Use of calisaya bark from Sikkim, and the manufacture of alkaloids from the succirubra bark
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Letter from Fort William to the Secretary of State to India regarding the use of calisaya bark from Sikkim and the experiments with mixed alkaloids conducted by C H Wood, Government Quinologist. Enclosing a letter from Dr George King to the Government of Bengal regarding the same.
Proposed deputation of a confidential Agent to watch and follow the pilgrims to Mecca and Medina
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pp 845-47. Secretary of State forwards communication from J Zohrab, Consul at Jeddah, recommending that an agent from the Consulate be sent to observe the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. Proposes sending dragoman [interpreter] Yussuf Effendi. Response from the Government of India, referring to th...
Report of the Government Cinchona Plantation and Cinchona Factory in Bengal for the year 1886-1887
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pp 625-35. Report by Surgeon-Major George King forwarded to the Government of India, accompanied by a Resolution thereon from the Government of Bengal.
Measures to be taken for the prevention of the insect "Chigo" or "Jigger flea" [Tunga] being introduced into India from Africa
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pp 297-303. Government of India forward report by E C Cotes, Fellow of the Entomological Society of London, regarding the Tunga or Sarcopsylla penetrans, and the potential dangers of importing the insect to India [includes illustration].
Dr H Vandyke Carter's deputation to visit certain countries where leprosy prevails
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Correspondence between the Government of India, the Government of Bombay, and Vandyke Carter, including the expenditure and itinerary of his tour through Italy, Algiers, Greece and Turkey.