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21. Mss Eur F83/5, f78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f78
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Drummond's appointment to N.W.Provinces in preference to (Sir) W Muir (Member, Board of Revenue, N.W.P.); importance of appointing persons with experience at centre to Lt-Governorships, and of preventing patronage dispensed by Lt-Governors falling too much into hands of local cliques; comments on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 item

22. Mss Eur F83/5, f220

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f220
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
News of fall of Herat; Trevelyan's proposal to sell dockyards; though Indian Navy is being reduced, Elgin feels Royal Navy should be consulted; comments on Trevelyan's mode of reasoning and tendency to form opinions without full consideration; colleagues seem willing to defer to Elgin's judgement...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1863
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur F83/5, f234

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f234
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Explains how it has arisen that rules of procedure for Madras Council but not Bengal allow Counsel to be heard; his disallowance of Bill from Bombay Council giving them the power to create offices.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item

24. Mss Eur F83/5, f242

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f242
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Sir Proby Cautley's plan for arresting damage to Ganges canal caused by water passing over the falls; confirms report of Dost Muhammad's death; will be very wary of meddling in Afghan affairs; situation on frontier; relative precedence of Maharajas of Jind and Nabha and difficulties such trifles ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item

25. Mss Eur F83/5, f94

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f94
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 2 and 3 March; method of financing military barracks; Trevelyan believes he can find money both for reproductive public works and barracks without touching cash balances though Elgin is willing that they should be drawn on to extent of £3 million for these objects l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1863
Extent:
1 item

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