Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/9

Letters from Sir Charles Wood numbered 235-292 with index and detailed summaries, numbers continue from previous volume Mss Eur F699/1/1/1/8. Items 255 and 257 appear in the index and detailed summaries but are not in the volume.

List of letters transcribed from index:

235. 3 Jan 1861. 'Army. Sir [George] Clerk. [Sir Robert] Napier. China. Taxes. Order'.

236. 9 Jan 1861. '[Cecil] Beadon. Bughat [?] case. Recommendations. Hill schools. Subjects unanswered'.

237. 9 Jan 1861. 'Star Order'.

238. 9 Jan 1861. 'Railway Expenditure. Mr Mangles on Subsidiary Armies'.

239. 9 Jan 1861. 'Warrants of Staff. Promotion etc'. Includes enclosure: Note by Sir Charles Wood 'Seniority List'.

240. 9 Jan 1861. 'Mysore. Indian Council. Duleep Singh. Indigo. Orissa Company. Private Companies. [Sir William] Denison. Cashmere presents'.

241. 18 Jan 1861. 'Amalgamation (Commander in Chief). Star. [Barnes] Peacock'.

242. 23 Jan 1861. 'Sikkim. Nizam. Star Order. Ganges Canal. Railroads. Godavery Company. Cotton. Sudasheoghur. Colonel [Andrew Scott] Waugh'. Includes enclosure: Duplicate of letter from Colonel Andrew Scott Waugh, Surveyor General of India to Colonel W.E. Baker, dated 3 Dec 1860, with list of Officers who have formerly served in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India.

242a. 26 Jan 1861. 'Comments on Order regarding Army'.

243. 26 Jan 1861. 'Private Companies and Public Works. Irregular Cavalry'.

244. 26 Jan 1861. 'Re-enlistment of Local Europeans. Mysore Grant'.

245. 29 Jan 1861. 'Friend of India on Currency Bill'.

246. 4 Feb 1861. 'Mysore Grant'.

247. 4 Feb 1861. 'Mysore Grant. Irregular cavalry. Re-enlistment. Officers. Doctors. Battalions for India. Deport charges. Officers on leave. Indigo. Star Order'.

248. 11 Feb 1861. 'Indian Loan. Estimate for 1861-62. Mysore. Indigo. Army papers. Delhi Prize. General Officers. Doctors. Military Auditor. Military charges. Gun foundry. Irregular Horse. Reductions of Troops. Regiments for England'.

249. 18 Feb 1861. 'Bughat. Re-enlistment. Legislative Council's pretensions. Lucknow case. Indigo. Manchester deputation. Godavery. Sudasheoghur. Sindhia's Contingent. Civil Service. Amalgamation of Courts'.

250. 26 Feb 1861. 'Nagpore Levies. Madras Irrigation plan'.

251. 26 Feb 1861. 'Mr Laing. Sir A. Larpent. Mr Grant's appointments'.

252. 26 Feb 1861. 'Councils. Madras Irrigation Company. Orissa Irrigation. Finance. Reductions. Income. Railroads. Customs. Troops for Bombay. Singapore. Navy Depots'.

252a. 26 Feb 1861. 'Finance. Immediate reductions needed. Godavery Company'.

253. 4 Mar 1861.' Colonel [Andrew Scott] Waugh's successor. Mr Laing. Council'. Includes enclosure: Memorandum concerning the appointment of a successor to Colonel Waugh as Surveyor General of India and Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey.

254. 4 Mar 1861. 'Finance. Famine. Reductions. Increase of Civil Expenditure'.

255. Note that item has been loaned.

256. 11 Feb 1861. 'Councils. Indian Order. Bombay Native Cavalry. Mansfield. Reductions. Finance. Laing's gloomy view. High salaries. Indigo pamphlet. Sir A. Larpent's appointment. Orissa Company. Jubbulpore line. Railways and chance of Loans'.

258. 18 Mar 1861. 'Finance. Reductions. Depot expenses'.

259. 26 Mar 1861. 'Executive and Legislative Councils. Proposed constitution of the latter, their position and proper functions'.

260. 26 Mar 1860. 'Reductions. Famine. Licence Tax. Customs. Native Army. Withdrawal of European Troops. Strength required. Locals. Finance. Strength of Native Troops required'.

261. 26 Mar 1861. 'Laing. Finance. Reductions. Estimates for receipts and charges for 1861-62. Railroads. Cotton. Indian Government to carry out Amalgamation. Sir William Denison. North Canara. Local taxes. Opium. Civil Expenditure'. Includes enclosure: memorandum showing regular estimates for 1860-61, and estimate of revenues and charges for 1861-62.

262. 31 Mar 1861. 'Finance. Gold Currency'.

