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Ref NoMCR/5/1/1
Alt Ref NoMR/102
geographical classification 5
TitleIndia: Advisory Committee
DescriptionPrinted documents, and manuscript and typescript letters and reports regarding the Indian Government Advisory Committee of the Royal Society. Includes letters to and from Thiselton-Dyer and Prain, and letters from Robert Harrison, Francis Darwin, A Godley and M Foster in addition to correspondence with the India Office, Government of India, and Royal Society. Volume includes papers regarding proceedings of the committee, and scientific and agricultural developments in India including the cotton seed oil industry, timber sleepers, the ethnographic and geological surveys of India, the publication of the FAUNA OF BRITISH INDIA, and the recruitment of an Agricultural Adviser. Includes reports of the Board of Scientific Advice for India.

The volume is arranged in the following sections:

-- Proceedings from 1898 to 1905 --
(Ff1-75) Includes:

- ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC ADVICE FOR INDIA FOR THE YEAR [1901-1902]

- D Prain, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC ADVICE FOR INDIA FOR THE YEAR 1902-1903.

-- Proceedings from 1906 to 1908 --
(Ff76-275) Includes:

- A T Gage, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCIENTIFIC ADVICE FOR INDIA FOR THE YEAR 1903-1904 (Calcutta: Government Printing, 1905)

- PROCEEDINGS OF THE VETERINARY CONFERENCE HELD AT CALCUTTA ON THE 10TH, 11TH AND 12TH FEBRUARY 1908.

-- Proceedings from 1909-1920 --
(Ff276-386) Includes papers regarding the Third International Botanic Congress, 1910.
Date22 Dec 1898-12 Jan 1920
SubjectAgriculture
Timber
Publishing
Colonies--Administration
Cottonseed
Geological surveys
Committees
FormatManuscript papers
Typescript
Published documents
Collection TitleMiscellaneous Reports
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
Associated persons and organisations
CodeNameDates
DS/UK/201India; Board of Scientific Advice for India; 1902-?1905
DS/UK/90Thiselton-Dyer; Sir; William (1843-1928); Knight; British botanist and third director of Kew1843-1928
DS/UK/187Prain; Sir; David (1857-1944); Knight; British botanist and director of Kew1857-1944
DS/UK/241Godley; (John) Arthur (1847-1932); 1st Baron Kilbracken; civil servant1847-1932
DS/UK/204British Government; India Office; 1858-19471858-1947
DS/UK/203India; Government of India
DS/UK/512Great Britain and Ireland; Royal Society; 1663-1663-
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