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Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts' [‎380r] (764/1070)

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The record is made up of 1 file (530 folios). It was created in 17 Oct 1941-28 Dec 1945. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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i545. Reference your teje^ram 17255 of Oct.
o:**t regarding locust control measures. As result
or conference held at Tehran on October 6th to which
Prut hi Imperial Entomologist was sent from India and
later conference held at Karachi November 4th
consisting of MaxirtlfcDarling, Lean and Pruthi. Govt.of
j.*;dia have decided ^o scna from India onrties of
Locust experts first to Arabia then to‘Persia. Party
to Arabia to be sent this month will undertake
locust control measures in Batineh and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
areas under general direction of Darling for period
(? not exceeding) four months. On receipt of
communication from Lean as to the (V exact) date from
which party would be needed in Persia (probably some
time in January 1943) the Batineh- Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. -
party will be re (omission)ed
to extent possible and additional men sent from India
to-Arabia or Persia as may be necessary.
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INDIA OFFICE The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.

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The file contains correspondence relating to the organization of anti-locust controls in India, East Africa and the Middle East, especially Persia [Iran], where international conferences of locust experts were held. Support for scientific research and international cooperation between the Government of India, the British Government and the Government of the Soviet Union are also discussed. Included in the correspondence are the minutes and reports of the Interdepartmental Committee on Locust Control, which was run by the Colonial Office Research Department in London. There are also field and conference reports by prominent entomologists Dr Taskhir Ahmad of the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Dr Boris Petrovich of the Anti-Locust Centre at the Imperial Institute of Entomology, London.

In addition, there is routine correspondence between officials about equipment, supplies and locust forecasts by geographical area. The main correspondents are: the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Colonial Office, the Agricultural Department and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.

The file includes two dividers, which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (530 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 531; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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