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Mss Eur F83/8, f167
- Record Id:
- 041-002301063
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002300874
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001940.0x000326
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F83/8, f167
- Title:
- Letter from Wood to Elgin
- Scope & Content:
- Legal position on whereabouts of seat of Government when Governor-General and Council are away from Calcutta; Madras and Bombay are always seat of Government in those Presidencies; does not disapprove of Elgin going on tour, but thinks problems can arise when he is separated from members of Govt; Drummond's appointment; on question of Oudh land tenures, believes Canning may have gone too far in aristocratic direction, but begs Elgin to make only gradual modifications to policy; honours for Maharajas of Jaipur and Jind; comments on Maine, Harington and Frere; possible new railway lines and extent to which Govt should assist them; report of Sanitary Commission on Army in India suggests mortality among European soldiers is high; Maine's proposal to conduct more judicial business by barristers from England rather than native munsiffs; this would be reversal of policy – 'we have long been endeavouring to introduce Natives into such places in the machinery of the Govt as they were qualified to fill'; rent question in Bengal – Wood hopes serious discontent among the ryots will not be provoked.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002300874
036-002300875
040-002301038
041-002301063 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F83 : Papers of 8th Earl of Elgin as Viceroy of India 1862-63
Mss Eur F83/1-32 : Correspondence
Mss Eur F83/8 : Letters from Secretary of State to Governor-General
Mss Eur F83/8, f167 : Letter from Wood to Elgin - Hierarchy:
- 032-002300874[0001]/036-002300875[0008]/040-002301038[0025]/041-002301063
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F83
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- 18 Jul 1863
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)