[Advises the despatch of seven packets containing the seeds of the several species mentioned above.1]
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).
Letter not found. The text is a summary from the departmental register, dated 17 March 1881.
Please cite as “FVM-81-03-17,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on