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91. Mss Eur F83/3, f18v

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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

92. 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

93. Mss Eur F83/4, f40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f40
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Policy towards Persia and Dost Muhammad regarding Herat; agrees Government of India, not individual officials, should correspond with Secretary of State, and discusses particular case of letter from Balfour defending Military Finance Dept from certain criticisms; 'as Canning obtained the gratitud...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

94. Mss Eur F83/4, f123

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f123
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Patiala's reluctance to attend Legislative Council where he is on a par with other natives; his limitations as a legislator; state of feeling among Sikhs and disaffection of Duleep Singh; protests at Wood's summary disallowance of appointment of an Inspector General of Police; is suffering from t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

95. Mss Eur F83/4, f147

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f147
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Policy towards Persia and Afghanistan; question of construction of tramways and method of financing them; death of Patiala; Mysore case; notes that if Raja is restored he will have to govern not only natives but a considerable number of Europeans who have settled there; comments on impending appo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

96. Mss Eur F83/4, f165

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f165
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Explains views on contacts between Secretary of State and unofficial sources in India, and on danger of allowing Native Chiefs to think they can use English agents at home to by-pass Government of India; discusses practical limitations on power of Governor-General in peace time and need for Home ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

97. Mss Eur F83/5, f7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f7
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Lady Elgin has arrived; encloses report on Military Finance Dept for 1861-62, but things its abolition worth considering.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Jan 1863
Extent:
1 item

98. Mss Eur F83/5, f36

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f36
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
(Sir) Henry Harington best candidate to succeed Edmonstone as Lt-Governor of North-Western Provinces; Elgin has considered but rejected idea of undertaking that Government himself; correspondence with Trevelyan and Frere about alleged deficiency of labour in India and budget for public works and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Feb 1863
Extent:
1 item

99. Mss Eur F83/5, f66

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f66
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Great missionary gathering at Lahore; Elgin is willing to discuss with officials propriety of actions in such matters according to particular point raised, but denies validity of distinction between action in official and private character in the East; applications by clergyman to teach Christian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1863
Extent:
1 item

100. Mss Eur F83/5, f113

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f113
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Trevelyan has left him insufficient time to comment fully on budget; comments on note by (Sir) W Grey opposing Trevelyan's reduction of import duties but suggesting reduction of income tax; Elgin has again pressed on Trevelyan and colleagues advisability of making no reductions this year and empl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1863
Extent:
1 item