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2. Mss Eur F83/3, f47
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f47
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Is summoning Legislative Council to legalize collection by High Court of fees previously collected by Supreme and Sudder Courts; Peacock's cooperative attitude; discusses various points regarding High Court including fact that language will prove a difficulty if English Barrister Judges require t...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 16 Jul 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Mss Eur F83/3, f84v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f84v
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Encloses correspondence with Frere and discusses problem of correctly achieving optimum constitutional relationship between Secretary of State, Supreme Government, and Local Governments; difficulty of finding suitable native judge for High Court.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Aug 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
4. Mss Eur F83/3, f95
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f95
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Jocular comments on Parliamentary debate on Calcutta climate and mortality; comments on debate on army and agrees European force should not be reduced further at present; little prospect of achieving reduction demanded by Canning elsewhere; discusses problems of Commissariat in supplying food to ...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 9 Aug 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Mss Eur F83/3, f18v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f18v
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Outlines plan for comprehensive tour to begin early next year, and to last till 1864 with two summers spent at Simla; plans to summon Legislative Council to Calcutta for this November; for 1863/64 session might either summon it to join him in the north, or leave it to deliberate without him; yest...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Jul 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. Mss Eur F83/3, f144
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f144
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Policy towards Raja of Mysore; defends appointment of Col Bruce as Inspector General of Police; post is needed if central Government is to check police expenditure; discusses constitutional relationship between Secretary of State, Supreme Government, and Local Governments; control of Supreme Gove...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17 Aug 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. Mss Eur F83/3, f35
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f35
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Canning's death; defends his willingness to take responsibility for Government decisions in India, but does not feel he can simply disregard plans matured by Canning, Laing, and others; judges seem willing to make new High Court work well, though there are problems with new Code of Procedure whic...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 8 Jul 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. Mss Eur F83/3, f71
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f71
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Canning's letter to Maharaja of Mysore; importance of maintaining united front between Home and Indian Governments in dealing with Native Chiefs; his difficult position in respect of resolution on sale of waste lands and redemption of land tax; Legislative Council has enacted temporary measure to...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 22 Jul 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. Mss Eur F83/3, f142
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f142
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Encloses copy of letter from Dr Clement Williams about Burma; notes that opium has been brought to Rangoon from Yunnan.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17 Aug 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. Mss Eur F83/3, f172
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/3, f172
- Title:
- Letter from Elgin to Wood
- Scope & Content:
- Beadon (Lt-Governor of Bengal) reports that Assam is in satisfactory state; proposed mission to Bhutan needs consideration; Maj Ramsay reports Sir Jung Bahadur (Maharaja of Nepal) is considering intervention in Tibet where disturbances are reported; Elgin thinks Sir Jung should be discouraged; im...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 2 Sep 1862
- Extent:
- 1 item