263. 7 Apr 1861. 'Captain Peyton'.

264. 7 Apr 1861. 'Loans. Councils. Governor General's Minute on Public Works. Contract Bill'.

265. 8 Apr 1861. 'Mr [Herwald] Wake'.

266. 8 Apr 1861. 'Finance. Reductions. Objections to a Single Army. Sending home Artillery. Amalgamation Committee. Orissa Company. Madras Irrigation. Sikkim. Sudasheoghur and Cotton. Duleep Singh'.

267. 10 Apr 1861. 'Amalgamation Commission. Staff Corps. [Colonel] Norman'.

268. 18 Mar 1861. 'Governor General's stay in India'.

269. 18 Apr 1861. 'Local regiments for Line. Amalgamation Commission. [Colonel] Norman. Re-enlistment. Star Order. Duleep Singh. Breach of Contract Bill'.

270. 24 Apr 1861. 'Mysore Grant. Duleep Singh. Star Order. Sikkim. Breach of Contract Bill. Raja of Mysore's request. Bills regarding Legislative Council and Courts'.

271. 26 Apr 1860. 'Councils. Intention of Act of 1853 regarding Legislative Council. Representative Local Councils. Publicity'.

272. 26 Apr 1861. 'Amalgamation orders. Colonel Norman'.

273. 26 Apr 1861. 'Holkar. Military expenditure. Financial accounts. Urgency of reductions'.

274. 26 Apr 1861. 'Legislative Council. Rents in Bengal'.

275. 3 May 1861. 'Star Order. Laing's statement. Rents and Planters'.

276. 10 May 1861. 'Indian Star's insignia. Sikkim. Amalgamation order. Laing. Reductions. Organising of Departments'.

277. 16 May 1861. '[William] Ritchie's claim to remuneration'.

278. 17 May 1861. 'North Canara. Bhownugur'.

279. 17 May 1861. 'Reductions and Laing's budget. Legislative Council'. Includes enclosure: Extract of letter from Sir Charles Wood to Lord Dalhousie, dated 8 Jul 1853, regarding Legislative Council.

280. 17 May 1861. 'Laing's explanation. Grant's appointments. Duleep Singh. Talookdars and Sirdars. General Order for Indian Armies. Volunteering. Indian navy. Ships and Officers, how to be dealt with'.

281. 24 May 1861. 'Lieutenant Phaire'. Includes enclosures: 1. Copy letter from Lord Clarendon dated 23 May 1861 2. Extract of letter from Lieutenant Phaire dated 14 May 1861 3. Testimonial for Lieutenant Phaire from Colonel Jenkins, 20 Mar 1861.

282. 25 May 1861.' Laing's budget. Duties on yarn. Sir William Denison's views. America'.

283. 27 May 1861. 'Sir Barnes Peacock on the Legislative Council. Colonel Durand. Duke of Cambridge views on Military Matters'.

284. 27 May 1861. 'Sir Barnes Peacock. Legislative Council Bill and its provisions. Executive Council. Others bills on hand. Sir John Lawrence's view. Wingfield. Beadon. Home. Mr Morehead for Council? Duleep Singh'.

285. 27 May 1861. 'General Order on Amalgamation. Deviations from instructions. Other objections. Artillery Officers. Volunteering. Artillery for England. Native Artillery. Strength of Artillery in India. Reductions of Cavalry. Horses. [Sir William] Mansfield's diatribes. Regular Native Regiments'.

286. 3 Jun 1861. '[Colonel Henry] Durand. Legality of his appointment doubtful. Bill to cover such appointments to be brought in. Other Bills. [Cecil] Beadon. Star Order. Volunteering. Loan. Reductions and Finance'.

287. 10 Jun 1861. 'His Bills. Legislative Council Bill. Civil Service Bill. Sir William Denison. Strength of Cavalry and Artillery Regiments. Undue number of men sent home. Locals should be sent home. Contingents. Laing's budget'.

288. 10 Jun 1861. 'Laing's figures inaccurate. Probable real charges. Strength of European Force. Chesney's scheme. Sir Charles Wood's figures against Mr Laing's'. Includes enclosure: Memorandum regarding Mr Laing's estimates.

289. 10 Jun 1861. 'Civil Service Bill'.

290. 18 Jun 1861. 'Retirement of Officers Report - its publication objectionable. Supernumerary Officers. Scheme not acceptable. Old officers'.

291. 18 Jun 1861. 'Laing's illness. Duleep Singh. Punjab and Oudh Policy. Feeling of the Indian Council. Native Army. Laing's erroneous figures. New Bills. Star Order. Governor General's successor'.

292. 25 Jun 1861. 'Laing. The Council Bill. Chancellor's death. Lord Herbert. Star Order gazetted. Duleep Singh'.