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451. 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

452. 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

453. 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

454. 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

455. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.41
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 18 May; concessions for army officers; [refers to Northcote's letter of 3 June]; proposed rise in pay of British troops in India gives opportunity to put system on simpler footing.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

456. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 9 June; would have preferred stronger candidate than Gen McCleverty for Madras command; state of Madras Army; arguments for believing new (Irregular) system of officering Indian Army better than old; principle of 'employment of the superior classes of the natives' ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

457. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Northcote's letter of 9 June]; he and his Council agree Godavari irrigation works are waste of money; explains how Secretary of State's Council (against their better judgement) acquiesced in them because proposed by Sir Charles Wood with backing of Parliament; suggests work should cont...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

458. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.44
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
2d per day rise in pay for British troops in India – payment arrangements should not be changed; total cost will be 'something more than £200,000 per annum'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

459. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.45
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Refers to Northcote's letter of 18 May [sic, 15 May apparently intended]; Calcutta cannot be entirely abandoned as seat of Govt of India, and latter cannot resume administration of Bengal; people of Bengal are 'infinitely more docile than those of any other part of India, though the English settl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1867
Extent:
1 item

460. Mss Eur F90/32B, no.46

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/32B, no.46
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Northcote
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Northcote's letters of 24 and 26 June; strongly favours appointment of Judge Advocate General but equally opposes his inclusion in Council; basic need is for barrister who 'is a gentleman, and who would generally be believed to act impartially and be in a thoroughly independent posit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1867
Extent:
1 item