Col Herbert's claims for advancement and/or CB; Maharaja of Mysore's suggestion that Gen Haines should be guardian of his heir, and Lawrence's wish for young University man from England; need for pension system for uncovenanted civil servants and justification for giving better terms to Europeans...
Reports of famine in Madras – Northcote suggests appointment of Special Famine Commissioner; slow progress of negotiations with Orissa Irrigation Company whose Directors make inadmissible counter-proposals; possible motion in Commons for Committee on best mode of prosecuting irrigation works.
Decision to purchase Queen's statue and question where to place it; request from Baillie Cochrane (MP) for judgeship or pension for his cousin James Cochrane.
Committee of Lord's Day Observance Society have called attention to new postal arrangements apparently causing mails in Calcutta and Madras to be made up on Sundays.
Apology for confusion over appointment of engineer for Lahore-Peshawar line; suggestion by Lord Stanley (Foreign Secretary) for averaging opium revenue over good and bad years to remove gambling element from Indian budget; negotiations with Orissa Irrigation Company; Parliamentary Committee on ir...
Suggests Lawrence should write letter in Secret Dept seeking authority to spend sum on secret service which would in fact be to finance Govt organ in the press; opposes publication of minutes by members of Governor-General's Council – 'the Executive Govt in India ought to be the Government of the...