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31. 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

32. IOR/F/4/1709/69024

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1709/69024
Title:
Board's Collection
Scope & Content:
Further papers regarding the promotion of tea cultivation in Upper Assam, Vol 2 (includes, after p 34, a printed copy of Dr William Griffith's report on the tea plant of Upper Assam, and, after p 36, MS coloured drawings of parts of the tea plant, also 3 maps, MS coloured 1) map showing distribut...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1837-Feb 1838
Extent:
1 file

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. IOR/F/4/1761/72126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1761/72126
Title:
Board's Collection
Scope & Content:
People In addition to Nathaniel Wallich himself, the following individuals feature in or are referred to in the correspondence: Governor of Bengal Court of Directors, British East India Company Sir C. T. [Charles Theo] Metcalfe, Bart., Supreme Council H. J. Princep, Secretary to Government [Ben...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1837, nd
Extent:

76 folios

38. 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

39. IOR/F/4/1787/73597

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1787/73597
Title:
Rubber Tree of Assam: Report by William Griffith, Assistant Surgeon on deputation with the Bhutan mission
Scope & Content:
Griffith recounts his expedition with Lieutenant Vitel and Mr Brownlow to the forests where the rubber tree is found and findings. Introduces reader to the features of the forest, including sweet chestnuts, alder and artocarpus chaplaska, proceeds to comprehensive description of the rubber tree ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1837-5 Sep 1838
Extent:

16 folios

40. IOR/F/4/1789/73724

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1789/73724
Title:
Botanic garden at Nirguri, Poona
Scope & Content:
Table of Contents. [pp A-H] Letter from the Government of Bombay, Territorial Department, No.21 of 1838, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 6th September 1838, regarding the formation of a Botanical Garden in the Ahmednuggur [Ahmednagar] Collectorate. [p I] Extract fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1836-Sep 1838
Extent:
1 file