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181. Mss Eur F90/30, no.1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.1
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 3 December; rejoices at Napier's appointment to Bombay; Napier is against abolition of Grand Juries, and may oppose Lawrence on rent question; Durand should succeed Napier as Military Member of Council; requirement of C-in-C is to be reasonable and, where he cannot c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

182. Mss Eur F90/30, no.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.8
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 18 December; Kathiawar – Lawrence feels interference necessary to preserve peace of the country; Committee is considering Calcutta docks question; disinclination of Calcutta merchants 'who are more or less birds of passage' to invest their own money, rather than Sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1865
Extent:
1 item

183. Mss Eur F90/30, no.10

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.10
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 31 December and 2 January; discusses various possible senior appointments; policy in Oudh; believes Sir Thomas Munro probably best administrator Madras or perhaps India ever had, and praises his ryotwari settlement; comments on James Thomason (formerly Lt-Governor o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

184. Mss Eur F90/30, no.13

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.13
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 18 January; opposes Mr Ellis's candidacy for Archdeaconry; describes further setbacks in campaign and criticises carelessness of officers; reinforcements being sent; his reasons for not sending more British troops, and disagreement with Rose and Napier thereon; Lawr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

185. Mss Eur F90/30, no.14

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.14
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Reports on situation in Assam [i.e. Bhutan campaign] visits of Duke of Brabant and Archbishop Von Heule.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1865
Extent:
1 item

186. Mss Eur F90/30, no.19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.19
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 3 February; again defends his policy on Oudh tenures; criticises Wingfield's actions; believes Canning would have modified his orders if their effect in injuring some parties had been brought to his attention; had it been brought to his attention; defends his mode of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

187. Mss Eur F90/30, no.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.20
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Encloses comments by Bishop of Calcutta on various candidates for post of Archdeacon of Lahore; commends Col (Sir) Richard Strachey who is going home; Council agrees Income Tax must be retained, though Grey wants it for one year only; Frere's proposed increase in salaries in Bombay should not ext...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

188. Mss Eur F90/30, no.25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.25
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 10 March; relations between Norman and Durand; duties of Foreign Dept; Oudh tenures; jurisdiction of taluqdars in revenue cases; regrets at loss of income tax; mercantile community 'open-mouthed' against export duties; danger of reliance on opium revenue; small scop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

189. Mss Eur F90/30, no.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.27
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Council had no time to discuss export duties; surprise that Trevelyan would not consent to re-imposition of income tax; believes duties on sugar and silk a mistake, but tea and coffee planters (who pay no taxes, but cause Govt expenditure on roads, police, and postal services) well able to bear t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

190. Mss Eur F90/30, no.32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.32
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Encloses Cust's memorandum on civil service; explains reasons for gradual reduction in numbers of military men employed in civil posts; indicates areas of administration still open to military officers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1865
Extent:
1 item