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Mss Eur C179/1
- Record Id:
- 040-004583051
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002265418
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100195066902.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur C179/1
- Title:
- Letters from Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-1885), Secretary of State for India 1859-1866
- Scope & Content:
- Includes a list of the letters with a summary of their contents:
25 January 1862
Discussion on East India Breach of Contracts Bill 1862 and ref. to Leg Despatch no 16 re Indigo Planters and Ryots.
14 April 1862
Maine's departure for India, expressing appreciation of his acceptance of the post as Legal Member of Council in India.
25 March 1863
Contracts Bill of 1862, ref to sugar, cotton and indigo ryots. The un-fulfillment of indigo contracts by ryots.
4 May 1863
Punishment of debts and breaches of contract. Discussion as to which district in India the Executive Council should meet.
10 July 1863
Ref giving High Courts full powers in matters of Divorce. Machinery of the Commission to prepare a body of substantive law for India 1861.
27 July 1863
Occupation of land in Bengal. Rents payable by ryots. Replacement of 'native' barristers and judges by English in India.
17 October 1863
Law courts and methods of trial in India. Inadvisability of employment of 'native' barristers.
17 November 1863
Rents payable by ryots, 3 classes of ryots. The fixing of rent payable of each class of ryot (ref Act X of 1859, the Bengal Rent Act). Increasing rent with increase of value of land.
10 January 1864
Governor and his Councillors should move from Calcutta two or three months every year to Darjeeling, Delhi, Lahore or Simla.
9 March 1864
Moving the seat of Government from Calcutta for part of the year. Dividing the Bengal Army into two under two Commanders in Chief. Military Chief should be permanently on the Council with "desk control" of the Army.
24 March 1864
Danger of over legislation in India. The discipline kept by the Punjab Police. Flogging and imprisonment.
15 February 1864
Contracts Bill. Punishment for un-fulfillment of contracts by ryots. Discussion on various classes of ryots and on the Code of Civil Procedure (Act 8 of 1859). The bullying of ryots by Planters.
2 August 1864
Ryot and rent questions. Acts of violence committed by ryots. Disscusion on the occupancy of land by the various classes of ryot.
16 August 1864
The rights of the ryot. Occupancy and rent.
2 September 1864
Moving the Government to Simla for part of the year. Emigration Act; discussing facilities for emigration. Settlers v 'natives'. Systems of justice and methods of trial.
19 July 1866
Sir Charles Woods retirement from office. Afraid the support of the 'natives' is not so strong in other hands. The customary rights of 'natives'.
21 July 1866
Complains of his ill health and explains his intention to take a holiday at Nice.
Two undated fragments from Sir Charles Wood to Sir Henry Maine:
- The political advantage of employing 'natives' in the administration of India. The movement of the seat of Government from Calcutta owing to the influence of the Calcutta climate.
- Dealing with and suggesting amendments to the clauses of the Contracts Bill 1862.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002265418
040-004583051 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur C179 : Papers of Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (1822-1888), Legal Member of the Governor-General's Council 1862-1869
Mss Eur C179/1 : Letters from Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800-1885), Secretary of State for India 1859-1866 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002265418[0001]/040-004583051
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur C179
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1862
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 1862-1866, 1929
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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