File R 390/1880 - Report on the Gold Mines of the South-Eastern portion of the Wynaad and the Carcoor Ghat by R Brough Smyth, Mining Engineer (Madras, 1880)
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Includes a colour map of Ouchterlony Valley and Nambolukod Munanad and Cherankod Amshams, Nilgiri District, showing quartz reefs and gold workings, dated 30th October 1879 [scale: 1 inch = 1 mile]
File R 610/1880 - Report on the wild silks of India by Thomas Wardle, for which the grand prix was awarded to the Viceroy of India at the Paris Exhibition, 1878
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Also included is a letter from Thomas Wardle to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 30th July 1880; and a list of the best known species of wild silk worms in India
File R 689/1880 - Papers regarding a pamphlet by Charles James O'Donnell, Justice of the Peace for the Provinces of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, titled The Ruin of an Indian Province. An Indian famine explained. A letter to the Marquis of Hartington, Secretary of State for India in a liberal and reforming government. (London: C Kegan Paul & Co, 1880)
File R 214/1881 - Draft letter from the India Office to Mr Thisetton Dyer, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, dated 23rd March 1881, regarding the arrangements for L J K Brace to study at Kew before proceeding to India to take up the post of Curator of the Herbarium of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Calcutta
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Includes the articles of agreement signed by L J K Brace
File R 355/1881 - Letters of Professor A H Church and Professor Thisetton Dyer on the subject of “White Linseed” and its possible value for artists
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File includes a letter from Professor A H Church, dated 6th May 1881, reporting on an experiment on a "particularly interesting" sample of "White Linseed" which was included in the collection of seeds received at Kew from the India Museum and transferred to the Bethnal Green Branch of the South K...
File R 529/1881 - Letter from Sir Joseph Hooker, Royal Gardens, Kew, dated 15th July 1881, and related minute paper, regarding a report by Surgeon Major J E T Aitchison on the flora of the Kuram Valley
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The report of Surgeon Major J E T Aitchison is not present in the file
File R 642/1881 - Remarks by Colonel G Pearson on the results of the examinations of the first year pupils of the School of Forestry at Nancy, and related correspondence with Mr W G Pedder, Secretary to the Revenue Department
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File includes a letter from Colonel G Pearson, to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 4th September 1881, commenting favourably on the character and abilities of first year pupil named ‘Slade’ of the School of Forestry at Nancy, who achieved the lowest examination marks out of the six E...
File R 774/1881 - Enquiry of Mr Robert Sheil of 22 Elgin Road, Dublin, regarding payments on behalf of students studying at the School of Forestry at Nancy
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File includes a copy of a Forest Department in India printed paper on ‘Particulars respecting the Selection of Candidates for Nomination to Junior Appointments in January 1882’
File R 879/1881 - Request for Sir Louis Mallet to direct a copy of “The Report of the Inspector General of Forests in India” to J & W Rider, Publishers, at 14 Bartholomew Close, London
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The Report of the Inspector General of Forests in India is not present in the file