File R 171/1881 - Draft despatch to the Governor General of India in Council, No.28 of 1881, dated 24th March 1881, on the subject of scientific instruments for the use of Dr G Watt in his proposed explorations of Manipur
File R 178/1881 - Letter from Colonel G Pearson, dated 8th March 1881, regarding his expenses for the three days he was detained in London, and submitting a bill for his service postage for the previous three months
File R 189/1881 - Enquiry from W P R Weldon, St John's College, Cambridge, regarding appointments to the Indian Forest Department, and the salaries of Conservators and Assistant Conservators
File R 127/1881 - Letter from Robert Cross to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated 19th January 1881, on the cinchona plants in the Nilgiri Gardens, and the analysis of samples of bark
File R 152/1881 - Letter from H P Leresche, forest student, dated 27th February 1881, requesting a copy of the Indian Forest Service regulations, and asking for advice on what books and instruments he should take with him to the School of Forestry at Nancy
File R 199/1881 - Letter from M Puton, Director of the School of Forestry at Nancy, dated 17th March 1881, reporting the indisposition of Alfred Wyndham Lushington, forestry student
File R 109/1881 - Examination of candidates for the Indian Forest Department, held in January 1881
Scope & Content:
The file includes: a report on the candidates for the Forest appointments in India, who applied in consequence of the advertisement issued in May 1880 a list of Forest candidates examined by the Medical Board on 14th January 1881 a report on the results of the physical test a table showing the ...