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Container Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur B380/4

11. Mss Eur B380/4, f121

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Mss Eur B380/4, f121
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Refers to his letter of 2 September 1869; is sending Forsyth to complete negotiations with Maharaja of Kashmir for opening trade route through his territory to East Turkestan; Forsyth's mission to St Petersburgh and policy towards Central Asia; war between Afghanistan and Bokhara not impossible; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1870
Extent:
1 item

12. Mss Eur B380/4, f134

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Mss Eur B380/4, f134
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Two important foreign despatches going by this mail; Col (Sir) Lewis Pelly thinks non-payment of Zanzibar subsidy will have very bad effect in Muscat; letter on Bahrain shows up ill conduct of Persians – need to avoid giving Persia any idea that British are about to abandon their longstanding pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1870
Extent:
1 item

13. Mss Eur B380/4, f149

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f149
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Briefly describes his tour in Central India including coal and cotton districts of Chanda and the Berars; Kashmir treaty settled; hopes of opening safe and "free of all duty" trade to Yarkand and Kashgar; financial deficit now likely to reach £1 or £¼million; difficulties increased by great and u...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1870
Extent:
1 item

14. Mss Eur B380/4, f189

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Mss Eur B380/4, f189
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Has persuaded Holkar to accept 4½% interest (instead of 5%) for his loan for Indore railway; hopes to settle matter of Hyderabad railway in negotiation with Salar Jung; despite considerable expenditure reduction, deficit will require raising Income Tax to 3%; revenue estimates still uncertain chi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Mar 1870
Extent:
1 item

15. Mss Eur B380/4, f211

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Mss Eur B380/4, f211
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Refers to Argyll's letter of 25 February (1); there has been no sudden or violent cut in recruitment to the ICS; reviews recruitment figures to Bengal cadre since 1861 in detail, and briefly touches on figures for Madras and Bombay; any sudden cut appears to be due to reduction of Bombay requirem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1870
Extent:
1 item

16. Mss Eur B380/4, f228

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f228
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Expedition by Mr Edgar to persuade tribes on S E Frontier (Cachar) to adopt peaceful attitude looks likely to be successful – Mayo hopes 'people are beginning to see that there are other ways of keeping these wild tribes quiet besides burning their villages or setting them to murder eachother'; c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

17. Mss Eur B380/4, f247

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f247
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
[Acknowledges Argyll's letter of 18 March]; will not write much while on tour; budget very unpopular with Press; feeling strong among all classes against Income Tax; encloses letter from Meade on Mysore affairs, and from Col Herbert (Political Agent in Turkish Arabia) on claim by Turkish Governor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

18. Mss Eur B380/4, f261

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Mss Eur B380/4, f261
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Durand unenthusiastic about appointment to amalgamated Agency of Central India and Rajputana; Mayo, having now spent more than a fortnight in the Punjab, finds Durand would be more acceptable to the Punjab Service than any other man as Lt-Governor of Punjab and Mayo proposes to appoint him though...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

19. Mss Eur B380/4, f270

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f270
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Argyll's letter of 1 April (2); opposes award of GCSI to Prince Ghulam Muhammad – he has no influence, can do British no service, and his family are numerous, poor, and troublesome; to pay tribute to ability the award should go to Sir Salar Jung who can do real service, to recognise ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

20. Mss Eur B380/4, f275

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f275
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Gives critique of British policy towards Indian Princes (particularly in Rajputana) with most of which Durand agrees; Durand's appointment to Punjab extremely popular; CSIs should not be given to men with CBs; Salar Jung's claims to GCSI; Forsyth's mission; describes his meeting with Maharaja of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1870
Extent:
1 item

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