Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of first week of October; announces appointment of (Sir William) Seymour Fitzgerald to succeed Frere as Governor of Bombay; Frere will probably become member of Council of India; argues at length in favour of abandonment of barracks at Peshawar; argues that Lawrenc...
Acknowledges Lawrence's letters of 18, 22 and 23 [sic] October; comments on Frere, Fitzgerald and Yule; suggests moving latter from Hyderabad to become member of Lawrence's Council in succession to Grey; asks for documents relating to Mysore which cannot be found in India Office.
Points out high cost of British soldier; understands 70,000 needed to watch native army and that native army cannot be reduced; asks whether danger of revolt of native army could be reduced by stationing troops far from their birthplace; since Muslim and Hindu troops likely to be alienated, not b...
Irrigation should be undertaken by Govt if possible, by private enterprise if not; hopes work will begin without delay; absolutely necessary to establish new Irriagation Dept; no time should be lost in beginning surveys; trusts other Presidencies, especially Madras, will receive fair share of Imp...
[Refers to his letter of 3 December (2)]; pay of British soldier may be increased very soon; other factors may lead to further increases of which India must pay her share; implication is that India must find more money (perhaps through increased productivity produced by irrigation and railways) o...