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361. Mss Eur F90/31, no.32

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.32
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
With Strachey's help has effected satisfactory settlement of the Oudh taluqdari question unanimously approved by his Council; no part of his administration will give him greater pleasure than this; does not himself think taluqdars will lose much, except that what they formerly gave as a favour, w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 item

362. Mss Eur F90/31, no.37

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.37
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Raises point of detail regarding settlement of officers' grievances; settlement generally well received though doubtless there will still be some discontent; has no idea of overall cost.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1866
Extent:
1 item

363. Mss Eur F90/31, no.42

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Brief encomium of Bishop Cotton; pleased to receive Cranborne's telegram sanctioning loans for irrigation works; refers to Cranborne's letter of 16 September; unreasonable outcry against Beadon who is in bad health and cannot reside in Calcutta, over failure to act on famine – he was slow to act ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

364. Mss Eur F90/31, no.44

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.44
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Has authorised Col (Sir) Arthur Phayre (Chief Commissioner, British Burma) to visit Mandalay (with good escort) in case he can smooth matters there; hopes King will be able to maintain his authority – 'it will never do for us to help him'; Beadon reports some improvement in state of Bengal but La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1866
Extent:
1 item

365. Mss Eur F90/31, no.48

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.48
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
In view of newspaper attacks, defends his irrigation policy; reasons for preferring state to private companies undertaking such works; engineers trained in India have more specialist knowledge of canals than those from England, and are familiar with Indian administrative system – even private com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

366. Mss Eur F90/31, no.53

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.53
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Controversy between Beadon and Dr Moore over alleged failure of former to facilitate latter's plan for canal between Hooghly and Mutlah; businessmen in India are 'mere birds of passage, and look simply to making a fortune, and leaving the country'; difficult to get such men to serve on Legislativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

367. Mss Eur F90/31, no.55

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.55
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to secret instructions on Mysore mentioned in Cranborne's letter of 3 November (2); policy regarding Mysore in event of Maharaja's death; Hyderabad's claim to some Mysore territories; possibility that Holkar is corresponding with persons in England about Mysore case; recommendation for Rev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

368. Mss Eur F90/31, no.56

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Mss Eur F90/31, no.56
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter from Maine (not present) on migration to Simla; proposes (Sir) William Grey to succeed Beadon as Lt-Governor of Bengal, and (Sir) William Muir (currently Foreign Secretary) to succeed Grey as Member of Council; comments on their qualities; has asked Lord Napier (Governor of Madras...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

369. Mss Eur F90/33, no.10

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Mss Eur F90/33, no.10
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Indian architecture and Lt Cole; pleased at Childers' refusal to take Finance Membership – if anyone can succeed in putting Indian finances on sound footing it will be Temple; real difficulty is reluctance to consent to taxation combined with demands for expenditure; agrees that members of Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1868
Extent:
1 item

370. Mss Eur F90/33, no.30

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Mss Eur F90/33, no.30
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Roman Catholic soldiers do not have Scripture readers who are confined to Protestants and are furnished by a Society at home; Roman Catholic clergy attached to British regiments do not have same pay or social position as protestant chaplains, though better off than formerly.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1868
Extent:
1 item