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Sis,

RECO

C. O.

Royal Gardens, Kew! [129 July 28th 1894 30 11 91

I have the honour to

inform you that I have been requested by the Secretary of State for India in bouncil to

select a trained European

gardener for the post of Super-

intendent of the Taj gardens at

Agra.

2. It appeared to

me

undesirable to send out a

inde

gardener from England who

would have had no experience

of gardening in the East.

J

was

he on.

R. H. Meade, C. B.,

Colonial Office.

Downing Street.

8. W.

been a on the third all of third.