Letter from the Government of India to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated the 8th March 1843, regarding the teak forests of India. Extract from Marine letter, No.16 of 1841, from the Government of India, Dated the 27th October 1841, submitting their further correspondence ...
[p 1] Extract from Revenue letter from Fort St George, dated 9th September (No.38) 1843, transmitting the following correspondence for the information of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. [pp 3-51] Letter from E C Lovell, Acting Secretary, Revenue Board, Fort St George, to the ...
Table of Contents. [pp 1-2] Letter from the Government of India, Foreign Department, No.90 of 1853, dated Fort William 18th October 1853, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, regarding a proposition for the establishment of a public garden, and model farm, near the city of Amri...
Proposal to establish a teak plantation at Rampur Boalia in the Rajshahi District. Dr William Roxburgh's suggestions for the introduction of trees and plants to the Northern Circars.
Abolition of the Company's Nopalry at Marmalong and of the Botanical Garden at Samalkot. Dr Benjamin Heyne's plan for establishing a Botanical Garden in Mysore State.
Minute by the Governor General of India [Marquess of Dalhousie], 29 May 1851, approving the establishment of an Agri-Horticultural Society at Lahore in the Punjab and the dedication of a public garden for the Society’s use, and approving a monthly donation of 200 rupees to further its aims, on c...
Further papers regarding the abolition of the Company's Nopalry at Marmalong and Botanical Garden at Samalkot and the proposal to establish a botanical garden at Bangalore.
The collection consists of the following papers regarding dye produced from a species of redwood tree found in Tavoy and Mergui in Burma: Note by George Swinton, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, dated 28th November 1831, enclosing a letter from Thomas Speir, a silk printer of Calcu...
Employment of Robert Wight as agricultural researcher in Madras Presidency
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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...
