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481. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.68

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.68
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Anstey's hope for Recordership of Moulmein; regret at Northcote's decision to have no Govt Directors for Bank of Bombay; terms offered to Orissa Irrigation Company liberal but far better than guarantee system – Lawrence's criticisms of latter; views on need for Governor-General and his Council to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

482. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.69

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.69
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Lists four candidates to succeed Yule on Governor-General's Council, recommending (Sir) John Strachey (officiating Chief Commissioner of Oudh); proposes Sir W Muir (Foreign Secretary) to succeed Drummond as Lt-Gov of North-Western Provinces; criticises failure to ensure that Napier consulted Govt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

483. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.70

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.70
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Proposals for Income tax and Licence tax to replace current Licence tax being sent home; views on financial policy; reviving Income tax means it will be available to be increased in emergency; only alternative to Income tax would be periodic borrowing which would be 'simply suicidal'; salt tax; e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

484. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.71

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.71
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Northcote's letters of 11 and 18 November [sc 17 November]; Nawab of Tonk's responsibility for murders; Pathans hold human, and especially Hindu, life cheap; Lawrence's only concern regarding Abyssinian expedition is its scale; strength of British troops in India is as low as is safe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

485. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.72

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.72
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Difficulty of finding posts for officers displaced from Straits Settlements; honour for Tombs; will proceed with construction of Lahore-Peshawar line; if Orissa Company give up Bihar works, Northcote should telegraph so that Govt can get to work immediately; regret at decision to separate Govt of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

486. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.73

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.73
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Encloses memorandum (not present) from Col R Strachey on equipment needed from England for Son project (i.e. Bihar works to be handed back by Orissa Company); have given Govt of Bengal another Secretary as work will be heavy.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

487. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.74

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.74
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Chronic discontent of Army officers in India; root cause is difficulty experienced by older officers 'without influence and connection at Home' in supervising education of their sons in England and finding them employment; in India these sons face competition for employment in uncovenanted servic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1867
Extent:
1 item

488. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.75

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.75
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Regrets Northcote considers papers on Central Asian should not be published since opposite party's views have been; gives reasons why India should not bear any costs of Abyssinian expedition [cf Northcote's letter of 9 December]; disagrees with Northcote's argument that overall division of defenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1868
Extent:
1 item

489. Mss Eur F90/33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/33
Title:
Scope & Content:
Letters to the Secretary of State, Sir Stafford Northcote. Nos. 6, 7 and 11 are lacking
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
Unspecified

490. Mss Eur F90/33, no.1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/33, no.1
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Question of honours for General Tombs and General Fraser; [refers to Northcote's letter of 27 November]; publication of minutes on Bank of Bombay in Indian press; contrary to Northcote and Council of India, Lawrence and his Council strongly urge that facts and arguments of individual Council memb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1868
Extent:
1 item