File R 113/1880 - Telegram from the Governor of Bombay, dated 1st February 1880, regarding the prospects for the week ending 31st January 1880, and stating that the rat pest was abating and 16,000 persons were still in receipt of charitable relief
File R 109/1880 - Letter to the Under Secretary of State for India, from Jenkin & Phillips, Drug Brokers, dated 30th January 1880, regarding the sale of bales of cinchona bark from India
File R 121/1880 - Request from Thomas Wardle that a bale of Eria cocoons be collected in India and sent to him, in order to enable him to carry out experiments into spun silk cloth
File R 132/1880 - Draft letter to the Controller of the Stationery Office regarding the maps which were to accompany the report of the Indian Famine Commission, dated 7th February 1880
File R 143/1880 - Draft copy of a letter from Edward Stanhope, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, dated 18th February 1880, regarding the selection of W R Thompson, Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Central Provinces, for deputation to Mauritius
File R 127/1880 - Examination of candidates for the Indian Forest Department, held in January 1880
Scope & Content:
The file includes a report on the results of the physical test; a table showing the results of the examination held on the 12th January 1880 of candidates nominated to compete for appointments in the Forest Service of India; and a report on the applicants for the Forest appointments in India, who...