Transmission to the India Office for the use of the Government of Jamaica of copies of the Annual Reports of the Governments of Madras and Bengal on the cultivation of Cinchona and the manufacture of the Febrifuge
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pp 487-91. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding copy letter from the Governor of Jamaica, with accompaniments.
Comparison between the cost of working the Madras and Bengal Cinchona Plantations
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pp 421-23. Communication from the Government of Madras, forwarding a copy letter by M A Lawson, Government Botanist and Director of the Government Cinchona Plantations, Nilgiris.
Labours of J A Gammie and C H Wood in the discovery of a process for the extraction of the alkaloids from cinchona bark by means of alkalis and oil
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pp 393-406. Petition of James Alexander Gammie for leave to file a specification under Act XV of 1859 for "a process for the extraction of the alkaloids from cinchona bark by means of alkalis and oil"; with correspondence thereon between the Governments of India and Bengal, plus: notes by C H W...
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.
Report on the government cinchona plantations and factory in Bengal for the year 1887-1888
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pp 07-19. Report by J A Gammie Esq., Acting Superintendent of cinchona cultivation in Bengal, and Government Quinologist; plus resolution thereon by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
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...
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...