Congratulations on Lahore Durbar; Persian Telegraph line; agrees with Lawrence on Burma railway; propensity of enterprising merchants to involve England in war; despatch being sent authorising reduction of army if Lawrence is satisfied it is right; Madras Govt have foolishly created a new artille...
Pension of late Treasurer of Governor-General's household comes not from general revenue but from household allowance which he has had to retrench to balance books; case of Iqbal-ud-Daula; yield of land revenue in N.W.P.; need to husband land revenue; land worth £1,362,141 given to Guaranteed Rai...
Branch Railway Company disposed to repudiate; thinks Cawpore-Calcutta line might be better with East India Railway even with a guarantee; Duke of Cambridge opposes Napier for Bombay Command on grounds that Engineer Officer not trained to enforce necessary discipline on English troops; name and di...
Cannot give opinion on Bahawalpur without consulting Clerk and Currie and one or two other Councillors, but briefly outlines his immediate personal views on when interference in Princely States is called for.
Neither Miss Nightingale nor Sanitary Commission in England should be in direct communication with Indian bodies; all communications from India should go through Governments in India to Secretary of State, and it is in interest of Govts in India and particularly Governor-General to observe this p...
Question of sovereignty or jurisdiction over railway lands outside British India; [refers to Lawrence's letter of 17/18 December]; suggests how problem which Lawrence attributes to Indian Councils Act might be solved; supports Lawrence's position on Son scheme; possible appointments to Council; a...
Dewangiri affair disgraceful; thinks it should probably be held; possible next step in Bhutan campaign; operations very costly given primitive character of opposition; puzzled by fact that Lawrence's and Trevelyan's letters all pointed at continuance of Income tax whereas recent telegrams refer t...