Guide to the John Lawrence Collection. [This Guide was compiled before the Collection came into the Library: not all the items listed in this Guide were received, and this Guide should, therefore, be used with caution.]
Branch Railway Company disposed to repudiate; thinks Cawpore-Calcutta line might be better with East India Railway even with a guarantee; Duke of Cambridge opposes Napier for Bombay Command on grounds that Engineer Officer not trained to enforce necessary discipline on English troops; name and di...
Cannot give opinion on Bahawalpur without consulting Clerk and Currie and one or two other Councillors, but briefly outlines his immediate personal views on when interference in Princely States is called for.
Neither Miss Nightingale nor Sanitary Commission in England should be in direct communication with Indian bodies; all communications from India should go through Governments in India to Secretary of State, and it is in interest of Govts in India and particularly Governor-General to observe this p...
Question of sovereignty or jurisdiction over railway lands outside British India; [refers to Lawrence's letter of 17/18 December]; suggests how problem which Lawrence attributes to Indian Councils Act might be solved; supports Lawrence's position on Son scheme; possible appointments to Council; a...
Dewangiri affair disgraceful; thinks it should probably be held; possible next step in Bhutan campaign; operations very costly given primitive character of opposition; puzzled by fact that Lawrence's and Trevelyan's letters all pointed at continuance of Income tax whereas recent telegrams refer t...
Will approve whatever Lawrence decides regarding envoy at Kabul; likewise regarding whatever Lawrence and Mansfield decide on Bhutan; would regret reduction of 21s Hussars, but assumes cavalry regiment can be spared more easily than anything; suggest local assessment on English planters to pay fo...
Foster can stay longer; recommends Grant '(the Nile traveller'); leakage of purported secret letter of appointment from Durand to Davies which is inconsistent with Lawrence's letters.