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31. Mss Eur F83/4, f66

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f66
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
His appointment of officiating judge to High Court was not intended to usurp Wood's prerogative of making permanent appointment; sends extracts from local newspapers for information, not because he believes Wood would be affected by their strictures on him; Canning's relations with press and infl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

32. Mss Eur F83/4, f84

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f84
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Is upset at Wood's offhand dismissal of Government of India's plans for tramways and disputes that private enterprise will provide them without any Government aid; Wood's decision will deprive Indian industry of a means of development, and railways (in which Government has a large financial inter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

33. Mss Eur F83/4, f115

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f115
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Suggests design for Indian flag now that Company flag and badge are no longer used.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

34. Mss Eur F83/4, f123

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f123
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Patiala's reluctance to attend Legislative Council where he is on a par with other natives; his limitations as a legislator; state of feeling among Sikhs and disaffection of Duleep Singh; protests at Wood's summary disallowance of appointment of an Inspector General of Police; is suffering from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

35. Mss Eur F83/4, f136

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f136
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Is half blind and still shaky from fever; criticizes Beadon's policy towards tribes in Cossiah (Khasi) and Jaintia hills in Assam; generalizes on policy towards primitive tribes; Government of India normally overrules Lt-Governor only in extreme circumstances; Grey's wish for home leave and quest...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

36. Mss Eur F83/4, f147

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f147
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Policy towards Persia and Afghanistan; question of construction of tramways and method of financing them; death of Patiala; Mysore case; notes that if Raja is restored he will have to govern not only natives but a considerable number of Europeans who have settled there; comments on impending appo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

37. Mss Eur F83/4, f165

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f165
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Explains views on contacts between Secretary of State and unofficial sources in India, and on danger of allowing Native Chiefs to think they can use English agents at home to by-pass Government of India; discusses practical limitations on power of Governor-General in peace time and need for Home ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

38. Mss Eur F83/4, f178

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f178
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
His projected tour and importance of Governor-General not to be too closely identified with Calcutta bureaucracy of which there is great jealousy elsewhere in India; has been working 13 or 14 hours per day; 'extreme disagreeableness' of Calcutta temperature during hot weather; contests views of C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

39. Mss Eur F83/4, f197

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f197
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Logic he is defending in Mysore case is not his but Canning's; Babu Sumbhu Nath Pandit; time is not propitious for promoting opening through Sikkim into Tibet; his reasons for not summoning C-in-C to Calcutta; does not believe Military Member of Council and C-in-C 'can ever sit comfortably togeth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

40. Mss Eur F83/4, f211

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f211
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Describes proceedings in recent meeting of Legislative Council on its rules of procedure, and contract law (on which they decided to withdraw Bill); inadequacy of official reports of Council proceedings; comments on Col (later Sir) Arthur Phayre's good management of relations with Burma; prospect...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

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