Louis George Mylne Bishop of Bombay, Trinity College, Cambridge, to Marquess of Salisbury: requesting appointment to discuss Indian matters, and that Lord Salisbury will present Lea at levee.
Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-chief to Marquess of Salisbury: is pleased that the debate on the Indian Armies has been postponed, because he wishes first to discuss the whole matter with Salisbury.
Capt. J.H.R.(?) Stanley of the War Office, to Walpole: Stanley has endeavoured to obtain the information Walpole required, but it may not reach him until the following day.
Richard Assheton Cross, Home Office, to Marquess of Salisbury (confidential): requests cabinet sanction for his plans to set up new episcopal sees in industrial areas.
Earl of Carnarvon to Walpole: requests Walpole to inform Lord Lytton by telegraph of the impossibility of conferring the K.C.M.G. on "the gentleman in Siam".
W H Smith, Secretary to the Treasury, to Stafford Northcote: asks whether Lord Salisbury and Mr. Hardy have decided how to settle the problem of the accounts and charges between India and the War Office. Lord Frederick Cavendish, as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, has informed Smith th...
Stafford Northcote to Marquess of Salisbury: asks whether Salisbury and Mr. Hardy would each agree to appoint an arbitrator who would in turn choose an umpire to settle the issue between them. As an alternative, Northcote suggests a conference between Salisbury, Hardy and himself.