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401. Mss Eur F90/31, no.48

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.48
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
In view of newspaper attacks, defends his irrigation policy; reasons for preferring state to private companies undertaking such works; engineers trained in India have more specialist knowledge of canals than those from England, and are familiar with Indian administrative system – even private com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

402. Mss Eur F90/31, no.49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.49
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 2 October; opposes road or railway through Burma, and even begrudges cost of survey given unlikelihood of its coming to anything; Phayre may be able to effect compromise at Mandalay between Burmese King and his opponents; asks for Cranborne's views on French expedi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

403. Mss Eur F90/31, no.50

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.50
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 2 October; opposes proposal by Lord Strathnairn (i.e. Sir Hugh Rose, ex-C-in-C, India) to publish Bhutan despatches, and comments at length on that campaign; brief Comments on Orissa famine and officials involved; postscript with further comments on Strathnairn's c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

404. Mss Eur F90/31, no.51

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.51
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Has held successful Durbar at Agra, where 100,000 strangers have gathered in orderly fashion; is to visit Scindia as personal compliment, and to judge of locality and his army; [apparently referring to Cranborne's letter of 16 October]; composition of Commission of Enquiry into Orissa famine; com...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Nov 1866
Extent:
1 item

405. Mss Eur F90/31, no.52

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.52
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 3 November (2); misunderstanding over London subscription for famine; in view of British press criticism of annual migration of Govt of India to Simla, is willing to Central Govt's work; describes failure of himself and other authorities to take early action on Ori...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

406. Mss Eur F90/31, no.53

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.53
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Controversy between Beadon and Dr Moore over alleged failure of former to facilitate latter's plan for canal between Hooghly and Mutlah; businessmen in India are 'mere birds of passage, and look simply to making a fortune, and leaving the country'; difficult to get such men to serve on Legislativ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

407. Mss Eur F90/31, no.54

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.54
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Success of Durbar at Gwalior, though there was an outbreak of cholera; strengths and weaknesses of British military dispositions at Gwalior; Scindia's army is impressive – well equipped, well drilled, and well paid; but they may break from his control – Lawrence has told him they should be more d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

408. Mss Eur F90/31, no.55

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.55
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Refers to secret instructions on Mysore mentioned in Cranborne's letter of 3 November (2); policy regarding Mysore in event of Maharaja's death; Hyderabad's claim to some Mysore territories; possibility that Holkar is corresponding with persons in England about Mysore case; recommendation for Rev...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

409. Mss Eur F90/31, no.56

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.56
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Encloses letter from Maine (not present) on migration to Simla; proposes (Sir) William Grey to succeed Beadon as Lt-Governor of Bengal, and (Sir) William Muir (currently Foreign Secretary) to succeed Grey as Member of Council; comments on their qualities; has asked Lord Napier (Governor of Madras...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item

410. Mss Eur F90/31, no.57

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/31, no.57
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Has received letter from Sir Salar Jung (Prime Minister of Hyderabad) putting forward Hyderabad's claims to portion of Mysore; Lawrence thinks it reflects knowledge of discussions in England on Mysore; Lawrence's views on Hyderabad's claims including that relating to Berar.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1866
Extent:
1 item