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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F83

171. Mss Eur F83/8, f54

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f54
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Sends copy of congratulatory address on contract law; comments on Laing; notes Calcutta press are 'trying to get up a jealousy between you and me'; opposes expenditure of money earmarked for reproductive public works on barracks which should be financed from current revenue; discusses where barra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1863
Extent:
1 item

172. Mss Eur F83/8, f59

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f59
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Maine's low opinion of Calcutta press; comments on Indian estimates for 1862/63 and deprecates changes of presentation; distress in Lancashire is diminishing; missionaries affairs and wisdom of Elgin not meddling in their business; has agreed to additional Judge for High Court but hopes need for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1863
Extent:
1 item

173. Mss Eur F83/8, f73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f73
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Explains problem of Oudh claims, i.e. claims of Europeans dating from 1797, against rulers of Oudh; East India Company refused to enforce them and Wood does not think they should be allowed, but Law Officers at home take different view and Wood therefore reluctantly asks Elgin to set up Commissio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 item

174. Mss Eur F83/8, f77

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f77
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Refers to Elgin's letters of 20 and 23 January; comments on Trevelyan and on India's financial situation generally – Wood re-iterates need for economies and opposition to expenditure on barracks from cash balances intended for public works of utility; question of move of seat of government can ke...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 item

175. Mss Eur F83/8, f83

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f83
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Strongly disapproves Govt of India's reduced assignment for public works in Bombay; urges Elgin to remember public opinion at home on question of cotton supply; Wood has resisted Manchester people's unreasonable demands on duties, contracts, and waste lands, but on roads they have unanswerable ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 item

176. Mss Eur F83/8, f87

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f87
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
It has been decided not to upset Canning's decision on Mysore, though Wood considers eventually it will have to be annexed and adoption by the Raja disallowed; Trevelyan.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 item

177. Mss Eur F83/8, f89

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f89
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Vacancies in Elgin's Council; Trevelyan's wild notion of surplus in Indian revenue which should not be difficult to dispose of; shortage of labour in some areas for public works and in Berar for picking cotton; labour shortage only justifiable reason for not spending money Wood has sanctioned for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1863
Extent:
1 item

178. Mss Eur F83/8, f97

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f97
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Post now fortnightly rather than weekly; acknowledges Elgin's letter of 5 March; believes control of Central Govt over Govts of Madras and Bombay should be financial, political and legislative, and gives examples in public works field of how this should operate; agrees with Elgin that constant ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1863
Extent:
1 item

179. Mss Eur F83/8, f105

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f105
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Refers to Elgin's letters of 18 and 19 March; state of affairs at Sulu; Rose lucky not to be recalled; advantages of keeping whole machine of Govt together; advisability of saying as little as possible on religious matters; discusses which Indian Princes should be awarded Star of India; Drummond'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1863
Extent:
1 item

180. Mss Eur F83/8, f111

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f111
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
India's financial estimates for 1862/63; extraordinary increase in revenue expected from opium; Wood is seriously concerned at small expenditure on public works especially roads, and hopes to receive explanation before his statement to Parliament, otherwise he will be 'horribly abused'; hopes Tre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1863
Extent:
1 item