In camp for a few days for an elephant Keddah; Gaekwar and the removal of officials on suspicion of disloyalty; Hardinge will make enquiries to see if any officials have been dismissed at the instigation of the Government of India; agrees with Stephen about the necessity of appointing another Eng...
Thinks it is a good thing that Mohamed Ali and Wazir Hasan were not granted an interview by Crewe; resignation of Ameer Ali and Muslim reaction to it; sending a private telegram to Crewe regarding the treatment of Indians in South Africa; hopes to see Lutyens and Baker in Delhi when he goes there...
Does not agree with Crewe's suggestion to put forward Wood for a Knighthood; would like to make further enquiries regarding Priestley and Summers before putting forward any recommendations; case of the Railway companies' grievances against the Railway Board; does not agree that Barrow is the best...
Carlyle; agrees about Duff's allowance; proposal to appoint Robert Nathan (Indian Civil Service) as Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University which needs pulling together following nepotism and other irregularities of Sir A Mukherjee's vice-chancellorship; there have been several arrests recently in...
Pleased to hear differences between Lutyens and Baker are settled; thanks Holderness for sending him copies of his letters to Mohamed Ali and Wazir Hasan; Hardinge is currently in Patna where he laid the foundation stones of the Council Chamber and the High Court; realises that there has been a l...
Appreciates Crewe's attitude to him regarding the question of Indians in South Africa; his speech on the subject and the reasons why he said what he did; capture of four anarchists and their bomb factory in Calcutta; pleased to receive Crewe's telegram saying Lutyens and Baker have settled their ...
Back in Delhi; sending Crewe a despatch on separation of judicial and executive functions, a subject which Hardinge would like buried – if solved as Congress would like it would create worst possible ill feeling in Civil Service; Royal Commission on Indian Public Services has left for Calcutta; H...
Received Crewe's despatch regarding the Indian Railway Companies; Abrahams currently in Delhi; Hardinge has already had a long talk with him and found him a clever and agreeable person; hopes to have an informal Conference with Abrahams and those Heads of Departments interested in railways; would...
Congratulates Crewe on his speech to the Indian deputation; accepts Crewe's criticism of his speech at Madras in the spirit it was offered, and agrees the incorrectness of addressing Gladstone directly; however, he is informed that under the Indian Emigration Act the Governor-General in Council m...
Back in Delhi; whilst in Calcutta, he received a deputation from the temperance movement and is enclosing copy of speech he made to them; precautions taken by the police for his protection in Calcutta; his ADCs won the Championship of India polo tournament; has received the project estimate for n...