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271. Mss Eur F90/30, no.21

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.21
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Refers to Wood's letters of 10 and 18 February, and the Despatch on Oudh tenures; after careful thought cannot make any change in his course of action; no other course 'is safe, or would be honourable'; nothing has been decided, simply an enquiry has been directed to be made; discusses technicali...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1865
Extent:
1 item

272. Mss Eur F90/30, no.23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.23
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Recapture of Dewangiri, and general military position in Assam; Macnaghten case; budgetary position; need for Military Accountant Generalship.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

273. Mss Eur F90/30, no.24

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.24
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Fourteen of fifteen judges of High Court have come to conclusion adverse to Peacock's judgement in rent case (only dissentient being Peacock); despatch on Oudh tenures in answer to Wood's almost ready; comments on points of detail in Wood's memorandum sent with his letter of 27 February (3); defe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

274. Mss Eur F90/30, no.25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.25
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 10 March; relations between Norman and Durand; duties of Foreign Dept; Oudh tenures; jurisdiction of taluqdars in revenue cases; regrets at loss of income tax; mercantile community 'open-mouthed' against export duties; danger of reliance on opium revenue; small scop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

275. Mss Eur F90/30, no.26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.26
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Case of 9th Cavalry; Lawrence wants a ruling on his powers of interference in military matters when necessary on grounds of public safety; discusses character of Native Army and native soldier; crucial importance of ability of Commanding Officer to enlist loyalty of his men; implications of fact ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

276. Mss Eur F90/30, no.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.27
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Council had no time to discuss export duties; surprise that Trevelyan would not consent to re-imposition of income tax; believes duties on sugar and silk a mistake, but tea and coffee planters (who pay no taxes, but cause Govt expenditure on roads, police, and postal services) well able to bear t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

277. Mss Eur F90/30, no.28

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.28
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 17 and 18 March; financial situation; two great causes of expenditure are Army and Police; possible army reductions; police are very expensive because of number of English officers employed; Lawrence sees little scope for reductions.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

278. Mss Eur F90/30, no.29

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Mss Eur F90/30, no.29
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Procedure for appointment of new Adjutant-General; Mansfield agrees generally with him regarding proposal for next campaign in Bhutan [see Lawrence's letter of 8 April]; controversy over grant of waste lands between Calcutta and the sea to projectors of Mutlah scheme; sharp practice of latter, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

279. Mss Eur F90/30, no.30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.30
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Refers to his letter of 8 April and encloses and comments on memorandum by Mansfield on proposed Bhutan expedition; opposes annexation which would be expensive and perhaps entail increase in Native Army; memorandum by R N Cust (Home Secretary to Govt of India) on re-adjustment of salaries in Beng...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 May 1865
Extent:
1 item

280. Mss Eur F90/30, no.31

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.31
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Refers to Wood's letters of 27 March; labour question and Bengal law establishing Protectors – 'a Protector must be a man of great moral resolution, and force of character, to stand fairly between the master and the labourer. The whole influence of the non-official English community, and nearly a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1865
Extent:
1 item

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