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41. Mss Eur F90/30, no.41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.41
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Indian emigration to Reunion; hopes Wood will approve Govt resolution to support Bombay Bank; suggests in future Govt Directors of Banks should hold shares, as self interest may make them more attentive than sense of public duty; removal of Col Douglas as Head of Telegraph Dept.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

42. Mss Eur F90/30, no.42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Wood specimens required by Kew Gardens; Raja of Mysore has adopted a son; Mysore case should be fought on its merits – neither compromise nor building up rival family as suggested by Bowring will work; three of 9th cavalry offenders have died in prison – Mansfield has released all survivors excep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

43. Mss Eur F90/30, no.43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Dyce Sombre case; opposes mission to Khokan, but if there is one, route proposed by Lt F Trench (20th Hussars) would doubtless be best; but necessary information can be obtained through natives; harvest prospects poor; Bank of Bombay appears to have weathered financial storm, but with heavy losse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

44. Mss Eur F90/30, no.44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.44
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Pension of late Treasurer of Governor-General's household comes not from general revenue but from household allowance which he has had to retrench to balance books; case of Iqbal-ud-Daula; yield of land revenue in N.W.P.; need to husband land revenue; land worth £1,362,141 given to Guaranteed Rai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

45. Mss Eur F90/30, no.45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.45
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Will do nothing regarding proposed Bhutan expedition without Mansfield's concurrence; would not propose military reductions, but to avoid financial embarrassment there must be either increased taxation or less expenditure and he prefers latter; reduction of artillery; has reluctantly disbanded La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

46. Mss Eur F90/30, no.46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.46
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter from Bowring on Mysore; argues that Hindu custom of adoption may involve loss of property (e.g. chiefship or pension) derived from Govt but not private property, citing example of Nana Sahib as precedent; matter omitted from Wood's despatch on Oudh when communicated to authorities...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

47. Mss Eur F90/30, no.47

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.47
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Work is as well up in all Depts as it has ever been – inevitably Wood will hear of what has happened privately from Lawrence before papers can be sent officially; hopes Wood will not agree to specific performance of contract clauses which would 'assuredly become an engine of oppression and extort...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

48. Mss Eur F90/30, no.48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.48
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Food in some places rising to famine prices; draft Act by (Sir) William Muir (Secretary to Govt of India Foreign Dept) to amend Act X of 1859 satisfactory for all parts of India except Bengal and Oudh, which Lawrence suggests should be treated differently- 'it is impossible to have one Law of thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

49. Mss Eur F90/30, no.49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.49
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Price of opium has risen because of notification that only 40,000 chests will be offered for sale next year; preparations for advance in Bhutan; three stations in Duars abandoned because of sickness; proposed reduction of salaries of Bengal Civil Service will be largely compensated for by increas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

50. Mss Eur F90/30, no.50

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.50
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Complains at Wood's decisions to refuse Commissioner of Peshawar a Personal Assistant, and honorarium to (Sir) Charles Aitchison for compiling his work on Treaties with Indian States.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

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