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462. Mss Eur F90/33, no.62
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/33, no.62
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- [Refers to Northcote's letters of 21 and 24 July]; supports proposal for campaign medal for Frontier service which may have to be extended to Bhutan war; reasons for opposing Etheridge's claim to CSI; argues at length against giving native troops precision weapons; though native troops are prefer...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 25 Aug 1868
- Extent:
- 1 item
463. Mss Eur F90/28, no.10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/28, no.10
- Title:
- Letter from Sir James Fergusson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India) to Lawrence
- Scope & Content:
- Corrects statement (made in Commons during interregnum between Cranborne and Northcote) misreported by Times that Govt of India had sent commercial mission to central Asia; Cranborne resigned over reform question.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 11 Mar 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
464. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.5
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32A, no.5
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
- Scope & Content:
- Acknowledges Cranborne's letter of 10 December; will push ahead with public works, in particular irrigation; has proposed establishment of separate Irrigation Dept to Council to be headed by (Sir) R Strachey; thanks for Cranborne's letter to Delane (Times editor); Ganges canal; relations with Bur...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 13 Jan 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
465. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32A, no.7
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
- Scope & Content:
- Encloses letter from Mansfield (not present) on reduction of British and Indian troops; position of tea planting interests; refers to Cranborne's letter of 18 December; difficulty of substituting grain for money payments for land revenue; despite inflation favours permanent land revenue settlemen...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 21 Jan 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
466. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32A, no.8
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
- Scope & Content:
- Summarises discussions with envoy from Bukhara; if envoy is sent to Bukhara he should be Muslim Indian, not English; dangers of sending English envoy to places such as Bukhara or Afghanistan; Lawrence opposes mission to Bukhara; even a native envoy might get into difficulties.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 22 Jan 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
467. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.11
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32A, no.11
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
- Scope & Content:
- Suggests offer to advance money to Irrigation Company be coupled with proviso they give up any claim to Son irrigation scheme – Company could then pursue one and Govt the other; £1.8 million revenue deficit expected on current year, of which £1 million due to opium; problem of Scindia's five batt...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 7 Feb 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
468. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.14
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32A, no.14
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
- Scope & Content:
- General Gordon's appointment; refers to Cranborne's letter of 18 January; agrees on need for gentle language in dealing with native chiefs, but judicious words of reproof are sometimes needed; defends is remarks at Agra Durbar; need for public works projects to be properly planned and costed; app...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 21 Feb 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
469. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.21
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32A, no.21
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Meeting yesterday in Calcutta Town Hall against Licence tax; Council will consider modifications but Lawrence begs Northcote to support Govt of India in whatever it decides; if overruled, it will indicate that all taxation affecting non-official English community will be impracticable; 'they desi...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 28 Mar 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item
470. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.54
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F90/32B, no.54
- Title:
- Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
- Scope & Content:
- Agrees with enclosed memorandum by Maine [not present] on reform of Govt of India; views on where power of appointment to Council of India, Governor-General's Council, and Presidency Governors' Councils should lie; need for official Govt newspaper; regarding appointment of barrister Advocate Gene...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 21 Sep 1867
- Extent:
- 1 item