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271. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/51

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/51
Title:
96. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Has made a long financial statement. The part of it which attracted most interest dealt with Government lands. The public is anxious for the acquisition of land by Europeans to be made easy, and will resent any obstacles. Recommends a plan suggested some years previously to finance certain publi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

272. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/52

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/52
Title:
97. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Sends a news cutting. Now that the Session has begun business will be transacted more slowly in England. Private. Enclosed: news cutting complaining of delays in Government business in India, and recommending the alteration of the Council into a Cabinet, each member having a department.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Feb 1859
Extent:
2 items

273. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/53

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/53
Title:
97a. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Has been questioned about Dhar and asks for information. He has offered the Provisional Membership of Council to Sir Robert Hamilton, but expects him to refuse: asks Canning to find a fit man. The Committee of the Council is to examine various plans of new taxation, but Canning will be left the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1859
Extent:
1 item

274. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/54

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/54
Title:
98. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Thanks Canning for three letters. Approves of Wingfield's appointment, is afraid that Hamilton's appointment will not keep him in India, and fears that the loss of Durand will be inconvenient. His election was the work of the Council itself, and not of Stanley. Approves of Canning's negotiations...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

275. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/55

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/55
Title:
99. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Lord Stanley has received a Memorial from Mr William Taylor [Tayler] late Commissioner of Patna. Stanley thinks his punishment has been severe, and that there exists against him in India among some members of Canning's administration a feeling of personal hostility. Asks if it would be possible ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

276. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/56

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/56
Title:
100. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Regrets the financial difficulties of the Indian Government. It will be possible to send two or three millions of bullion, but Stanley does not know where the fourth million will be found. The Loan Bill stands for third reading, and cannot be altered now, but Stanley should have asked for nine m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

277. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/57

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/57
Title:
101. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Writes that one crore is being sent, and another will follow. He assumes that the four crores which Canning requires include the one crore asked for at first, and if so Stanley hopes there will be no difficulty in increasing he amount of the proposed loan in England. Parliament will not like the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

278. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/58

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/58
Title:
102. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Suggests that the expensive Naval Brigade might be done away with.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1859
Extent:
1 item

279. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/59

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/59
Title:
103. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
He is to make a statement on Indian finance at the third reading of the East India Loan Bill. Is sure the House will support the Indian Government. Will ask for the original 7 million and state the necessity for a fresh loan before the autumn. Everyone was prepared for the increase of customs du...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1859
Extent:
1 item

280. Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/60

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Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/6/60
Title:
104. Letter from Lord Stanley
Scope & Content:
Writes that the great military question is still unsettled, and grows more serious than ever. He is prepared to allow the Commander in Chief in England to appoint an Indian Military Secretary at the Horse Guards, and receive copies of all official correspondence. Both Warley and Addiscombe may b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1859
Extent:
1 item