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21. Mss Eur B380/4, f247

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Mss Eur B380/4, f247
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
[Acknowledges Argyll's letter of 18 March]; will not write much while on tour; budget very unpopular with Press; feeling strong among all classes against Income Tax; encloses letter from Meade on Mysore affairs, and from Col Herbert (Political Agent in Turkish Arabia) on claim by Turkish Governor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

22. Mss Eur B380/4, f327

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Mss Eur B380/4, f327
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Problems arising in Bengal on question of imposing local taxes; [cf Argyll's letter to Mayo, 8 April 1870 (2)]; Mayo argues that land revenue is rent not tax, and question of local taxation should not be mixed up with it, and encloses paper by (Sir) E C Bayley (Home Secretary to Govt of India) on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1870
Extent:
1 item

23. Mss Eur B380/4, f339

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f339
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
In case anything said in Parliament regarding Govt of India's refusal to remove export duty on rice in Burma and Bengal, encloses relevant papers; also encloses his reasons for vetoing Bombay Cotton frauds bill.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1870
Extent:
1 item

24. Mss Eur B380/4, f25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f25
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Duke of Edinburgh's visit; even reduced sum of £1500 to be spent on presents may produce some grumbling; progress with reduction of expenditure on police; hopes to deal with one department after another, but can do nothing on barracks, commissariat, or ordnance until Argyll's decision on military...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1870
Extent:
1 item

25. Mss Eur B380/4, f121

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Mss Eur B380/4, f121
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Refers to his letter of 2 September 1869; is sending Forsyth to complete negotiations with Maharaja of Kashmir for opening trade route through his territory to East Turkestan; Forsyth's mission to St Petersburgh and policy towards Central Asia; war between Afghanistan and Bokhara not impossible; ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1870
Extent:
1 item

26. Mss Eur B380/4, f270

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f270
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Argyll's letter of 1 April (2); opposes award of GCSI to Prince Ghulam Muhammad – he has no influence, can do British no service, and his family are numerous, poor, and troublesome; to pay tribute to ability the award should go to Sir Salar Jung who can do real service, to recognise ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

27. Mss Eur B380/4, f357

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f357
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Need for early decision on gauge of Indus Valley railway line since it impinges on question whether Lahore-Peshawar line should be standard or narrow gauge; outlines arguments for narrow gauge on both these lines including military implications; asks Argyll to see Col Strachey on subject.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1870
Extent:
1 item

28. Mss Eur B380/4, f211

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Mss Eur B380/4, f211
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Refers to Argyll's letter of 25 February (1); there has been no sudden or violent cut in recruitment to the ICS; reviews recruitment figures to Bengal cadre since 1861 in detail, and briefly touches on figures for Madras and Bombay; any sudden cut appears to be due to reduction of Bombay requirem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1870
Extent:
1 item

29. Mss Eur B380/4, f228

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f228
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Expedition by Mr Edgar to persuade tribes on S E Frontier (Cachar) to adopt peaceful attitude looks likely to be successful – Mayo hopes 'people are beginning to see that there are other ways of keeping these wild tribes quiet besides burning their villages or setting them to murder eachother'; c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1870
Extent:
1 item

30. Mss Eur B380/4, f363

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur B380/4, f363
Title:
Letter from Mayo to Argyll
Scope & Content:
Refers to Argyll's letter of 18 March, and denies that adverse view of Madras Army arises from Bengali prejudice; Lord Napier served only briefly with Madras Army, knows nothing of it regimentally and, significantly, did not take a Madras regiment to Abyssinia; discontent among Madras officers ar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1870
Extent:
1 item

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