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Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India [9r] (7/14)
The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 28 Dec 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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It is plain, therefore, that, if the assessment were lowered by the amount
o^ 24
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, the revenue received by the State would remain what it has been
during the past year, while the cultivators would be relieved.
As I mentioned in my former letter, the State expenditure of the past year
aggregated 1,30,00,000. In the statement of reductions, which the Guicowar has
personally handed to me. His Highness shows reductions to the amount of
10
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
, and, so far as I can at present forecast, it will be practicable, with the
aid of independent experienced examiners, to further reduce the outlay until it
shall fall within an income of 94
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of Baroda
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
CONCLUSION.
As at present informed, then, I consider the financial question manageable ;
and, in so far as I have enquired, there is no other question in the State which
may not, with ordinarily good administration, be handled with a success
equal to that which may prevail in the average of other Native protected
States.
It would be premature for me at the present critical moment to sketch the
manner in which it may seem to me most advisable to arrive at the results
indicated, although modes of operation calculated to meet possible
contingencies are constantly before my mind, and I entertain no doubt, and
feel no anxiety, as to the practicability of restoring the Baroda State to a
condition such as the Paramount Power may reasonably expect to obtain in
one of its Native States.
I respectfully apologise to your Lordship for penning this letter in the
hand-writing of one of my Assistants; but I am dictating by candlelight, and
I am desirous of sparing my eyesight, and of sending this letter by to-morrow
morning's post.
Your Lordship's
Paithful and obedient servant,
LEWIS PELLY.
The
Eight Hon'ble
LORD NORTHBROOK, g. m. s. i.,
&c., &c., &c.
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Letter regarding the confession of the Jemadar to the attempted poisoning of Colonel Robert Phayre and enclosing a résumé (ff 9v-12) of the corroborative evidence that has come to light following the confession, as well as reporting that the Commissioner of Police (Frank Henry Souter) is proceeding to Bombay with the evidence to seek the opinion of Andrew Scoble, Advocate-General on whether the evidence could be the result of a conspiracy.
The letter goes on to provide a further summary of the general state of affairs in Baroda under the headings Change of Ministry; The Sirdars Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. ; the Question of Alienation; Revenue; and Finance, and to conclude that the financial situation is now manageable and that all outstanding questions can be resolved with good administration.
The résumé on the evidence of the attempted poisoning was written by James Bellett Richey, Assistant Resident, and also dated 28 December 1874. The résumé describes the police enquiry into the attempted poisoning, the evidence acquired from witnesses and interviews with those alleged to be involved in conspiracies, and the discovery of the packet containing the poison in a belt belonging to the servant who had placed the poison in Colonel Phayre's glass.
The verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of the letter contains a 'statement of arrears of the revenue of all the Mahals from Kartik Sudh 1st Sumvut 1930 to Asso Vud 30th Sumvut 1930' ( c .1873-4) .
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- Letter from Colonel Sir Lewis Pelly, Baroda to His Lordship Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of India
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- 6r:12v
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