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1441. IOR/L/E/6/52, File 1514

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/6/52, File 1514
Title:
File S&C 1514/1880 - Enquiry by John H Bell of Huddersfield regarding a reward for the invention of a machine for making thread or yarn from the fibre of the nettle plant
Scope & Content:
Includes a copy of the notification issued by the Government of India, dated Simla 31st August 1877, No.45, of a prize offered to the inventor of the best machine or process for the preparation of the fibre of the Bohmeria nivea (Rhea, Ramie and China grass)
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1877-Jan 1881
Extent:

3 folios

1442. IOR/L/E/6/54, File 86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/6/54, File 86
Title:
File S&C 86/1881 - Request for a grant of books relating to India and the East for the Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Scope & Content:
The file includes a list of the books sent to the Mitchell Library
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1881-Mar 1881
Extent:

1 file

1443. IOR/L/E/6/54, File 91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/6/54, File 91
Title:
File S&C 91/1881 - Letter from the Director of the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, dated 21st January 1881, on the subject of the work on the "Textile Manufactures of India", and the danger to visitors to the museum of a exhibit sent from the India Office
Scope & Content:
Included with this is a folio stamped R,S&C 91/1882, a letter from the Foreign Office dated 14 January 1882 relating to the dangerous condition of the water supply at Mecca. This was mis-filed and bound into this volume in error.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1881
Extent:

2 folios

1444. IOR/L/E/6/45, File 861

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/6/45, File 861
Title:
File S&C 861/1880 - Award by the Board of Trade of medals to officers and crew of the Sirdanha for gallant services in the saving life on the occasion of the foundering of the Post Officers boat in Bombay Harbour on 5th August 1879
Scope & Content:
File includes a letter from the Board of Trade, dated 15th July 1880, regarding a decision to award Silver medals to the Master and 4th Officer of the Sirdanha, and Bronze medals to the rest of the crew
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1880-Aug 1880
Extent:

1 file (3 folios)

1445. IOR/L/E/6/50, File 1368

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/6/50, File 1368
Title:
File S&C 1368/1880 - Request by Dr W W Hunter for a copy of The Cave Temples of India by James Fergusson and Report on the Amaravati Tope by Robert Sewell
Scope & Content:
Includes a list of publications and Parliamentary papers received by the Record Branch, Statistics and Commerce Department, 13th November 1880
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1880-Dec 1880
Extent:

1 file

1446. IOR/L/E/6/46, File 935

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/E/6/46, File 935
Title:
File S&C 935/1880 - Letter from W H Grimley enquiring as to the patronage of his edition of the Sea Customs Law of India, 1878, and Tariff Act, and the beginning and ending of the Doorga Poojah (Durga Puja) holidays
Scope & Content:
File includes a copy of the Sea Customs Law of India, 1878, and Tariff Act
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1880
Extent:

1 file

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