Cultivation of sunflowers in the Dutch East Indies
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pp 77-78. British Minister at the Hague forwards a translation of a report on the cultivation of sunflowers in several of the Residencies in Java and Madura, for the purposes of neutralizing marshy exhalations.
Supply of Hospital Assistants for the Civil Department
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pp 967-1259. Correspondence regarding the supply of hospital assistants to the Civil Department. Includes statistics on the distribtion of staff throughout the establishment; comments on examinations and educational requirements; details of syllabuses and the composition of lectures; and discuss...
pp 153-235. Reports collated by provincial Indian Governments and Administrations, to determine: the extent to which leprosy exists among the people in each district; if localised, the locality in which it is chiefly found; the special peculiarities of such localities, if there are any; the spec...
Trial of cinchona febrifuge in the Madras Presidency
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pp 75-79. Correspondence regarding trials of the cinchona febrifuge from Sikkim, and its possible substitution for 75 percent of the supply of quinine in Madras Presidency.
pp 247-251. Contains: Letter from the Office of the Chief Commissioner, Burma, to the Government of India regarding suitable sites for cinchona cultivation in British Burma. Report from the Assistant Commissioner, Hlaingbweh, to the Deputy Commissioner, Amherst District, regarding suitable sites...
Reports received on the Buisson treatment of rabies
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pp 397-421. Reports transmitted to the Government of India from Medical Officers throughout India, regarding trials of Dr Buisson's vapour bath treatment for vabies. Includes detailed descriptions of cases, and a list of centres offering the treatment.