Document information

Physical location:

India Office Library, P/1675, Forests, part B, proceedings 50-5, p. 34, British Library, London. 81.03.17

Preferred Citation:

[Dietrich Brandis] to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-03-17. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1881/81-03-17-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found. The text is a summary from the departmental register, dated 17 March 1881.
[Advises the despatch of seven packets containing the seeds of the several species mentioned above.
2
This refers to a letter dated 5 February 1881 from the Assistant Conservator of Forests, Ganges Division, North-Western Provinces & Oudh, to the Inspector General of Forests advising the despatch of 'eight and a half seers of Abies Webbiana , eight seers of Abies Smithiana , and ten seers of Pinus Excelsa seed'.
A seer was used as both a unit of mass and of volume: 'A denomination of weight varying in different parts of India from over 3 lb. to 8 ounces. In districts under British rule it was officially equal to a kilogramme, or 2.2 lb. avoirdupois. Also used as a measure of capacity; the official regulation [1871] made it equal to a litre, or 1.76 pint (OED).
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