Hello List Beverley said: Below are the details of my 4xG Grandfather's allocation from the Botanical Garden - by this stage Wilfred Hine was an invalided warrant officer (Conductor). Perhaps Wilfred Hine was classed as a civil officer establishing a nursery to benefit those in his charge?? or distributing to Zemindars within that district?? If Wilfred Hines was an invalided Conductor, it means he was either in the Commissariat (Army Supply) or Ordnance (weaponry etc). Even if originally in Ordnance, he probably had connections in the Commissariat. Umballa was a cantonment, so there would have been quite a number of soldiers and army support people living there. The following is just speculation, but perhaps all the fruit trees were to provide food for the troops. Wilfred Hines may have been purchasing on his own behalf, ie he was setting up an orchard as he saw an opportunity to supplement his pension , selling to his contacts in the Commissariat. Alternatively he could have been purchasing all or some of the trees on behalf of the Commissariat, or even other individuals who lived at Umballa Cheers Maureen (Sydney)