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111. IOR/P/241/15 23 Oct 1789 pp 2969-93

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IOR/P/241/15 23 Oct 1789 pp 2969-93
Title:
Nopalry Botanic Gardens; cochineal insects
Scope & Content:
(2969-73) Letter from James Anderson to Government of Madras, 20 Oct 1789, quoting Hugh Hunter’s account of cochineal insects transported from Barbados to Bristol in 1760 by being attached to living plants. Requests that Court of Directors in London be informed of this method of transportation. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
23 Oct 1789
Extent:
1 file

112. IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73

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IOR/P/241/46 May 1794 pp 1435-73
Title:
Papers on the subject of bowstring flax, and the Hindu method of making sugar
Scope & Content:
Madras Public Consultations, May 1794: [pp 1435-1437] Letter from Dr William Roxburgh to Robert Clerk, Civil Secretary, Fort St George, dated Samulcotah [Samalkota] 1st February 1793, on the subject of East Indian bowstring flax, and enclosing the following papers. [pp 1437-1461] An account ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1792-Feb 1793
Extent:
1 file

113. IOR/P/351/37 20 Dec 1854 nos 6446-48

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IOR/P/351/37 20 Dec 1854 nos 6446-48
Title:
Report on the causes of malaria at Ahmadnagar, recommendations that measures be adopted
Scope & Content:
Includes recommendation for the removal of prickly pear hedges.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1854
Extent:
1 file

114. IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95

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IOR/P/3/53 30 Jul 1790 pp 680-95
Title:
Proceedings regarding the climate of Northern India
Scope & Content:
Bengal Public Proceedings, 2nd July 1790: [pp 680-683] Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kyd to David Hay, Secretary to Government, dated Calcutta 27th July 1790, regarding the benefits to the health of Europeans of the climate near the northern frontiers of India, in contrast to the dange...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1790-Jul 1790
Extent:
1 file

115. IOR/P/241/37 8 Feb 1793 pp 594-610

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IOR/P/241/37 8 Feb 1793 pp 594-610
Title:
Suggestions on the introduction of such useful trees, shrubs and other plants as are deemed the most likely to yield sustenance to the poorer classes of Natives of these Provinces during times of scarcity
Scope & Content:
Communication from William Roxburgh, including meteorological observations.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1793
Extent:
17 pages

116. IOR/P/241/22 4 Jan 1791 pp 13-18

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IOR/P/241/22 4 Jan 1791 pp 13-18
Title:
Roxburgh sends seeds and plants with directions for preservation; also on the transportation of bread-fruit plants
Scope & Content:
pp 13-18. Regarding plants sent out from Samuloctah [Samalkota] Gardens.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1790-Jan 1791
Extent:
6 pages

117. IOR/P/3/25 12 Mar 1787 pp 286-304

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IOR/P/3/25 12 Mar 1787 pp 286-304
Title:
Land allocation for the Calcutta Botanical Garden, plus procurement of roots, herbs and trees
Scope & Content:
pp 286-304. Letter from Robert Kyd relating to land allocated for the botanical garden in Calcutta; plus memorandum on the procurement for the garden of "various roots, herbs and trees from Bombay, Madras, Penang and China".
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1787
Extent:
19 pages

118. IOR/P/4/26 20 Jan 1794 pp 342-53

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IOR/P/4/26 20 Jan 1794 pp 342-53
Title:
Communication from William Roxburgh, listing the plants issued from the Calcutta Botanical Garden between November 1793 and January 1794
Scope & Content:
pp 342-53. Details of 38 chests and other packages of growing plants sent to various parts of Bengal, the Carnatic, Circars, England, St Helena, and the West Indies.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1794
Extent:
12 pages

119. IOR/P/118/27 25 Jul 1808 no 01

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IOR/P/118/27 25 Jul 1808 no 01
Title:
Papers compiled by Dr W Ingledew from the writings of Dr Edward Jenner, and others
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1808
Extent:
1 file

120. IOR/P/241/25 26 Jul 1791 pp 2054-91

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IOR/P/241/25 26 Jul 1791 pp 2054-91
Title:
Memoir by William Roxburgh on the culture of black pepper in the Northern Circars
Scope & Content:
Includes tabular statement on the Company's pepper plantations.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1791
Extent:
38 pages