Drummond's appointment to N.W.Provinces in preference to (Sir) W Muir (Member, Board of Revenue, N.W.P.); importance of appointing persons with experience at centre to Lt-Governorships, and of preventing patronage dispensed by Lt-Governors falling too much into hands of local cliques; comments on...
News of fall of Herat; Trevelyan's proposal to sell dockyards; though Indian Navy is being reduced, Elgin feels Royal Navy should be consulted; comments on Trevelyan's mode of reasoning and tendency to form opinions without full consideration; colleagues seem willing to defer to Elgin's judgement...
Explains how it has arisen that rules of procedure for Madras Council but not Bengal allow Counsel to be heard; his disallowance of Bill from Bombay Council giving them the power to create offices.
Sir Proby Cautley's plan for arresting damage to Ganges canal caused by water passing over the falls; confirms report of Dost Muhammad's death; will be very wary of meddling in Afghan affairs; situation on frontier; relative precedence of Maharajas of Jind and Nabha and difficulties such trifles ...
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...