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2. Mss Eur B380/1, f30
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f30
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Will be sworn in as Viceroy at 5 o'clock that day; will serve Argyll as zealously as if his own party had remained in power; intends to write to Argyll confidentially and fully; will endeavour to consult him unless urgency necessitates action on own judgement after consultation with his advisers.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 12 Jan 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Mss Eur B380/1, f34
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f34
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Agrees that party politics have no place in Indian administration; entry into Calcutta a splendid ceremony organised by Lawrence; has benefited from consultations with Lawrence – praises his character and abilities and recommends Argyll to communicate with him; scarcity in North West likely to be...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18 Jan 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Mss Eur B380/1, f43
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f43
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Arrival of Azim Khan and his nephew (claimants to Afghan throne) in British India and relations with Sher Ali (Amir of Afghanistan); Lushai disturbances; Sir R Temple (Finance Member of Council) has almost completed his budget – deficit of £300,000 expected even without allowance for loss of reve...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Jan 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Mss Eur B380/1, f49
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f49
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- In this confidential letter outlines objections to Mr Rassam's return to Aden; suggests Brig-Gen Sir Neville Chamberlain should accompany Duke of Edinburgh on his Indian tour; decision on holding Durbar for Duke must depend on whether famine is avoided – inappropriate to hold one if people are st...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 26 Jan 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. Mss Eur B380/1, f55
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f55
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- G Noble Taylor (Public Works Member of Council) soon to take 6 months sick leave, and intends to retire in 1870; appointment of senior Bombay Civilian to this vacancy might solve problem of bad relations between Public Works Dept and Bombay Govt - Mayo suggests (Sir) Barrow Ellis (senior member o...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 31 Jan 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. Mss Eur B380/1, f66
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f66
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledges Argyll's letter of 1 January; process for considering Temple's proposals for decentralisation of finance; Mayo thinks change in practice would be small as Madras and Bombay are already almost independent; Azim Khan and nephew have not yet crossed into India; appointment for Capt Spee...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1 Feb 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. Mss Eur B380/1, f80
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f80
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Encloses report from Sir W Muir (Lt-Governor of North Western Provinces) on recent falls of rain and situation generally; raids in different part of S.E. frontier (i.e. Chittagong district) probably by Singphos; hopes police forces will be able to punish raiders without aid of regular troops.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Feb 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. Mss Eur B380/1, f87
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f87
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Recent rains has removed danger of actual famine in most area of North Western Provinces; area in N.W.P. served by irrigation works has increased from 450,000 acres in 1867 to 800,000 in 1868; benign effects of market speculation in sending grain to areas of scarcity; measures to deal with Chitta...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 7 Feb 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. Mss Eur B380/1, f116
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/1, f116
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Police reinforcements sent to Lord Henry Ulick Browne (Commissioner of Chittagong) to deal with disturbances – still hopes regular troops will be unnecessary; financial position worse than previously indicated; with rising revenue and profound peace, impossible to suggest deficit of £1.7 million;...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Feb 1869
- Extent:
- 1 item