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21. Mss Eur F83/7, f277

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/7, f277
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Reviews Indian financial position; need for reduction in expenditure to match loss of income tax when that goes; army and police expenditure have risen - Wood thinks substantial reduction in manpower not feasible, but hopes for reductions in 'semi-military' branches – 'Indian notions in this resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1862
Extent:
1 item

22. Mss Eur F83/7, f324

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/7, f324
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Opposes expenditure on public buildings in Calcutta; thinks seat of Government may be moved some day – Clerk and Frere propose Poona; invites Elgin's views; asks favour for George Arbuthnot, young officer studying at Roorkee.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1862
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur F83/7, f326

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/7, f326
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Is sending despatch authorizing expenditure on public works; emphasizes importance of efficient superintendence of anything undertaken; as much as possible should be devoted to completing irrigation works begun but suspended for want of means, in particular the subsidiary channels for the Ganges ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1862
Extent:
1 item

24. Mss Eur F83/7, f342

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/7, f342
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Announces despatch of currency draft; reviews currency question; reiterates that problem has been caused by lack of previous communication by Govt of India with Secretary of State before announcing their system; this was a subject on which English authorities new more than Indian.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1862
Extent:
1 item

25. Mss Eur F83/7, f353

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/7, f353
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Discusses healthiness of various places, enclosing table of comparative mortality amongst troops in Bengal [including upper provinces]; had hoped for reduction in Commissariat; opposes fixed ratio of native to European troops; believes police 'much less dangerous' than native army and that it sho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1862
Extent:
1 item

26. Mss Eur F83/7, f396

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/7, f396
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Outlines reasons for proposing Trevelyan as Finance Member; cannot send Grey as he is a cousin of Lady Wood's.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

27. Mss Eur F83/8, f89

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f89
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Vacancies in Elgin's Council; Trevelyan's wild notion of surplus in Indian revenue which should not be difficult to dispose of; shortage of labour in some areas for public works and in Berar for picking cotton; labour shortage only justifiable reason for not spending money Wood has sanctioned for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1863
Extent:
1 item

28. Mss Eur F83/8, f97

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f97
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Post now fortnightly rather than weekly; acknowledges Elgin's letter of 5 March; believes control of Central Govt over Govts of Madras and Bombay should be financial, political and legislative, and gives examples in public works field of how this should operate; agrees with Elgin that constant ch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1863
Extent:
1 item

29. Mss Eur F83/8, f161

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f161
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Discusses military appointments should Rose and Mansfield return home; case of Southee Sikhs who have been deprived of some rights by Raja of Nabha; Wood and Council of India consider some injustice has been done to Southee Sikhs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item

30. Mss Eur F83/8, f180

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f180
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
[Marked Private and Confidential]; despatch on case of Raja of Mysore being sent by this mail; most puzzling and disagreeable case and Wood thinks Elgin should have full background for his own eye only; has decided not to restore administration to Raja; wants Elgin and L B Bowring (Chief Commissi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item

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