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Mss Eur B380/2, f78
- Record Id:
- 041-002298000
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297960
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001915.0x000103
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/2, f78
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Draws attention to Public Works Dept despatch being sent by this mail on irregularities East India Railway Company's accounts; need to establish rigorous system of account and audit for railway companies; believes fraud is widespread; is ready when required with proposals for strengthening administration when Govt construction of railways is sanctioned; irrigation finance may need act of Legislative Council which Col Strachey has in hand; PWD is strongest of Indian Depts – impossible to find abler men than Strachey, (Sir) G Chesney (President of Calcutta Engineering College, and head of PWD Accounts); intends to hold Soldiers Industrial Exhibition at Agra Durbar – troops will see fruits of Regimental Workshops, and Princes will learn that 'our men can work as well as fight'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297960
040-002297990
041-002298000 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur B380 : Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Mss Eur B380/2 : Original letters from Mayo to Argyll
Mss Eur B380/2, f78 : Letter from Mayo to Argyll - Hierarchy:
- 032-002297960[0002]/040-002297990[0010]/041-002298000
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur B380
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1869
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 30 Jun 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)