IOR/F/4/2434/133384

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[p 1] Extract from a Despatch, No.17, from the Government of India, Home Department, to the Court of Directors, dated 23 April 1850, regarding the Government of India's willingness to subscribe to Dr Gardner’s elementary work on botany.

[pp 3-14] Extract from the Proceedings of the President of the Council of India in Council in the Home Department, under date the 4th August 1849, regarding Dr Gardner’s elementary work on botany: includes [pp 4-7] a letter from George Gardner, Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Ceylon, to Viscount Torrington, dated 6th January 1849, describing his elementary work on the botany of India and Ceylon, the benefits to pupils of the study of botany, the difficulties in preparing the work, and the importance of obtaining the support of the Indian Government; [pp 7-10] a letter from Dr Wight to Sir J Emerson Tennent, Colonial Secretary, Ceylon, dated 27th November 1847, regarding the benefits of Dr Gardner's Introduction to Indian Botany, and suggesting the support of the Indian Government be sought; [pp 10-14] correspondence regarding the willingness of the Government of India to introduce Dr Gardner's work into its schools.