File R 471/1881 - Letter of Mr Gibson, dated 13th June 1881, informing the India Office that he assumed charge of his duties under the Egyptian Government on 4th June 1881
File R 490/1881 - Government of India paper No.128 of 1881 (dated Simla, 3rd June 1881), with related minute paper, regarding a suggestion that Mr M H Clifford, a trained Forest Officer at Nancy expected to come out to India in December 1881, should remain in Europe for one year to study entomology
File R 510/1881 - Letter of enquiry from Philip R Parker of Caen, Calvados, France, asking for a copy of the regulations relating to the forthcoming examination for admission to the Indian Forest Department, and requesting information regarding employment, pay, leave and pension prospects for successful candidates
File R 519/1881 - Draft Despatch No.1 of 1881, dated 18th June 1881, to Sir Louis Mallet, Under Secretary of State for India, regarding the proposed establishment of an agricultural department and the appointment of a secretary
File R 540/1881 - Report from Surgeon Major T W Sheppard, Principal Assistant, Behar Opium Agent, dated 14th March 1881, on the analysis of six samples of Persian opium obtained from China and some Chinese opium produced in the vicinity of Ningpo
File R 453/1881 - Letter of Mr Gibson to the India Office, dated 27th May 1881, promising to report the a date on which he will assume charge of his duties in Egypt to the Bombay Government
File R 469/1881 - Enquiries of W G M Rolston of Saltash, Cornwall, and Cecil Jones of Edinburgh, regarding the nature of the questions contained in the entrance examination papers for the Forest Service in India
File R 472/1881 - Minute papers and a copy of a telegram form the Viceroy, dated 21st June 1881 (Simla), regarding a request for a registrar to be appointed to the new Government of India Agricultural Department