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201. Mss Eur F83/8, f206

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f206
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Afghans should be left alone to fight it out following Dost Muhammad's death; opposes sale of Indian dockyards; proper limits of Col Bruce's role in relation to Local Govts' police – central Govt should control subordinate Govts, not the Departments; unexpected necessity of paying off India debt ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1863
Extent:
1 item

202. Mss Eur F83/8, f220

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f220
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
[Refers to Elgin's letters of 13 July]; question of rules for Councils to hear counsel; Elgin's disallowances have been right; report of Nana Sahib's capture seems uncertain – it would be 'a satisfaction to hang the real mare'; possible appointees to Elgin's Council and desirability of having men...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1863
Extent:
1 item

203. Mss Eur F83/8, f226

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f226
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Indian budget - Wood does not expect to see so large a surplus again and is uncomfortable at so much depending on opium; wage rates in India and possibility that pay rates of sepoys and lower grade public employees may have to be raised; British should keep on good terms with de facto ruler of Af...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1863
Extent:
1 item

204. Mss Eur F83/8, f249

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/8, f249
Title:
Letter from Wood to Elgin
Scope & Content:
Refers to Elgin's letter of 18 September; proposes that Govt of India should send despatch (moderate in tone) to correct errors in Sanitary Report which might otherwise discourage officers and men from volunteering for Indian service.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1863
Extent:
1 item

205. Mss Eur F83/2, f105v

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/2, f105v
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Laing is to leave very soon; Elgin will have lost Frere, Beadon, Ritchie and Laing from Council, and gained (Sir) William Grey (Home Member) who 'was not less useful as Secretary'; question of Laing's successor – Elgin comments on relative merits of appointing outsider from Home such as Wilson a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1862-16 May 1862
Extent:
1 item

206. Mss Eur F83/4, f197

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/4, f197
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Logic he is defending in Mysore case is not his but Canning's; Babu Sumbhu Nath Pandit; time is not propitious for promoting opening through Sikkim into Tibet; his reasons for not summoning C-in-C to Calcutta; does not believe Military Member of Council and C-in-C 'can ever sit comfortably togeth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

207. Mss Eur F83/5, f94

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/5, f94
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 2 and 3 March; method of financing military barracks; Trevelyan believes he can find money both for reproductive public works and barracks without touching cash balances though Elgin is willing that they should be drawn on to extent of £3 million for these objects l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1863
Extent:
1 item

208. Mss Eur F83/6, f4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/6, f4
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Wood's decision not to send Sikh troops to New Zealand has relieved Elgin; whole question of sending troops on foreign service needs consideration; possibility of raising regiments specially for foreign service; both Rose and Sir R (later Lord) Napier (Military Member of Council) favoured orderin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1863
Extent:
1 item

209. Mss Eur F83/6, f40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/6, f40
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Regrets Wood's change of opinion on use of cash balances for public works, but grateful Wood informed him directly; considers reduction of cash balances unwise since it will make raising money for emergencies more expensive; sends copy of his minute on irrigation works; question of appointment of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Sep 1863
Extent:
1 item

210. Mss Eur F83/6, f75

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F83/6, f75
Title:
Letter from Elgin to Wood
Scope & Content:
Complaint from (Sir) Hugh Rose (C-in-C, India) at tone of Norman's correspondence; Elgin's orders to Norman to write in strong terms on question of extra clothing for Artillery men; explains why he prefers to transact business with high officials in writing.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1863
Extent:
1 item

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