Has come to decision about Madras Land Estates (second Amendment) Act; encloses Joint Note from Legislative, and Education, Health and Lands, Departments.
Busy with making Criminal Law Amendment Act and Press Act permanent; no adverse reaction anticipated; Assembly friendly; Congress also behaving well; grateful to Secretary of State for agreeing to views on frontier policy; has advised the Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana to hold Durbar ...
Hopes Graham's and Hubback's appointments will be announced in October; successor to Sir Hugh Stephenson (Governor of Burma); grateful the Secretary of State agrees to advance to Nahakki on frontier; no Afghan reaction anticipated; Criminal Law Amendment Bill defeated in Assembly by 10 votes; Vic...
Correspondence between C.I.G.S. and Chetwode; hopes there will be no need to draw on India for personnel and equipment for use in Abyssinia; request for increase in number of knighthoods; question of peerage for Chetwode; thinks Congress are working hard to get Gandhi to lead them again but doubt...
Country peaceful at the moment; Chetwode back from frontier and pleased with result of jirga; road progressing well; Congress postpones decision regarding new Provincial Councils until February.
Little cause for anxiety at the moment; Congress will probably pull themselves together before elections; moderate elements becoming more confident; spasmodic efforts to organise but no team work; question of Parliamentary approval for Criminal Law Amendment Bill; Zanzibar Land Alienation Decree;...
Glad that Lord Zetland is still Secretary of State; hopes to be able to do something for Lancashire in next budget; wish of Sir Shadi Lal (Member, Judicial Committee of Privy Council) to be considered for Chairmanship of Federal Court; if Princes are offered special political or financial adjustm...