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=== India Office, 1857β1867 === After the death of his father in 1853 Markham needed paid employment, and in December 1853 secured a junior clerkship in the Legacy Duty Office of the [[Inland Revenue]] at a salary of Β£90 per annum (around Β£6,000 in 2008).<ref name= MW/> He found the work tedious, but after six months was able to transfer to the forerunner of what became, in 1857, the [[India Office]]. Here, the work was interesting and rewarding, with sufficient time to allow him to travel and pursue his geographical interests.<ref name = AHM165>A. Markham, pp. 165β166.</ref> In April 1857, Markham married Minna Chichester, who accompanied him on the cinchona mission to Peru and India. Their only child, a daughter Mary Louise (known as May), was born in 1859.<ref>A. Markham, p. 169.</ref> As part of his India Office duties Markham investigated and reported to the Indian government on the introduction of Peruvian cotton into the [[Madras Presidency]], on the growth of [[Carapichea ipecacuanha|ipecacuanha]] in Brazil and the possibilities for cultivating this medicinal plant in India, and on the future of the pearl industry at [[Tirunelveli]] in Southern India.<ref>A. Markham, pp. 202β204.</ref> He was also involved in an ambitious plan for the transplanting of Brazilian rubber trees, claiming that he would "do for the india-rubber or caoutchouc-yielding trees what had already been done with such happy results for the cinchona trees."<ref name= Dean/> This scheme was not, however, successful.<ref name= Dean>Dean, p. 12.</ref>
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