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461. Mss Eur B380/1, f223

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f223
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Discusses question of upgrading type of rifle issued to native troops; believes principle adopted since mutiny of issuing them with inferior arms must be discontinued, but on other hand they cannot be placed in position of absolute equality with British troops which they cannot be while artillery...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

462. Mss Eur B380/1, f232

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f232
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Despatches on railways being sent by this mail; draws attention to potential advantages of constructing in addition cheap 'American' [i.e. light] railways, and asks Argyll to send out an American engineer to try one as an experiment; encloses memorandum on handling of revenue and interest arising...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

463. Mss Eur B380/1, f245

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f245
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Encloses reports on Kohat punitive raid (including unofficial account from Capt Arthur Broome) and expresses his grave doubts regarding policy of such frontier expeditions; lack of progress of Cachar expedition; other column in Assam doing better; need to prevent raids by wild tribesmen which lea...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

464. Mss Eur B380/1, f275

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f275
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Commends able despatch from Govt of Bombay agreeing that Zanzibar subsidy should not be charged to Indian revenues; has impressed on Telegraph authorities on Makran coast need to avoid involvement in local politics; if Argyll wishes not to raise question of Persia's border with Afghanistan, this ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

465. Mss Eur B380/1, f281

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f281
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Refers to Argyll's letter of 26 February; discusses policy towards Afghanistan urging in particular need to develop trade with central Asia through Afghanistan – 'if it is desirable to check the advance of Russia it is mainly to be done by pushing our commerce northwards'; in forthcoming Commons ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

466. Mss Eur B380/1, f286

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f286
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Reports meeting with Amir of Afghanistan at Ambala and agreement reached with him; characterises his policy as an 'intermediate one'; describes splendid ceremonial laid on by the British – 'I never witnessed a scene more illustrative of the power and civilization that we have planted in this land...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item

467. Mss Eur B380/1, f330

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f330
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Is taking brief holiday to see irrigation works on upper Ganges, Stud Farm, and tea cultivation at Dehra Dun; no need for provisional member of Council during Temple's absence - he and Council colleagues all get on very well and will divide work between them.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item

468. Mss Eur B380/1, f333

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f333
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
In any Parliamentary statements, Argyll should avoid laying stress on what will not be done for Amir of Afghanistan; further reflections on Afghan policy, difficulties facing Sher Ali, and latter's defects of personality; blessing that 'Central Asian [i.e. Russian] question' did not figure promin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item

469. Mss Eur B380/1, f345

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f345
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Disappointment at delay over rifled guns; indianisation of civil service must be done gradually; policy would backfire if natives appointed to posts for which they are unfit either by lack of ability or honesty; it will be long time before competent natives are available in any great numbers for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item

470. Mss Eur B380/1, f355

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/1, f355
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Encloses (1) letter from McLeod reporting that Sher Ali had received news that Sirdars of Turkestan are ready to give allegiance; (2) supplementary memorandum on the Baluchistan-Persian frontier.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1869
Extent:
1 item

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