File R 797/1881 - Letter of enquiry from F W Abbot of Meadow Bank, Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey, regarding obligatory subjects required in the January 1882 examination of candidates for Indian Forest Department appointments
File R 800/1881 - Correspondence relating to crop experiments made in certain districts in the Bombay Presidency, accompanied with related maps and statistical statements
Scope & Content:
File includes: Map showing the Survey numbers 137 and 188 of Kaligam village in Thalod Taluka of the Panch Mahals; extract from the map of Mudaheda village in Thalod Taluka (Survey no.121); map relating to Survey No.199 of Gamdi village in Thalod Taluka; map relating to Survey No.5 of Kharsana v...
File R 801/1881 - Covering letter from the Government of Bombay Revenue Department transmitting copies of the Confidential Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Bombay Revenue Department (Miscellaneous, and Lands etc.) for the month of August 1881
File R 802/1881 - Pamphlet, by Thomas Wardle on the Wild Silks of India, and related minute papers
Scope & Content:
File includes a copy of the Handbook of the Collection Illustrative of the Wild Silks of India, in the Indian Section of the South Kensington Museum, with a Catalogue of the Collection and Numerous Illustrations, by Thomas Wardle (London: HMSO 1881)
File R 803/1881 - Letter from Mr T P Peake, dated 24th October 1881, regarding his intention to return to Nancy ‘this week’ owing to the Medical Board appearing to be favourable
File R 808/1881 - Recommendation by the Surgeon General Edward Balfour regarding an application to the Foreign and Colonial Office for obtaining, from each of the British Colonies and Consulates, the seeds of all the indigenous economic plants of temperate and tropical countries for experimental cultivation in India
File R 810/1881 - Letter from Thomas Wardle, dated 27th October 1881, requesting 100 copies of his Handbook of the Wild Silks of India for distribution purposes