pp 17-24. Public Works Department forward copy correspondence regarding the reclamation and fertilization of the salt lake lands at Bengal, specifically the Tardah Jungle. Comprising letters sent by the Public Works Department, Government of Bengal; Messrs Berners, Sanderson, and Upton, Solicitor...
pp 81-84. Communications from Brigadier-General C T Aitchison, Adjutant General of the Bombay Army, and the Quarter Master General of the Bombay Army, regarding: intemperance and drunkenness of British Soldiers; the availability of liquor, beer and porter in regimental canteens; the purchase of s...
p 489. Telegram received from C Vivian, Cairo, reporting on a meeting of the Egyptian Board of Health regarding quarantine arrangements at Egyptian ports.
p 375. Telegram received from Bombay: "Nixon telegraphs - Baghdad 12th. Ottoman Board of Health have this day abolished quarantine in Turkish Arabia. Inform Government of India."
pp 479-97. Communication from the Government of India, forwarding a note by W Walker, Officiating Surgeon General for the Government of India, on expenditure within lunatic asylums in India, with specific reference to establishment and diet costs.
pp 501-14. Resolution regarding the possibility of the State taking a more direct role in the prevention and treatment of leprosy in India; with accompanying correspondence from the various Presidencies to the Government of India, summarising provision for leprosy treatment. Includes statistics.
pp 187-89. Despatch from the Secretary of State, forwarding an account of a Dr Glagner, Government Town Physician of Samarung, who claims to have successfully treated beri-beri with quinine.
pp 789-99. Correspondence regarding an alleged incident in which two Europeans - Mr Bertrand, the dragoman of the French Consulate at Jeddah, and Mrs Arnaud, wife of the Sanitary Doctor at Jeddah - were held in quarantine in an open boat for six days. The quarantine arrangements at Aden are also...