Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Mss Eur B380/3, f133
- Record Id:
- 041-002298032
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297960
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001915.0x000122
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B380/3, f133
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- 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 strongly necessity of Home Govt's support will not give offence – intended to strengthen Argyll's hand; India teeming with military sinecurists; encloses new Canal bill which embodies principle new in India but one by which many arterial drainage works financed in UK; Sardah canal; situation in Afghanistan; British could stir up Central Asia against Russia if they chose; Shaw encountered much respect in Yarkand for western powers thanks to Crimean War and march to Peking; Russian ignorance of real state of things in Central Asia, and Mayo's hopes of establishing flow of reliable intelligence to give advantage over Russians; Sladen and policy towards Burma (Burmese King has all English newspapers read to him); report from Sir Rutherford Alcock (Minister to China) on growing competition from Chinese cultivation of opium which appears to be secretly encouraged by Chinese Govt; encloses resolution on education policy – 'perfectly clear that we have neither the money nor the power to establish by Imperial Administration and Finance a system of primary education in India that is at all in proportion to the needs of the people'; move of bureaucracy from Simla back to Calcutta now in progress so little business will be transacted during next fortnight.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297960
040-002298022
041-002298032 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur B380 : Richard Southwell Bourke papers.
Mss Eur B380/3 : Original letters from Mayo to Argyll
Mss Eur B380/3, f133 : Letter from Mayo to Argyll - Hierarchy:
- 032-002297960[0003]/040-002298022[0010]/041-002298032
- 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:
- 17 Oct 1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)