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MCR - Miscellaneous Reports Collection
- 2 - North Africa and Orient
  - 2 - Cyprus

Ref No	MCR/2/2/4
Alt Ref No	MR/69
Alt Ref No	geographical classification 2.21
Title	Cyprus: Forests
Description	Manuscript and typescript papers and reports, printed documents and press cuttings regarding forestry in Cyprus. Includes correspondence with the Foreign Office and Colonial Office, with letters to and from Joseph Hooker and Thiselton-Dyer. Volume is arranged in the following sections: -- General -- (Ff1-154) With letters by Henry G White [Civil Commissioner, Larnaca] and H Cleghorn. Includes: - REPORT BY MR A E WILD ON THE FORESTS IN THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS (1879) - CYPRUS. CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE AFFAIRS OF CYPRUS (London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1881) - CYPRUS. PAPERS RELATING TO THE FINANCES OF CYPRUS (London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1881) -- Special -- -- Report on Replanting -- (Ff155-191) Includes: - P G Madon, THE REPLANTING OF THE ISLAND OF CYPRUS (1881) -- Forest Officer: - Water Supply -- (Ff192-194) Papers regarding procuring rain gauges and a forest officer. With letters from Philip Currie. -- Forest Products from Edinburgh; Exhibitions for Kew -- (Ff195-196) Papers regarding the transfer to Kew of the exhibits from Cyprus from the International Forestry Exhibition, Edinburgh. -- Assistant Forester -- (Ff197-205) Papers regarding the recruitment of an assistant forester. -- Forest Department Reorganisation -- (Ff206-212) Papers regarding the proposed reorganisation of the Forestry Department by W F Haynes Smith [High Commissioner of Cyprus]. -- Conifers: Resins -- (Ff213-250) Papers regarding acquiring specimens for Kew. Includes letters from R Biddulph. -- Eucalyptus -- (Ff251-298) Papers regarding planting in Cyprus, varieties of eucalyptus, and legal proceedings. Includes letters from P Madon. -- Sumach and Valonia -- (Ff299-311) Papers regarding cultivation and trade.
Date	16 Jul 1878-27 Feb 1901
Subject	Forests and forestry
	Botanical specimens
	Eucalyptus
	Sumac
	Finance
	Water-supply, Agricultural
	Valonia oak
	Conifers
	Exhibitions
Format	Manuscript papers
	Typescript
	Press cuttings
	Published documents
Collection Title	Miscellaneous Reports
Level	File
Extent	1 volume
Language	English
Language	French

Associated persons and organisations

Code	Name	Dates
DS/UK/153	Great Britain and Ireland; Colonial Office; 1854-1966	1854-1966
DS/UK/321	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Foreign Office; 1782-1968	1782-1968
DS/UK/89	Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817-1911); Knight; Botanist and second director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew	1817-1911
DS/UK/90	Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew	1843-1928
DS/UK/434	Haynes-Smith; Sir; William Frederick (1839-1928); Knight	1839-1928
DS/UK/435	White; Henry G (Fl 1879); Civil Commissioner in the Larnaca District, Cyprus	Fl 1879
DS/UK/436	Currie; Sir; Philip Henry Wodehouse (1834-1906); 1st Baron	1834-1906

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