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321. Mss Eur F90/30, no.36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.36
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Proposals for army reductions; Council unanimous in favour of expedition into Bhutan if chiefs do not come to terms; briefly reiterates arguments in its favour; Parliamentary debate on Bhutan demonstrated ignorance of speakers and extent to which people at home are misled by newspaper reports.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

322. Mss Eur F90/30, no.37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.37
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 26 April; defends decision not to reoccupy Dewangiri; Buckle's case; Col Campbell's case; Frere's proposal to raise small force of 400 men and two mountain guns to be paid for by chiefs in Kathiawar to suppress lawlessness there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

323. Mss Eur F90/30, no.38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.38
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Has asked Peacock to expedite decision of High Court on rent question; refers to Wood's letter of 25 April on Oudh policy; still favours awaiting outcome of enquiry now going on; points out that Davies's two circulars to which exception has been taken were to some extent revised by Wingfield befo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

324. Mss Eur F90/30, no.39

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.39
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Difficulty in reducing duty on saltpetre; believes revival of income tax will be necessary; excitement caused by export duties seems excessive – gives examples of similar imposts at higher rates; need to get Wood's prior consent to budget in future; Lawrence would have liked to telegraph to him o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

325. Mss Eur F90/30, no.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.40
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Recommendations for Star of India, chiefly for the two new classes; many candidates, both English and Indian, known to him personally or by reputation; thinks in future deserving English officials should normally be awarded Star only on retirement; asks permission to go to Agra and hold Legislati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

326. Mss Eur F90/30, no.41

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.41
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Indian emigration to Reunion; hopes Wood will approve Govt resolution to support Bombay Bank; suggests in future Govt Directors of Banks should hold shares, as self interest may make them more attentive than sense of public duty; removal of Col Douglas as Head of Telegraph Dept.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

327. Mss Eur F90/30, no.42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Wood specimens required by Kew Gardens; Raja of Mysore has adopted a son; Mysore case should be fought on its merits – neither compromise nor building up rival family as suggested by Bowring will work; three of 9th cavalry offenders have died in prison – Mansfield has released all survivors excep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

328. Mss Eur F90/30, no.43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Dyce Sombre case; opposes mission to Khokan, but if there is one, route proposed by Lt F Trench (20th Hussars) would doubtless be best; but necessary information can be obtained through natives; harvest prospects poor; Bank of Bombay appears to have weathered financial storm, but with heavy losse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

329. Mss Eur F90/30, no.44

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.44
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Pension of late Treasurer of Governor-General's household comes not from general revenue but from household allowance which he has had to retrench to balance books; case of Iqbal-ud-Daula; yield of land revenue in N.W.P.; need to husband land revenue; land worth £1,362,141 given to Guaranteed Rai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

330. Mss Eur F90/30, no.45

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.45
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Will do nothing regarding proposed Bhutan expedition without Mansfield's concurrence; would not propose military reductions, but to avoid financial embarrassment there must be either increased taxation or less expenditure and he prefers latter; reduction of artillery; has reluctantly disbanded La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item