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11. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.11

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.11
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Suggests offer to advance money to Irrigation Company be coupled with proviso they give up any claim to Son irrigation scheme – Company could then pursue one and Govt the other; £1.8 million revenue deficit expected on current year, of which £1 million due to opium; problem of Scindia's five batt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

12. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.12

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.12
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Policy towards Afghanistan; suggests decommissioning Govt steamer on Euphrates river; must acquiese in Yule's appointment to his Council but is mortified he cannot have the man he considers best; if Governor-General, who is responsible for working whole Govt of India, cannot be trusted to select ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

13. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.13

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.13
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Is unwell; acknowledges Cranborne's letter of 18 January; Muir will be great loss to Council and Lawrence personally; Yule currently detained in Hyderabad because by split between Nizam and his minister Salar Jung; meeting in Calcutta to raise subscriptions for Orissa famine, at which expressions...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

14. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.14

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.14
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
General Gordon's appointment; refers to Cranborne's letter of 18 January; agrees on need for gentle language in dealing with native chiefs, but judicious words of reproof are sometimes needed; defends is remarks at Agra Durbar; need for public works projects to be properly planned and costed; app...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1867
Extent:
1 item

15. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.15

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.15
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Council has agreed to support Bombay Bank, and (against Lawrence's opinion) to borrow £520,000 for Calcutta waterworks; mismanagement of Calcutta municipal authorities of their sewerage and water supply projects; criticises system of indigo planting in Bihar; now appears planters may not have the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

16. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.16

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.16
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Importance of Viceroy corresponding 'freely and fully' with Secretary of State; India's financial situation better than anticipated; outlines his financial views; hopes Northcote will follow Cranborne's policy regarding irrigation works which 'are of primary importance to India'; India's telegrap...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

17. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.17
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Regret at Cranborne's resignation; evil of constant changes of Secretary of State; Cranborne's two great achievements are settlement of grievances of officers of old local army, and placing irrigation question on satisfactory footing; Lawrence regrets Mysore decision; Lawrence pleased to serve un...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

18. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.18

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.18
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Favours merger of Banks of Bombay and Bengal; distribution of Scindia's troops; accusation by Chairman of Orissa Irrigation Company in London of breach of faith by Govt of India in not giving Orissa permanent settlement; Lawrence's views on permanent land revenue settlements; Orissa Company's wat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

19. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.19
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Anxiety concerning lack of rain in Punjab; pity that three years were lost in deciding irrigation question; situation in Burma looks bad, where Lawrence would regret having to interfere; need is for 'consolidation of our administration in our old Provinces. Twenty years of peace wisely employed w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

20. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.20
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 3 December (2) and his own of 4 January on need to reduce British Army in India, and encloses report by Sir W Mansfield (C-in-C, India); preferable to loan regiments from India than raise one in India specifically for service in Hong Kong; Orissa situation slightly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

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