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431. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.17

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.17
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Regret at Cranborne's resignation; evil of constant changes of Secretary of State; Cranborne's two great achievements are settlement of grievances of officers of old local army, and placing irrigation question on satisfactory footing; Lawrence regrets Mysore decision; Lawrence pleased to serve un...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

432. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.18

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.18
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Favours merger of Banks of Bombay and Bengal; distribution of Scindia's troops; accusation by Chairman of Orissa Irrigation Company in London of breach of faith by Govt of India in not giving Orissa permanent settlement; Lawrence's views on permanent land revenue settlements; Orissa Company's wat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

433. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.19

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.19
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Cranborne
Scope & Content:
Anxiety concerning lack of rain in Punjab; pity that three years were lost in deciding irrigation question; situation in Burma looks bad, where Lawrence would regret having to interfere; need is for 'consolidation of our administration in our old Provinces. Twenty years of peace wisely employed w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

434. Mss Eur F90/32A, no.20

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32A, no.20
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Cranborne's letter of 3 December (2) and his own of 4 January on need to reduce British Army in India, and encloses report by Sir W Mansfield (C-in-C, India); preferable to loan regiments from India than raise one in India specifically for service in Hong Kong; Orissa situation slightly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1867
Extent:
1 item

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

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

Reference (shelfmark):
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

439. 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

440. 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