Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/8

Letters from Sir Charles Wood numbered 149-234 with index and detailed summaries, numbers continue from previous volume Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/7. Also includes five research notes by Michael Maclagan on slips of papers inserted in volume.

List of letters transcribed from index:

149. 3 Jan 1860. 'Approving of Lucknow proceedings. Bounty. Want of transport for China Force. Posting young Officers. Delhi Proze. Dhar. Mr Ellis's delays. Legislative Council'.

150. 18 Jan 1860. 'Oudh Policy. Treatment of Chiefs. Mr [James] Wilson - Income Tax. China. Secretaries. Seat of Government. Indian Army Question'. Note 'Doubts on Income Tax'.

151. 18 Jan 1860. 'Sindh canals. Godavery. Nizam. Indian order. Mysore'.

152. 3 Feb 1860. 'Great necessity for reductions. License Tax Revenue. Mr [James] Wilson. Finance. India Council. Income Tax. Council of Governor General. Oudh Despatch. Fire in camp. Peshawur [Peshawar]. Telegraph to Kurrachee [Karachi]. Despatch on Honours. Dhar. Singapore. Mysore. Nagpore Family. Nizam. Major Stuart Wortley'. Includes enclosures: 1. Copy letter from Sir Charles Wood to Mr Wilson, dated 26 Jan 1860, on Finance 2. Copy telegram from Queen Victoria to Charles Canning, sending congratulations on completion of the telegraph.

153. 18 Feb 1860. 'Seat of Government. Local Legislative Councils. Fortified ports. Transfer of local Europeans. Financial reductions. Strength of European troops in India. Police. Honours. Dhar. Bairseah. Madras as regards Military expenditure. Strength of Local Army'. Includes enclosure: Memorandum by Sir Robert Hamilton regarding payments to support British force in Central India.

154. 3 Mar 1860. 'Mr Moss. Council. Military Secretary's department deficient. General Birch. Kotah Rajah. Peshawur [Peshawar]. Chine Expedition. China Staff. Number of European troops in India. Europeans should be Line. Staff Corps. Outram's Minute on Amalgamation. Lieutenant Colonel Norman's view. Oudh papers'. Includes enclosures: 1. Copy letter from Sir Charles Wood to Sir James Outram, 28 Feb 1860, on China Force 2. Copy of deciphered cipher message from Sir Charles Wood to Charles Canning, 14 Feb 1860 regarding appointments of Sir William Mansfield and Sir Hugh Rose.

155. 3 Mar 1860. English budget. Reform. Savoy.

156. 19 Mar 1860. '[Sir William] Mansfield. Commander in Chief. China Force and French. Regiments for England. Lord Clyde. Sunnuds. Nuzzerana. Civil Honours Despatch. Lahore jewels'. Includes enclosures: 1. Note on Lahore jewels 2. Printed 'Report of the Special Committee on the Changes proposed to be effected on the Constitution of the Government of India, and of the Government of the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay [1860].

157. 3 Apr 1860. 'China. Income Tax. Opinions of Indian Council. Rewards to Holkar. Nizam. Order of Knighthood'. Includes enclosure: Copy of deciphered cipher message from Sir Charles Wood to Charles Canning, 2 Apr 1860, regarding force from Bengal for China.

158. 10 Apr 1860. 'Punjab proceedings. Wingfield and Oudh. Talookdars. China troops. Taxation. Tobacco. Doab and Bokhara. Peshawur [Peshawar] Roads. Financial statement. Indian Bills in Parliament'. Includes enclosure: Copy telegram from Sir Charles Wood to the Governments of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, 13 Apr 1860.

159. 3 May 1860. '[Sir Charles] Trevelyan on Income Tax. Indigo riots. Madras reductions. Plowden. Ellis. Civil Honours. Ramsay. Amalgamation of Indian Army. Legislative Council. Punjab Chiefs'.

160. 10 May 1860. '[Sir Charles] Trevelyan's recall. Income Tax. Trevelyan versus [James] Wilson. One percent for Public Works. Indigo. Mysore'. Note 'C.T. recalled'.

161. 10 May 1860. 'Lieutenant Phaire'. Includes enclosures: 1. Letter from Lord Clarendon to Sir Charles Wood, 9 May 1860 2. Copy of Lieutenant W. Phaire's public letter, undated 3. Copy of Lieutenant Phaire's letter to Lord Canning, 21 Jan 1860 4. Copy of Lord Canning's answer, 28 Jan 1860 5. Copy letter from Lieutenant Phaire to Major Plowden, 10 Feb 1860 6. Copies of Lieutenant Phaire's testimonials.

162. 18 May 1860. 'Governor General's return to Calcutta. [Sir Charles] Trevelyan. [James] Wilson's position - his Income Tax scheme. Tobacco Tax. Indigo. Sir H. Ward. Extra Army in India to be discontinued. Duleep Singh. Disposal of sum accumulated out of 4 lacs yearly'.

