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291. Mss Eur F90/30, no.42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Wood specimens required by Kew Gardens; Raja of Mysore has adopted a son; Mysore case should be fought on its merits – neither compromise nor building up rival family as suggested by Bowring will work; three of 9th cavalry offenders have died in prison – Mansfield has released all survivors excep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

292. Mss Eur F90/30, no.43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Dyce Sombre case; opposes mission to Khokan, but if there is one, route proposed by Lt F Trench (20th Hussars) would doubtless be best; but necessary information can be obtained through natives; harvest prospects poor; Bank of Bombay appears to have weathered financial storm, but with heavy losse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

293. Mss Eur F90/30, no.44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.44
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

294. Mss Eur F90/30, no.45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.45
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Will do nothing regarding proposed Bhutan expedition without Mansfield's concurrence; would not propose military reductions, but to avoid financial embarrassment there must be either increased taxation or less expenditure and he prefers latter; reduction of artillery; has reluctantly disbanded La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

295. Mss Eur F90/30, no.46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.46
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter from Bowring on Mysore; argues that Hindu custom of adoption may involve loss of property (e.g. chiefship or pension) derived from Govt but not private property, citing example of Nana Sahib as precedent; matter omitted from Wood's despatch on Oudh when communicated to authorities...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

296. Mss Eur F90/30, no.47

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.47
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Work is as well up in all Depts as it has ever been – inevitably Wood will hear of what has happened privately from Lawrence before papers can be sent officially; hopes Wood will not agree to specific performance of contract clauses which would 'assuredly become an engine of oppression and extort...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

297. Mss Eur F90/30, no.48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.48
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Food in some places rising to famine prices; draft Act by (Sir) William Muir (Secretary to Govt of India Foreign Dept) to amend Act X of 1859 satisfactory for all parts of India except Bengal and Oudh, which Lawrence suggests should be treated differently- 'it is impossible to have one Law of thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

298. Mss Eur F90/30, no.49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.49
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Price of opium has risen because of notification that only 40,000 chests will be offered for sale next year; preparations for advance in Bhutan; three stations in Duars abandoned because of sickness; proposed reduction of salaries of Bengal Civil Service will be largely compensated for by increas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

299. Mss Eur F90/30, no.50

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.50
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Complains at Wood's decisions to refuse Commissioner of Peshawar a Personal Assistant, and honorarium to (Sir) Charles Aitchison for compiling his work on Treaties with Indian States.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

300. Mss Eur F90/30, no.51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.51
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Suggests qualified engineers should be deputed to inspect Godavari works and Karachi harbour works, both of which are very costly, to report whether they should be abandoned or whether further expenditure is justified; artillery reductions; country safe from famine but harvest will be poor and pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

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