistant Agent to the Governor General in charge of Nowgong, and J W Masters, Sub-Assistant Commissioner. The papers consist of the following: [pp 135-136] letter from Major F Jenkins, Agent to the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
1 file

47. IOR/F/4/2372/125902

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2372/125902
Title:
Barley cultivation in the Nilgiri Hills
Scope & Content:
Cultivation of barley in the Nilgiris: Capt Ochterlony’s letter to Dr John Forbes Royle
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849
Extent:

1 file

48. IOR/F/4/2399/129335

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2399/129335
Title:
Ootacamund Botanical Garden
Scope & Content:
Report on Ootacumund Gardens for 1848, by W G McIvor
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848
Extent:

1 file

49. IOR/F/4/2429/132616

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2429/132616
Title:
Agri-Horticultural Society of the Punjab
Scope & Content:
Minute by the Governor General of India [Marquess of Dalhousie], 29 May 1851, approving the establishment of an Agri-Horticultural Society at Lahore in the Punjab and the dedication of a public garden for the Society’s use, and approving a monthly donation of 200 rupees to further its aims, on c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 file

50. IOR/F/4/2434/133384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2434/133384
Title:
Botanical writings of George Gardner, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Ceylon
Scope & Content:
Table of contents. [p 1] Extract from a Despatch, No.17, from the Government of India, Home Department, to the Court of Directors, dated 23 April 1850, regarding the Government of India's willingness to subscribe to Dr Gardner’s elementary work on botany. [pp 3-14] Extract from the Proceedin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1850
Extent:
1 file