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IOR/H/375
- Record Id:
- 040-000004430
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000004036
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x0000a8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/H/375
- Title:
- Hemp and Flax.
- Scope & Content:
- (1) pp. i-ii, 721-2, Index to pp. 1-572. (2) pp. iii-v, Approved Draft of Letter to Governor-General and Council 14th Oct. 1793, Relative to Samples of Hemp and Flax. (3) pp. 1-235, 579-633, 653-71, 717, Correspondence relative to cultivation of Hemp and Flax in India 11th March 1791 to 29th June 1803, Including Ganja, Cordage, Cocoa (Palm) nut Fibre. (4) pp. 243-54, "A Botanical History of the (Paat and Dooncha) Hemp and Flax Plants of Bengal, with the mode of cultivation and manufacture," Addressed to the Court of Directors by W. Roxburgh 23rd Dec. 1794; pp. 256-61, Coloured Drawings. (5) pp. 263-359, Information collected by J. Taylor (Resident at Dacca) relative to Hemp and Flax transmitted in 1793 from Bengal under Court's Orders of 6th May 1791; pp. 269-74, Coloured Drawings. (6) pp. 363-85, Papers relative to the Indian Bow-string Flax; p. 374, Coloured Drawing. (7) pp. 391-3, George Sinclair to Dundas 7th April 1798, Requests concessions to enable him to cultivate Hemp and Flax in India; pp. 395-6, Lord Liverpool's opinion on Sinclair's Memorial; pp. 399-468, Sinclair's Essay on the Cultivation of Hemp and Flax. (Printed Copy missing.) (8) pp. 473-546, Botany, Description of the Spice, &c. Plants obtained from India (? the Moluccas), Description of the Gomuta Tree, By Robert Broff, John Crisp and Edward Coles 12th Jan. 1798. (9) pp. 549-54, Capt. Robert Burrowes' Report to W. Ramsay 17th Sept. 1800 on Sun-Hemp Ropes. (10) pp. 557-9, George Sinclair to Sir John Sinclair, Calcutta, 6th Jan. 1799, Proposal to supply Government with Indian Hemp. (11) pp. 561-2, W. Fawkener to W. Huskisson 2nd May 1799, Committee of Privy Council for Trade's approval of the culture of Indian Hemp. (12) p. 565, Hemp and Paut Sale by the Company 1797-98. (13) pp. 569-70, Report to Navy Board by Messrs. G. Gainer, Jos. Baker, R. Prowse and J. Hounsom on the Comparative quality of Indian and Petersburgh Hemp. (14) pp. 571-2, Hugh Inglis (Chairman) to Dundas 29th July 1800 (Original), Navy Board may contract for Indian Hemp. (15) pp. 575-6, Stephen Cottrell to Hon. W. Broderick 11th Dec. 1800, Asks for Papers relative to Hemp, for information of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade. (16) pp. 637-51, "The Mode of Cultivating and Dressing Hemp" by Abbé Brules, Printed by Order of the Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations, 1790. (17) pp. 673-87, Correspondence relative to China Hemp, June 1805. (18) pp. 689-716, Statement of the mode of cultivating Flax and Hemp in Russia, Prussia and Poland by [Sir] James Durno, British Consul at Memel.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Botany in British India
India Office Records - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000004036
040-000004430 - Is part of:
- IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous
IOR/H/375 : Hemp and Flax. - Contains:
- IOR/H/375 pp 243-61 : Hemp and flax plants
IOR/H/375, pp.255-261 : 4 drawings of plants, accompanying a letter sent by Dr William Roxburgh on 23rd December 1794 to the Court of…
IOR/H/375, pp.268-274 : 4 drawings depicting Hemp and Flax Plants. Made by an Indian draughtsman to accompany a note on the cultivation of flax…
IOR/H/375, p.374 : Drawing of a Flax Plant, accompanying a letter sent by Dr William Roxburgh on 1st February 1793 to the Court of Directors…
IOR/H/375 pp 473-546 : Plants in the Spice Islands
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- 032-000004036[0178]/040-000004430
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
3 volumes in one slipcase
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1790
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 1790-1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 3 volumes in one slipcase
- Arrangement:
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Pt.1
Pt.2
Pt.3
- Information About Copies:
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Digital copy at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/H/375_pp_243-61
Digital Copy at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/H/375_pp_473-546
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)