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21. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.21

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.21
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Meeting yesterday in Calcutta Town Hall against Licence tax; Council will consider modifications but Lawrence begs Northcote to support Govt of India in whatever it decides; if overruled, it will indicate that all taxation affecting non-official English community will be impracticable; 'they desi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

22. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.22

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.22
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Glad to find he was mistaken in thinking that Cranborne had given up Mysore; Cranborne's method of handling question a very good one; would be retrograde step to return Mysore to native rule after it had been administered under British system for thirty years.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.23

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.23
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 11 March; will write fully and freely to him as he knows how much this will 'facilitate business'; Govt has been laying in stores of grain in Orissa; situation in Orissa; with reference to speech by Maj Anson in Commons, denies troop levels in India are too high; d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

24. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.24

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.24
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Fergusson
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Fergusson's letter of 11 March; imprudence of sending missions to 'semi-civilized and barbarous races, over whom … we can practically bring no material power to bear'; mission to Ladakh a different case; regrets at Cranborne's resignations; Anson's motion in Commons; effective streng...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

25. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.25
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Complaint of Maj-Gen (Sir) O Cavenagh (former Governor of Straits Settlements) at treatment he and other former officers of Straits Settlements have received; grievances of Calcutta inhabitants against Licence tax; slowness of Finance member and limited influence Governor-General has over Council...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

26. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.26

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.26
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Sends report on Orissa famine; all quiet in India; hill tribe in Peshawar valley has yielded; has some anxiety regarding Burma; have prevented Burmese mission to France from proceeding until instructions received from Northcote by telegram.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

27. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.27
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Northcote's letter of 26 March; suggests Cranborne's decision on Mysore should stand; explains why he supports annexation in this case; regarding Orissa Famine Commission Report, comments on his failure to overrule his Council and insist on Lt-Governor of Bengal importing food at the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1867
Extent:
1 item

28. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.28

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.28
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 3 April; take-over of Bank of Bombay by Bank of Bengal; explains at length why he opposes recognition of Maharaja of Mysore's adoption of heir and favours annexation, but will carry out Northcote's instructions whatever they may be.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1867
Extent:
1 item

29. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.29

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.29
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 29 March – Govt of India has already recommended Jung Bahadur's salute should remain at 19 guns.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1867
Extent:
1 item

30. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.30

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.30
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 10 April; Indian financial position; views on loans; difficulty of raising new taxation in India where 'the Englishman … practically considers it his prerogative … to pay no taxation at all'; believes Income Tax would be better solution than Licence Tax 'for it wil...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1867
Extent:
1 item

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