Refers to his letter of 2 September 1869; is sending Forsyth to complete negotiations with Maharaja of Kashmir for opening trade route through his territory to East Turkestan; Forsyth's mission to St Petersburgh and policy towards Central Asia; war between Afghanistan and Bokhara not impossible; ...
Two important foreign despatches going by this mail; Col (Sir) Lewis Pelly thinks non-payment of Zanzibar subsidy will have very bad effect in Muscat; letter on Bahrain shows up ill conduct of Persians – need to avoid giving Persia any idea that British are about to abandon their longstanding pol...
Briefly describes his tour in Central India including coal and cotton districts of Chanda and the Berars; Kashmir treaty settled; hopes of opening safe and "free of all duty" trade to Yarkand and Kashgar; financial deficit now likely to reach £1 or £¼million; difficulties increased by great and u...
Has persuaded Holkar to accept 4½% interest (instead of 5%) for his loan for Indore railway; hopes to settle matter of Hyderabad railway in negotiation with Salar Jung; despite considerable expenditure reduction, deficit will require raising Income Tax to 3%; revenue estimates still uncertain chi...
Refers to Argyll's letter of 25 February (1); there has been no sudden or violent cut in recruitment to the ICS; reviews recruitment figures to Bengal cadre since 1861 in detail, and briefly touches on figures for Madras and Bombay; any sudden cut appears to be due to reduction of Bombay requirem...
Expedition by Mr Edgar to persuade tribes on S E Frontier (Cachar) to adopt peaceful attitude looks likely to be successful – Mayo hopes 'people are beginning to see that there are other ways of keeping these wild tribes quiet besides burning their villages or setting them to murder eachother'; c...
[Acknowledges Argyll's letter of 18 March]; will not write much while on tour; budget very unpopular with Press; feeling strong among all classes against Income Tax; encloses letter from Meade on Mysore affairs, and from Col Herbert (Political Agent in Turkish Arabia) on claim by Turkish Governor...
Durand unenthusiastic about appointment to amalgamated Agency of Central India and Rajputana; Mayo, having now spent more than a fortnight in the Punjab, finds Durand would be more acceptable to the Punjab Service than any other man as Lt-Governor of Punjab and Mayo proposes to appoint him though...
Acknowledges Argyll's letter of 1 April (2); opposes award of GCSI to Prince Ghulam Muhammad – he has no influence, can do British no service, and his family are numerous, poor, and troublesome; to pay tribute to ability the award should go to Sir Salar Jung who can do real service, to recognise ...