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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur F90

71. Mss Eur F90/26, no.12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.12
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Discusses Oudh tenures at length; does not believe Canning intended, when re-establishing taluqdar aristocracy, to sacrifice rights of others; believes Lawrence could have rectified situation without giving so much appearance of upsetting Canning's policy; impresses on Lawrence 'very strongly ind...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

72. Mss Eur F90/26, no.13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.13
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Oudh tenures; believes that if Lawrence could have conference with Wingfield and others it might be possible to arrange matters so as to carry taluqdars with them 'as far as seems to me to be necessary in order to do justice to the ryots'; summarises points at issue which he does not think involv...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

73. Mss Eur F90/26, no.14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.14
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Encloses memorandum on what he understands to be position of taluqdar question, which has also been sent privately to Wingfield, urging him to co-operate in reconciling taluqdars; proceedings of latter at their meeting seem very reasonable – 'they quite admit preservation if existence is proved, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

74. Mss Eur F90/26, no.15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.15
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Mission of Col (later Sir Frederick) Goldsmid to Persia; Russian advance in Central Asia; agrees that military power should subordinate to Govt; increased allowance for cavalry; comments on Massey (who as an erstwhile barrister may of use on legal questions of Maine leaves); Bengal rent question.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

75. Mss Eur F90/26, no.16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.16
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Re-organisation of Madras Army; thinks old officers are hanging on in hope of further pension concession, and will go when they realise this is not to be; in meantime they 'swell the ranks of the grumblers, and stop promotions'; barrack requirements are formidable; financial prospects look bad; Q...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

76. Mss Eur F90/26, no.17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.17
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 23 January; hopes Lawrence will settle Kathiawar issue without reference home given divisions in Secretary of State's Council on subject; hopes Lawrence can get Mutlah, and railway, entirely into private hands; has referred Branch Railway to India regarding its ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

77. Mss Eur F90/26, no.18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.18
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Norman has written to Duke of Cambridge that he finds working with Durand (about to become Military Member of Council) so difficult that he may resign his post.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

78. Mss Eur F90/26, no.19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.19
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 30 Jan and 4 and 5 Feb; in matter of Persian Telegraph line, did not intend to free Bombay from Govt of India's control – Wood is decidedly in favour of financial control of Govt of India though he sometimes cautions against its use in small matters; will not pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

79. Mss Eur F90/26, no.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.20
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Oudh tenures; Davies's instructions go too far in encouraging tenants to put forward claims and will cause antagonism between landowner and tenant – 'the result of the present orders must be a judicial investigation into every ryot's claim throughout Oude. That is a serious matter'; on another po...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

80. Mss Eur F90/26, no.21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/26, no.21
Title:
Letter from Wood to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Trevelyan gives much worse account of India's financial prospects than Wood had anticipated; suggests army and police reductions; George Lawrence not entitled to KCB; encloses mortality statistics for Indian jails some of which are very bad; clarifies his opinion in favour of abolition of perempt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item