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Mss Eur F231/13/25
- Record Id:
- 041-002302464
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002302141
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x00034b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F231/13/25
- Title:
- Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith
- Scope & Content:
- Comments on preview of financial despatch; permission to borrow £1 million for public works insufficient to allow commencement of any new works; Canning is pleased he has at having begun to reduce spending; further comments on mainly technical details; thinks Indian accounts would benefit from advice of experienced accountant from England and that all Indian Presidencies should adopt same English best practice; anything can upset estimates, as return of Queen's regiments and fall in opium prices is now doing.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002302141
036-002302437
040-002302439
041-002302464 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F231 : Papers of Robert Vernon Smith, 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73) as President of the Board of Control 1855-58
Mss Eur F231/12-33 : 1st Baron Lyveden (1800-73), President of the Board of Control 1855-58: original correspondence and papers
Mss Eur F231/13 : Letters from Lord Canning, Governor-General and Viceroy of India 1856-62
Mss Eur F231/13/25 : Letter from Canning to Vernon Smith - Hierarchy:
- 032-002302141[0002]/036-002302437[0002]/040-002302439[0025]/041-002302464
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F231
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 17 Jul 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)