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31. IOR Neg 4236/1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4236/1/30
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Is about to depart on two week visit to Burma; preliminary discussions on forthcoming budget indicate probable surplus of £300,000-£600,000; Executive Council with exception of Norman favour renewal of Income Tax, Legislative members with exception of Lt-Governor of Bengal oppose renewal by whose...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item

32. IOR Neg 4236/1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4236/1/31
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Encloses report of conversation between King of Burma and his minister to show what King is led to believe; blue book on military reductions received by newspapers but not by Govt of India; fears publication of minute by Napier (C-in-C) will do much mischief; Mayo unwilling to reply to it at the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item

33. IOR Neg 4236/1/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4236/1/32
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Defends Punjab Canal Bill and begs Argyll not to veto it - believes its principle 'essential to our future financial security, i.e. that the Districts who receive the benefit and who are enriched are to pay for the cost if they can', otherwise he believes irrigation works cannot be continued 'wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1872
Extent:
1 item

34. IOR Neg 4236/1/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR Neg 4236/1/33
Title:
Letter from John Strachey (Member, Governor-General's Council, Acting Viceroy 9-23 Feb 1872) to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Mayo's assassination; encomium on Mayo; assassination not thought to be connected with murder of Chief Justice Norman; mismanagement of Andamans' penal settlement; risk of procedural mistake aborting trial of assassin, but Stephen has suggested method of obviating difficulty; High Court Judges sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1872
Extent:
1 item

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