| Description | Manuscript and typescript letters and reports, printed documents and press cuttings regarding botanical and agricultural matters in Bengal, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Includes letters to Joseph Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Prain and Hill, with letters from Hooker, Thiselton-Dyer, Oliver and Prain. Includes correspondence with the India Office, and information on subjects including botanical gardens, sending of botanical specimens, appointments, and agricultural and botanical education.
Volume is arranged in the following sections:
-- Agricultural Statistics --
(Ff208-225) Comprises:
- AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF THE PROVINCE OF EASTERN BENGAL AND ASSAM FOR THE YEAR ENDING THE 31ST MARCH 1907.
-- Calcutta Exhibition --
(Ff128-151) Papers regarding the Calcutta Exhibition, 1883, including specimens of gums and resins sent to Kew.
-- Calcutta University, Botany course --
(Ff105-109) Papers regarding botany course, and Herbarium at the Botanic Gardens, Calcutta.
-- Chota Nagpore --
(Ff124-127) Papers regarding agricultural scheme.
-- Howard, Albert --
(Ff177-207) See 'Pusa'.
-- Indian Tea Association (Mycologist) --
(Ff232-249) Papers regarding recruitment. See 'Tunstall, A. C.'.
-- Influence of Trees on Climate and Productiveness of India --
(Ff111-123) Comprises:
- Edward Balfour, THE INFLUENCE EXERCISED BY TREES ON THE CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIVENESS OF THE PENINSULA OF INDIA.
-- Ipecacuanha --
(Ff272-275) Papers regarding propagation and cultivation.
-- Manipur deputation --
(Ff8-104) Papers regarding employment of Dr Watt as Professor of Physical Science by the Government of Bengal, plant collecting visit to Manipur, transfer of collections to Kew and reports on Watt's botanical explorations. Includes letters from George Watt and [George] Dickie.
-- Nicobar Islands (Catalogue of Native Objects) --
(Ff152-175) Papers including regarding objects sent to the Kew Museum. Includes:
- E H Man, DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF OBJECTS MADE AND USED BY THE NATIVES OF THE NICOBAR ISLANDS (1895)
- CATALOGUE OF OBJECTS MADE AND USED BY THE ANDAMANESE.
-- Pusa --
(Ff177-207) Papers regarding appointment of W A Howard as Botanist at Pusa. See 'Howard, Albert'.
-- Royal Dover Gardens, Port Blair --
(Ff1-7) Comprises:
-- J B King, REPORT ON THE ROYAL DOVER GARDENS, HADDO, PORT BLAIR [ANDAMAN ISLANDS] 1870-1871.
-- Shelu Palm --
(Ff226-231) Papers regarding specimens sent to Kew.
-- Tunstall, A. C. --
(Ff237-249) Papers regarding appointment as Mycologist to the Indian Tea Association. See 'Indian Tea Association (Mycologist)'.
-- Victoria Memorial Gardens --
(Ff252-261) Includes:
- PROPOSED LAY-OUT OF VICTORIA MEMORIAL GARDENS.
Volume also includes (f176) newspaper cutting regarding agricultural personnel, (ff150) letter regarding sending botanical specimens from the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India to Kew, (ff262-267) application of [Bernard] Coventry for the position of Director of the Empire Cotton Growing Committee and (ff268-271) papers regarding sending botanical specimens. |