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331. 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

332. 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

333. 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

334. 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

335. 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

336. Mss Eur F90/30, no.51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.51
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Suggests qualified engineers should be deputed to inspect Godavari works and Karachi harbour works, both of which are very costly, to report whether they should be abandoned or whether further expenditure is justified; artillery reductions; country safe from famine but harvest will be poor and pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

337. Mss Eur F90/30, no.52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.52
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 31 July; no objection to Bowring's proposal to settle Mysore family in tract south of Cauvery river once main question is disposed of, but no such concession should be offered initially; his Council are opposed to expenditure for Paris Exhibition but Lawrence thinks ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1865
Extent:
1 item

338. Mss Eur F90/30, no.53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.53
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Recommends Arthur Roberts as successor to Hawkins; Godavari irrigation scheme; need to decide whether future irrigation works should be undertaken by Govt or private enterprise; regarding ordnance affairs, hopes Wood will consent to no new appointments or commissions – many things worthier of exp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1865
Extent:
1 item

339. Mss Eur F90/30, no.54

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.54
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Need to reach arrangement with Russia and Turkey to utilise telegraph communication through Persia.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1865
Extent:
1 item

340. Mss Eur F90/30, no.55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.55
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 12 August; willing to give up plan to visit Agra, but nowhere does Governor-General have 'less influence, and can do less good than in Calcutta and Bengal'; Massey says little but appears to think financial situation may not require further taxation; opium revenue; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1865
Extent:
1 item