Suggests Parliamentary Enquiry should investigate growing problem of discontented unemployed army officers and encloses memorandum; need for urgent decision from Argyll on military reductions to enable budget to be finalised.
Regrets Commons rejection of Gladstone's proposal that parliamentary enquiry into Indian finance should be by joint committee of both houses given paucity of expertise in Commons and plenty in Lords (Salisbury, Halifax, Lawrence and Argyll); asks for copies of daily evidence to be sent to him by ...
Alarm at effect of proposed short service in British Army on Indian finances – all members of Govt except Lord Napier convinced that increase of taxation for military purposes would produce 'widespread and dangerous discontent'; wording and tone of Argyll's despatch on services has wounded some C...
Encloses memorandum on Fenwick's letter regarding Russian proclamations circulating in India enclosed in Mayo's letter of 29 December; in Legislative Council discussion on budget, officials who were not members of Govt of India more bitterly opposed than non-officials which shows how much the Eur...
Legislative Council discussions on Income Tax – Mayo has conceded that Bill should have a fixed term for its duration; lowering of rate has had little effect on opposition to and hatred of tax – 'it is quite astonishing how everyone seems against it'.
Photocopies of correspondence between the Viceroy the Earl of Mayo and the Secretary of State for India the Duke of Argyll taken from the Mayo Papers at Cambridge University Library.
Holkar's case – hopes no countenance will be given to deputation going to England to prosecute claims 'which have been finally refused consideration by the S. of S. and the Govt of India'.