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31. Mss Eur F90/30, no.25

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.25
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letters of 10 March; relations between Norman and Durand; duties of Foreign Dept; Oudh tenures; jurisdiction of taluqdars in revenue cases; regrets at loss of income tax; mercantile community 'open-mouthed' against export duties; danger of reliance on opium revenue; small scop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

32. Mss Eur F90/30, no.27

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.27
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Council had no time to discuss export duties; surprise that Trevelyan would not consent to re-imposition of income tax; believes duties on sugar and silk a mistake, but tea and coffee planters (who pay no taxes, but cause Govt expenditure on roads, police, and postal services) well able to bear t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

33. Mss Eur F90/30, no.32

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.32
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Encloses Cust's memorandum on civil service; explains reasons for gradual reduction in numbers of military men employed in civil posts; indicates areas of administration still open to military officers.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1865
Extent:
1 item

34. Mss Eur F90/30, no.33

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.33
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 10 April; Dewangiri affair; hopes it will be unnecessary to hold a post in that area which would lock up a large force and be costly in fortifications and roads; English settlers pay little towards expenses of country while demanding considerable expenditure for road...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1865
Extent:
1 item

35. Mss Eur F90/30, no.37

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.37
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Acknowledges Wood's letter of 26 April; defends decision not to reoccupy Dewangiri; Buckle's case; Col Campbell's case; Frere's proposal to raise small force of 400 men and two mountain guns to be paid for by chiefs in Kathiawar to suppress lawlessness there.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

36. Mss Eur F90/30, no.38

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.38
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Has asked Peacock to expedite decision of High Court on rent question; refers to Wood's letter of 25 April on Oudh policy; still favours awaiting outcome of enquiry now going on; points out that Davies's two circulars to which exception has been taken were to some extent revised by Wingfield befo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

37. Mss Eur F90/30, no.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.40
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Recommendations for Star of India, chiefly for the two new classes; many candidates, both English and Indian, known to him personally or by reputation; thinks in future deserving English officials should normally be awarded Star only on retirement; asks permission to go to Agra and hold Legislati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jun 1865
Extent:
1 item

38. Mss Eur F90/30, no.42

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.42
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Wood specimens required by Kew Gardens; Raja of Mysore has adopted a son; Mysore case should be fought on its merits – neither compromise nor building up rival family as suggested by Bowring will work; three of 9th cavalry offenders have died in prison – Mansfield has released all survivors excep...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

39. Mss Eur F90/30, no.43

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.43
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Dyce Sombre case; opposes mission to Khokan, but if there is one, route proposed by Lt F Trench (20th Hussars) would doubtless be best; but necessary information can be obtained through natives; harvest prospects poor; Bank of Bombay appears to have weathered financial storm, but with heavy losse...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item

40. Mss Eur F90/30, no.49

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F90/30, no.49
Title:
Letter from Lawrence to Wood
Scope & Content:
Price of opium has risen because of notification that only 40,000 chests will be offered for sale next year; preparations for advance in Bhutan; three stations in Duars abandoned because of sickness; proposed reduction of salaries of Bengal Civil Service will be largely compensated for by increas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1865
Extent:
1 item

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