File R 465/1880 - Letter from R Dodsworth, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Oudh Circle, to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 2nd June 1880, stating that he would be unable to join the students studying at the School of Forestry at Nancy in their tours
File R 468/1880 - Draft letter from Sir Louis Mallet, India Office, to C A Elliott, Secretary, Famine Commission, dated 16th June 1880, regarding the first portion of the Commission's report
File R 469/1880 - Letter from Alexander Smith, Pilrig Park Nursery, Bonnington Road, Edinburgh, to the Under Secretary of State for India, requesting information on vacancies for gardeners at the Botanical Gardens, Calcutta; with reply
File R 471/1880 - Minute paper regarding the bill for the analysis of samples of cinchona bark by Dr B H Paul, of the Analytical Laboratory, Westminster
File R 473/1880 - Papers regarding fruit trees for cultivation in the Himalayan gardens
Scope & Content:
Includes a list of vegetable seeds required at the Government Botanic Garden at Saharanpur, North Western Provinces, for the supply of seeds for soldiers gardens in northern India for the year 1880-81