1. IOR/F/4/1815/74864
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/1815/74864
- Title:
- Employment of convicts in agriculture
- Scope & Content:
- Robert Wight writes (ff 4-12) to Government of Madras recommending convicts be employed as agricultural labourers on experimental farms. Wight notes inefficiency of existing tools used by labourers; proposes that prisoners work with European tools such as the wheelbarrow or the hoe. Recommends t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Nov 1836-Aug 1837
- Extent:
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9 folios
