Mss Eur F252/70

Diary includes:

• Folio 1: postcard showing a reproduction colour picture of a B.O.A.C. Comet 4 Jetliner passenger aeroplane
• Folio 2 verso: photograph of Avicennia officinalis natural regeneration with mature trees behind photograph: M I R Khan, dated 1963)
• Folio 2a: note, in typescript, on the subject of the feasibility of using fish to control snails, with a list, on the reverse of place names [loose item]
• Folio 3 verso: photograph of Avicennia officinalis pure crop showing Pneumatophores (Coastal Forest Division, Hyderabad) (photograph: M I R Khan)
• Folio 16: photograph of the drying of shark meat (St. Martin’s Island)
• Folio 16a: hand drawn map showing naming areas that include Passai, Jamana, Sela and Bhola [loose item]
• Folio 17 verso: photograph of Sonneratia pneumatophores roots growing out of a muddy bank next to a large stretch of water
• Folio 20 verso: photograph of a sal forest area (Ranipur, Dinajpur, east Pakistan, 9th January 1963)
• Folio 27 verso: photograph of a current taungya area (Bagaihat, Chittagong H.T.)
• Folio 29 verso: photograph of Melocanna bamboo plants, 3 seasons old, from seed 1960-62 (Kaptai F.I.D.C.)
• Folio 31 verso: photograph of natural Casuarina on coastal sand with tropical evergreen behind Himachari, Cox’s Bazaar
• Folio 32 verso: photograph of tree-lined Casuarina Avenue in Cox’s Bazaar
• Folio 32 verso: photograph of one season old nursery plant of Semal (Cox’s Bazaar)
• Folio 35 verso: three photographs at Malumghat Cox’s Bazaar showing (1) fuel stacks under Garjan standards (2) a view over Mangrove scrub with Sonneratia and Heritiera standards, and (3) Mangrove and Gargan
• Folio 36 verso: photograph of residual Garjan adjoining village land (Cox’s Bazaar)
• Folio 37 verso: untitled photograph of trees
• Folio 37 verso: photograph of Muli regrowth, 2 years old, with T.E. nursery, Lawacharri (Lawacharra), Sylhet
• Folio 38 verso: photograph of Loranthus plants on Gmelina with Muli regeneration in the foreground, Lawacharri (Lawacharra), Sylhet
• Folio 38 verso: photograph of Mikania plants on Muli, 2 seasons old, Lawacharri (Lawacharra), Sylhet
• Folio 39 verso: two photographs of 5 year old Jhum with much regeneration with species of plants about to be cleared for tea growing (south Balachera, Sylhet)
• Folio 40 verso: photograph of old Jhum with Mikania, Musa and Melocanna, near the alignment bridge, south Balashera, Sylhet
• Folio 46 verso: photograph of Silva’s Laboratory at Miani
• Folio 47 verso: photograph of one year old mixed sowings of Sissu and Babul with Salsola, at Rari, Hyderabad
• Folio 49 verso: photograph of 35 year old Prosopis spicigera species of tree (Pai F., Nawabshah Division)
• Folio 50a: undated newspaper cutting showing a report with the description ‘G M Barrage area may be turn arid after 10 years’ [loose item]
• Folio 50b: cutting, in typescript, briefly mentioning the resin industry, terracing, planting of fruit trees, and patch sowings of pine [loose item]
• Folio 50c: handwritten note mentioning an “excellent lot of photos in Rafi’s two albums” [loose item]
• Folio 52 verso: photograph of riders on a camel
• Folio 53 verso: photograph of Babul plant sowings on new alluvium (Larkana F.Dn.)
• Folio 58 verso: photograph showing an example of the Haloxylon recurvum species of shrub at Cholistan, Sind
• Folio 62 verso: photograph on the subject of Pirawala research in Khanewal plantation (20th February 1963)
• Folio 63 verso: photograph of a group of unnamed people facing the camera in ‘C210’ of Shorkot
• Folio 64 verso: colour photograph showing a scene in Allah Bakhsh’s Orangery, Pir Mahal Farm (21st February 1963)
• Folio 65 verso: photograph at Chichawatni C64 showing a tree due for final felling in 2 years (22nd February 1963)
• Folio 66 verso: photograph of sales depot Manga, with the description ‘oldest irrigated plantation started 1864’
• Folio 67 verso: photograph of a 13 year old Semal tree (Changa Manga, 23rd February 1963)
• Folio 68 verso: photograph of firewood stacks (Chichawatni, 22nd February 1963)
• Folio 72 verso: photograph at Daphar of 30 year old Shisham trees with 5 year old Mulberry
• Folio 75 verso: photograph of erosion on Loess sediment over old alluvium, near Rawalpindi
• Folio 78 verso: photograph of Phulai scrub with Saccharum spontaneum and Gymnospuria plants (Kalachitta, near Jhallar)
• Folio 79 verso: photograph at the Silnala crossing near Pindighat, near Campbellpur, showing 1948 Sissoo tree reclamation
• Folio 80 verso: photograph of the Silnala crossing near Pindighat, near CampbellpurFolio 81 verso: photograph at 1945 dry afforestation area showing Acacia arabica and Acacia modesta (9th March 1963) (Mari R.F. Attock Dn.)
• Folio 82 verso: photograph of Attock Fort, viewed from across the Indus (10th March 1963)
• Folio 83 verso: group photograph at Kallarkahar rest house, showing Ramzan, “C”, Harry Champion, Sumbal, Yusuf, and Rashid
• Folio 84 verso: photograph showing erosion in the salt range near Kallarkahar
• Folio 85 verso: photograph of 5 season old Tamarix articulate from cuttings showing better growth on the dune (C59 Kundian, near Mianwali) (11th March 1962)
• Folio 86 verso: photograph of the pumping of water from the Uthal canal for nursery and roadside planting (13th March 1963)
• Folio 87 verso: photograph of a Persian wheel on a well at Jaba, Mianwali (13th March 1963)
• Folio 88a: copy of a communication from Safden Rawalpindi to the Chief Conservator of Forests, Peshawar Region, regarding messages forwarded 22nd-26th March 1963 [loose item]
• Folio 89 recto: photograph showing the inspecting of reclamation efforts at Jaba (13th March 1963)