163. 25 May 1860. '[Sir Charles] Trevelyan's recall. [James] Wilson's over confidence. His Income Tax Bill. Limit of Income. Tax on Indian securities. Mr Wilson's speeches not official documents. Kangra Tea plantations. Indigo measures. Dhar. Sindia. Mysore. Order of Eastern Star. Legislative Council. Wilson's scheme of general Revenue and Audit'. Note 'Wilson's speeches sent as official documents'.

164. 4 Jun 1860. 'Letter to Madras Government. Income Tax Bill. Indian Council's opinion. Sir John Lawrence on Europeans exacting a salute from all Natives'. Includes enclosure: Copy memorandum from Sir John Lawrence, 7 May 1860.

165. 11 Jun 1860. 'Income Tax as affecting landholders. [James] Wilson's confidence. Members for Council.[Cecil] Beadon. [H.B.] Harington. [William] Grey. Adoption. Governor General's Amalgamation Minute'.

166. 11 Jun 1860. 'Missionary in Indigo Commission. Rights of Zemindars'.

167. 18 Jun 1860. 'Amalgamation of European Army in India. Objecting to raising more Local Europeans. Treatment of Indian Officers. High estimate of Expenditure. Railway payments. Sir Patrick Grant's proposition for European Force in Bengal. Prince Gholam Mohammed. Order of Eastern Star. Lord Elphinstone'.

168. 27 Jun 1860. 'Major Keatinge. Iron works'.

169. 27 Jun 1860. 'Regiment for New Zealand'.

170. 27 Jun 1860. 'Income Tax. Notification regarding employment of Missionaries'.

171. 26 Jun 1860. 'Adoptions. Settlement of Europeans in India. Hill stations. Instructions to [James] Wilson on Finance. Income Tax and Tobacco Duty. Actual deficit. Excessive Military and Police Expenditure. Native Army. Local Corps. Practicality of reducing to level of 1856/57. Single Queen's Army. Reduction of three million indispensable to avoid Loan. Ward's appointment to Madras. Madras Member of Legislative Council. China'. Includes enclosures: 1. 'European Force proposed for Bengal by different Authorities' 2. Extract from Sir Charles Wood's speech in 1853 regarding Legislative Councils for the Presidencies.

172. 3 Jul 1860. 'Wilson's Police scheme. Local Army Bill'.

173. 10 Jul 1860. 'Finance. Reductions. Governor General's stay in India. Councils. Dr Ballantyne'.

174. 18 Jul 1860. 'Council. Wilson's centralizations'.

175. 26 Jul 1860. 'Councils. Local Legislative Councils'. Note 'Trevelyan affects his ideas on Council'.

176. 26 Jul 1860. '[Colonel Henry] Durand and [Sir Robert] Napier. [Sir Charles] Trevelyan. Mysore Government. Adoptions. Andamans'.

177. 26 Jul 1860. 'Cavalry. Infantry Regiments. Staff Corps. Funds etc'.

178. 3 Aug 1860. 'Dr Dyson'.

179. 10 Aug 1860. 'Local Europeans'.

180. 10 Aug 1860. 'Adoptions. Sirdars in Punjab. Punjab Police. Income Tax Bill. [James] Wilson. Indian Councillors. Missionaries. Star Order'.

181. 18 Aug 1860. 'Minute on [Army] Amalgamation. Missionary Order. Budget. Amalgamation. Police'.

181a. 24 Aug 1860. 'Governor General's stay. Finance'.

182. 27 Aug 1860. 'Army Bill. Staff Corps. Funds. Powers of Governor General'.

183. 27 Aug 1860. 'Punjab Sirdars. Colonel Apperley'.

184. 27 Aug 1860. 'Executive and Legislative Councils'. Includes enclosure: Copy letter from Sir Charles Trevelyan to Sir Charles Wood, 22 Aug 1860. Note 'Councils'.

185. 27 Aug 1860. 'Civil Service'.

186. 27 Aug 1860. 'High Court'.

187. 30 Aug 1860. 'Educational appointments'.

188. 31 Aug 1860. '[Sir James] Outram. Arms Act discussion. Legislative Council. Indigo. Adoptions. Mysore Grant. Saluting Officers'.

189. 2 Sep 1860. 'Star Order. Income Tax. Antagonism of races. Indigo'.

190. 5 Sep 1860. 'Sir Henry Ward's successor. [Henry Bartle] Frere. Mysore Grant. Sirdars. German Officers'.

191. 6 Sep 1860. 'Army Question. Local Army, advantages or disadvantages of'.

192. 8 Sep 1860. 'Order of Star. Council. Presents for Maharajah of Cashmere. Indigo. Pegu Force'.

