File R 575/1880 - Draft despatch from the India Office to the Government of India, No.69 of 1880, dated 26th August 1880, regarding the reports by Mr Cockerell and Messrs De La Rue & Co on measures for the prevention of stamp frauds
File R 606/1880 - Reports on the operations of the Survey Department in the Bombay Presidency for 1878-79
Scope & Content:
Includes the General Annual Progress Report on the Surveys of the Bombay Presidency for the year ending 31st October 1879; and progress reports for the same period for the revenue surveys in Sind, Gujarat, Poona and Nasik, Ratnagiri, and Southern Mahratta Country
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
Scope & Content:
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