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341. Mss Eur F90/29, no.1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.1
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Has offered Financial membership to Childers; will try to secure Council of India's agreement to Lawrence's nominee as Yule's successor as Resident at Hyderabad; for which some Council members have suggested (Sir) E C Bayley (Home Secretary to Govt of India); Northcote's wish to enhance Governor-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1868
Extent:
1 item

342. Mss Eur F90/29, no.4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.4
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Evidence of Fenian organisation extending from St Petersburg to Madrid; furlough rules; proposal to send home Lt Cole to study castings and construction of museum.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1868
Extent:
1 item

343. Mss Eur F90/29, no.8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.8
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Suggests government loans to save landowners from falling into hands of money-lenders; undesirability of old families being forced to sell up and land coming into hands of absentee capitalists as is said to have happened in Orissa; this will be bad for ryots, and leave class of potentially disaff...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1868
Extent:
1 item

344. Mss Eur F90/29, no.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.9
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Encloses cheque for £500 for charitable purposes in Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Feb 1868
Extent:
1 item

345. Mss Eur F90/29, no.12

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.12
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1868
Extent:
1 item

346. Mss Eur F90/29, no.15

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.15
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Mar 1868
Extent:
1 item

347. Mss Eur F90/29, no.17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.17
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1868
Extent:
1 item

348. Mss Eur F90/29, no.18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.18
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter (not prsent) from Edward Thornton regarding his work on tenant right in Punjab.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1868
Extent:
1 item

349. Mss Eur F90/29, no.21

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.21
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter from Fitzgerald and his reply outlining views on whether Govt should hold shares in Bank, whether there should be Govt Directors (to which he remains opposed) or an Inspector, and scope of Commission of Enquiry into Presidency Banks.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1868
Extent:
1 item

350. Mss Eur F90/29, no.23

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/29, no.23
Title:
Letter from Northcote to Lawrence
Scope & Content:
Motion by Henry Fawcett (radical MP), and suggestion to establish scholarships for Indians to study in England to enable them to enter the [ICS] competition; completion of reform bill will probably prevent him proceeding with India Bill; suggestion that four Council of India members be allowed to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 May 1868
Extent:
1 item