193. 14 Sep 1860. '[James] Wilson's successor'.

194. 16 Sep 1860. 'Customs. Wilson's successor'.

195. 16 Sep 1860. 'Police. Plethora of Troops. Reductions'.

196. 18 Sep 1860. 'Lord Napier'.

197. 20 Sep 1860. 'Mr [Herwald] Wake'.

198. 24 Sep 1860. 'Indigo'.

199. 24 Sep 1860. 'Wilson and Ward's successors. Sir William Denison. Oudh. Council. Massey and Laing'.

200. 24 Sep 1860. 'European Force in India'. Includes enclosures: 1. Maximum and Minimum Estimates of Present Force and Proposed Force 2. 'Memorandum of the contents of a proposed despatch now before Council' 3. Note that the letters of 24 Sept and 9 Oct 1860 were those upon which Colonel Balfour's recommendations of 17 Nov 1860 were made.

201. 25 Sep 1860. '[Army] Amalgamation'.

202. 25 Sep 1860. 'Statutes of Star Order'.

203. 29 Sep 1860. 'Lieutenant Armstrong. Mr Dent. Mr Jacomb'.

204. 9 Oct 1860. 'Home charges of India. Staff in India. Officers on leave'.

205. 9 Oct 1860. 'European Infantry and Artillery'.

206. 9 Oct 1860. 'European Cavalry'.

207. 10 Oct 1860. 'Mysore. General Mathers'.

208. 10 Oct 1860. '[Army] Amalgamation. Extinction of Regiments. Attestation'.

209. 10 Oct 1860 '[Army] Amalgamation. Officers. Staff. Railway. Paucity of Civilians'.

210. 10 Oct 1860. 'Army reductions. Regular and Irregular Officers. Engineers and Medical men. Regular and Irregular Cavalry. Local Native Regiments'.

211. 17 Oct 1860. 'Councils. Staff in India'.

212. 17 Oct 1860. 'Duleep Singh. Wilson's letter'. Includes enclosure: Extract of letter from Colonel Oliphant to Sir Charles Wood, 15 Oct 1860 regarding visit of Maharajah Duleep Singh to India.

213. 18 Oct 1860. 'Laing. Mr [Cecil] Beadon. Artillery. Reductions'.

214. 18 Oct 1860. 'Police. Railroads. Local Europeans. Nizam. Oder of Western Star'.

215. 24 Oct 1860. 'Local Europeans. Staff. Includes enclosure: Printed 'Draft Warrant' regarding Staff Corps'.

216. 24 Oct 1860. 'Cavalry'.

217. 24 Oct 1860. '[Cecil] Beadon. Railway demands'.

218. 25 Oct 1860. 'Public works'.

219. 9 Nov 1860. 'Missionaries. Press. Reductions. Currency Bill. Indigo'.

220. 17 Nov 1860. 'Missionaries and 24th Punjab Native Infantry'.

221. 19 Nov 1860. 'Indigo system'.

222. 19 Nov 1860. 'Carabineers. Local European Cavalry. Police. Financial position'.

223. 19 Nov 1860. 'Local Europeans. Amount of Force. Staff Corps. Employment of Officers'.

223a. 23 Nov 1860. 'Mr Herwald Wake'.

224. 24 Nov 1860. 'Currency Bill. C. Chamberlain. Indian Order. [Sir William] Mansfield. Laing. [Sir Robert] Napier. Indigo'. Includes enclosure: Extract of letter from Sir John Lawrence to Sir Charles Wood dated 13 Dec 1859 regarding the services of Major Crawford Trotter Chamberlain.

225. 24 Nov 1860. 'Legislative Council. Finance'.

225a. 24 Nov 1860. 'Brigadier Commanders. Army. General Service Men in Local Corps'.

226. 27 Nov 1860. 'Rajmahal speech. Madras and [Sir Robert] Napier. Loan'.

226a. 27 Nov 1860. 'New Zealand. Oudh claims. Law Officers on General and Local Service'.

227. 3 Dec 1860. 'Strength of Regiments. Laing. Reductions'.

228. 8 Dec 1860. 'Punjab Policy. Indigo. Tariffs. Laing. Carnegie. China. Apperley. Famine. Devereux'.

229. 9 Dec 1860. 'Punjab Frontier Force'.

230. 9 Dec 1860. '[Army] Amalgamation. Includes enclosure: Note from Sir Charles Wood regarding seniority for promotions amongst Captains and Lieutenants'.

231. 10 Dec 1860. 'Star Order'.

232. 10 Dec 1860. 'Oudh claim. China'.

233. 17 Dec 1860. 'Regiments for China. Star Order'.

234. 25 Dec 1860. 'Income Tax. China. [Sir Robert] Napier. Amalgamation Order'.