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IOR Neg 4236/1/2
- Record Id:
- 041-002302556
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002302554
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001953.0x0003cf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR Neg 4236/1/2
- Title:
- Letter from Mayo to Argyll
- Scope & Content:
- Answers charge made in Council of India that Govt of India had done nothing to support or guide Govt of Bengal in introducing measure for local cesses [i.e. local taxes]; Mayo knew that new policy would face determined opposition from Bengal Services (with Grey at their head) and from zamindars; Campbell's appointment made to ensure success of measure intended to reverse policy on which Bengal administration had for years been based; objectives to provide roads, extension of primary education, and basic precautions against disease, and to reform a lazy administrative system; provided this outdated system and avarice of zamindars receive no support from home, lives of the poor will be blessed; Mayo fully alive to need not to go too fast – the great danger ahead in India is heavy taxation; if anything causes Britain to lose India, it will be those seeking to add to Indian expenditure; describes close consultation between himself, Strachey, and Campbell on drafting letter to Bengal Govt; takes pride in having to considerable extent replaced minute writing with oral discussion in Council (where 'we are all exceedingly good friends') as mode of transacting business.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 040-002302554
041-002302556 - Is part of:
- IOR Neg 4236/1 : Private letters from the Earl of Mayo to the Duke of Argyll, with enclosures (unbound, some papers missing).
IOR Neg 4236/1/2 : Letter from Mayo to Argyll - Hierarchy:
- 040-002302554[0002]/041-002302556
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR Neg 4236/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1871
- End Date:
- 1871
- Date Range:
- 7 Jul 1871
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)