Papers concerned with the building of a dyeing labouratory at the Madras Technical Institute as well as the permanent retention of Dr Marsden for the post of dyeing expert in the Madras Presidency.
[Information and papers related to lepers in the British colonies]
Scope & Content:
Includes Papers relating to Leprosy in certain British Colonies; and a copy of the Report of Arthur Newsholme and Sir Malcolm Morris, delegates of the British Government to the International Scientific Conference on Leprosy held in 1909.
Local Allowance to Civil Surgeon, Meiktila, for charge of Gurkha hospital
Scope & Content:
Papers dealing with the sanctioning of the grant of a remunerative local allowance to Mr W. D. Jones, Civil Surgeon, Meiktila to the new hospital opened for the sick of the Gurkha detachments temporarily stationed there.
Note from the French ambassador complaining of the increase of Indian import duties
Scope & Content:
Papers dealing with the French Ambassador's complaint regarding high colonial customs duty on French brandies and wines. Includes a 1915 booklet on tariff schedules as well as a notification concerning the amendment of the tariffs in 1916.