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31. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.31

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.31
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Northcote's letter of 20 April; probably right to allow Burmese mission to France to proceed; reasons for opposing annexation of Burma; survey of route from Rangoon to Burma/China frontier desired by Lord Cranborne now complete; either road or railway would be too costly, especially ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1867
Extent:
1 item

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

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.32
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to his own letter of 8 January; recommendations for 2nd and 3rd classes of Star of India; services of Maharaja Man Singh in securing assent of taluqdars of Oudh to ameliorations in terms of subordinate land tenures, to whom Lawrence has promised Star of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 May 1867-29 May 1867
Extent:
1 item

33. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.33

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.33
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 26 April; Miss Carpenter's proposals for Female Normal Schools will be considered; officers' claims; queries received from Parliamentary Committee regarding employment of Indian troops in colonies; difficulties of this proposal; if colonies such as Canada provided ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 May 1867
Extent:
1 item

34. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.34

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Mss Eur F90/32A, no.34
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Northcote's letter of 3 May; agrees Licence Tax should have gone higher, but futile for Lawrence to propose it, in view of lack of support in his Council and at home; need for careful planning of Abyssinian expedition; comments on British Army officers recommended by Duke of Cambridg...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jun 1867
Extent:
1 item

35. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.35

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Mss Eur F90/32B, no.35
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 17 May; probable need for naval force to police Indian Sea; employment of Indian troops in colonies delicate matter; question of bonus for local officers whom nothing will fully satisfy and who have acquired habit of making out grievances.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1867
Extent:
1 item

36. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.36
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Abyssinian expedition; recommendation of KCB for Brig-Gen Henry Tombs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1867
Extent:
1 item

37. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.37
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 15 May; comments on character of Bengal administration and economic and social condition of Bengal; thinks condition of mass of people worse than in former times; drought of 1865-66 caused famine in Orissa and great distress elsewhere – e.g. children in border dist...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1867
Extent:
1 item

38. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.38
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Needs to learn Northcote's views and wishes on several matters; refers to Northcote's letter of 23 May; believes annexation of Mysore has benefited mass of people; some aspects of British rule bear hardly on people, but Lawrence affirms 'that the benefits of our system are great and palpable; and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1867
Extent:
1 item

39. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.39
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Question of knighthood for Professor Oldham; proposes purchase of Orissa Irrigation Company; reasons for preferring public to private enterprise for construction of irrigation works; Burma situation unsettled; anxiety regarding relations between Tirhut indigo planters and ryots; if there is crisi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1867
Extent:
1 item

40. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.40
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
On relative merits of British and native rule, points out Sikh officials could not enter frontier areas without heavy guard, while for British two police horsemen suffice; appointment of Dwarkanath Mitter to High Court; Col Elphinstone's management of Punjab railway giving cause for concern; refe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1867
Extent:
1 item

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