Includes plans for the Allahabad Artillery Hospital: Folio 41: upper floor and ground floor (scale 8 feet to 1 inch) Folio 42: front elevation (scale 8 feet to 1 inch)
Justifies decision to implement financial decisions which were within Govt of India's power without consultation with Argyll, not least because of increases in salt duty in Madras and Bombay; briefly outlines those decisions and differing opinions in Council on them; Council discussions calm; May...
Marked 'strictly private'; correspondence with Halifax [probably on his C-in-C/War Minister proposals]; does not intend to press those proposals given that Argyll does not appear to favour them; [refers to Argyll's letter of 4 November]; discusses pros and cons of Mansfield remaining another year...
Explains reasons for refusing Punjab Govt permission to mount another punitive expedition to Black Mountain (Hazara); last one was expensive and useless, but popular with local authorities because they offer easy way of winning KCBs and CSIs; Police Force now being formed for Peshawar Valley; as ...
Proposed Civil Engineering College in England might also provide for Survey, Telegraph, and Forest Depts all of which have great difficulty in securing first class men; such men badly needed to get best out of Native officers, but unfortunately many subordinate European officers do not command re...
Requests instructions whether he should hold investiture to confer a GCSI on Duke of Edinburgh, which must be at Calcutta in view of abandonment of Durbar at Agra.
Financial reforms will be unpopular with subordinate officials; difficulty of getting information early enough; artillery despatch going by this mail – Durand wanted even greater reduction but Mayo considers Mansfield's objections conclusive; hopes passage in Financial Despatch pressing so strong...
Temple has arrived, approves of financial measures, and will introduce 2nd stage of Income Tax and Salt Bills in Legislative Council next Friday; problem of Duke of Edinburgh's expenses; recommends Lt-Cols (Sir) H T Macpherson, (Sir) J Watson, and (Sir) P S Lumsden to be ADCs to Queen and lists t...