Table of contents. Extract from Revenue General letter from Madras, No.4, dated 23rd February 1838, regarding two shipments of Cassia from Canara [Kanara], and correspondence which had taken place with the Government of Ceylon and the local officers on the Malabar Coast as well as with Surgeon...
Papers regarding the promotion of tea cultivation in Assam, Vol 2 (includes, on p 582, a list of Chinese labourers hired to work on the tea plantations, who were sent from China to Calcutta on the ship Isabella Robertson)
Papers regarding the promotion of cotton cultivation in India - employment in Northern India of four of the planters recruited in the USA by Captain Thomas Bayles, viz: Thomas J Finnie, William R Mercer, Thomas J Terry and John M Blount - reports of Dr Robert Wight (Madras Presidency) Dr Alexande...
Title page ‘Report submitted by Dr. Wallich of his proceedings during an excursion to Nepaul for scientific purposes’. Correspondence/documents Extract Public Letters from Bengal, 1 Apr 1822 [pp. 1-2] report on Wallich’s expedition to Nepaul [Nepal] and research Extract Public Letter to Benga...
Title page ‘Botanical Gardens have been formed at Prince of Wales Island and Singapore. An indulgence in respect to allowances granted to Dr. Wallich during his absence from the Presidency [restated?] and his zeal and talents eulogised. Mr. John Forbes Royle has been appointed to the charge of ...
Measures taken by the Bengal Government to promote the cultivation of tea in Assam - division of the tea establishments and barrees between the Government and the Assam Tea Company - proposed survey of the Assam tea tracts, etc.
[pp 1-4] Extract from the Public letter from Bengal, dated 4th January 1821, regarding the management of the Honorable Company's Botanic Garden at Saharanpur. [pp 5-8] Extract from the Public letter to Bengal, dated 28th June 1820, relative to the condition of the Botanic Garden at Saharanpur,...
[pp 1-1A] Extract from the Revenue letter from Bombay, dated 26th November (No.64) 1839, regarding Dr Gibson's report on his management of the experimental gardens in the Deccan, and Dr Gibson's proposal that the sugars manufactured under his superintendence should be supplied to the European so...