Correspondence of Sir James Caird, Member of the Indian Famine Commission.

(1) pp. 1-908, Letters to and from Sir James Caird (Member of the Indian Famine Commission). Presented to the India Office by Mrs. Henryson Caird 21st May 1924. Almost all the papers are connected with the work of the Famine Commission appointed by the Government of India 16th May 1878. The Members of the Commission were Gen. R. Strachey (President), James Caird (Member of the English Enclosure and Copyhold Commission), H. S. Cunningham (Judge of the High Court of Calcutta), G. A. Ballard (Madras Civil Service), G. H. M. Batten (Bengal Civil Service), J. B. Peile (Bombay Civil Service), C. Rangacharlu (Controller of the Household of the Maharaja of Mysore), Mahadeo Wasadeo Barvé (Karbari of the Kolhapur State), C. A. Elliott (Bengal Civil Service, Secretary). H. E. Sullivan (Madras Civil Service) replaced G. A. Ballard in January 1879. (2) pp. 1-10, Lord Salisbury to Lord Lytton 10th Jan. 1878 (Printed). (3) pp. 13-30, Gen. Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton to Caird 6th April and 28th Sept. 1878 (Original). (4) pp. 33-5, 363-75, Lord Northbrook, to Caird 20th June 1878 and 16th Sept. 1879 (Originals). (5) pp. 37-40, F. C. Danvers to Caird 16th July 1878 (Original). (6) Sir James Caird. pp. 41-2, 127-30 (Gold Standard for India), 164, to Sir L. Mallet (Under Secretary of State for India) 26th July 1878--16th Feb. 1879; p. 167, to J. F. Rutherford 21st Jan. 1879; pp. 257-9, to Lord Lytton 3rd March 1879; pp. 301-2, to H. S. Cunningham 11th July 1879; pp. 319-21, to C. A. Elliott 1st Aug. 1879; pp. 379-81, to Lord Northbrook 19th Sept. 1879; pp. 406A-406D, to Lord Lytton 16th Jan. 1880; pp. 449-51, to A. W. S. Ayrton 22nd Jan. 1881; pp. 457-9, to W. Wedderburn 28th April and 6th May 1881 (Original Drafts). (7) p. 45, Colin G. Campbell (Private Secretary to Sir Louis Mallet) to Caird 27th July 1878 (Original). (8) pp. 49-114, Col. J. Puckle to Caird 6th Aug. to 18th Oct. 1878, on Indian Agriculture (Original). In 1867 Major Puckle published a Memorandum descriptive of the various tribes in the Mysore Province. (9) pp. 115-8, Major S. Rivett-Carnac to Caird 31st Oct. 1878 (Original). (10) pp. 119-22, 261-7, 311-2, 339-42, Sir Richard Temple (Governor of Bombay) to Caird 10th Nov. 1878 to 14th Aug. 1879 (Originals). (11) pp. 123-5, G. (?) Hynes to Caird 14th Nov. 1878 (Original), Gold Standard for India. (12) pp. 131-2, Note on Agriculture in India by C. A. Elliott (Original). (13) pp. 133-5, George Cowper to Caird 12th Dec. 1878 (Original), Possibility under the Permanent Settlement of enhancement of Revenue. (14) pp. 137-40, Adam G. Tytler (Sub-Deputy Opium Agent, Allygunge) to Caird 14th Dec. 1878 (Original) Opium and Indigo. (15) J. F. Rutherford (Survey and Settlement Department). pp. 141-3, to Government of India 16th Dec. 1878 (Printed), Establishment of Agricultural Banks in India; pp. 165-7, to Caird 13th Jan. 1879 (Original). (16) pp. 145-8, 303-6, 325-8, 359-62, C. A. Elliott (Secretary, Famine Commission) to Caird 10th Dec. 1878 to 8th Sept. 1879 (Originals). (17) pp. 149-63, 169-71, Sir Louis Mallet (Under Secretary of State for India) to Caird 20th Dec. 1878 and 3rd Feb. 1879 (Originals). (18) pp. 173-84, A. Devines (?) to Caird 8th Feb. 1879 (Original), Superiority of Dutch system of Agriculture. (19) pp. 185-255, Lord Lytton to Caird 1st and 11th March 1879 (Original), Fixation of Land Revenue at Grain Rates, Famine Relief, Relative merits of Irish, English and Scotch elements of the Civil Service. (20) H. E. Sullivan (Madras Civil Service). pp. 269-75, Minute on Protection by Irrigation 11th April 1879 (Printed); pp. 289-96, 433-5, to Caird 22nd May 1879 and 22nd June 1880 (Originals). (21) pp. 277-9, J. B. Lawes to Caird 18th April 1879 (Original), Congratulations on return from India. (22) pp. 281-3, 395-8, J. D. B. Gribble (Madras Civil Service) to Caird 18th May and 31st Oct. 1879, Relative to Wells. (23) p. 285, Gen. Sir Richard Strachey to Caird 15th May 1879 (Original), Areas under Cotton in Bombay. (24) pp. 297-300, 351-8, H. S. Cunningham (Judge of High Court, Bengal) to Caird 22nd May and 1st Sept. 1879 (Originals). (25) pp. 315-8, 335, G. H. R. Hart (Private Secretary to Governor, Bombay) to Caird 31st July and 14th Aug. 1879 (Originals). (26) pp. 329-33, W. G. Pedder (Secretary, Revenue, Statistics and Commerce, Home Establishment) to Caird 2nd Aug. 1879 (Original). (27) pp. 343-5, 347-50, H. F. Evans (Settlement Officer, Agra) to Secretary, Famine Commission (i.e. Elliott) 23rd Aug. 1879 (Copy). (28) pp. 387-90, Col. L. MacQueen to Caird 21st Sept. 1879 (Original), Danger of infringing upon the position of the Maharaja of Mysore. (29) pp. 391-3, C. E. Bernard (Additional Secretary, Finance, India) to Elliott 24th Sept. 1879 (Original). (30) pp. 399-406, E. C. Buck (Director of Agriculture and Commerce, N.W.P.) to Caird 4th Nov. 1879 (Original). (31) pp. 407-9, R. Griffin (Board of Trade) to Caird 4th Feb. 1880 (Original), Value of Money as affecting Prices. (32) pp. 413-7, Professor Huxley's opinion on the right kind of training for officers of the Agricultural Department (Note by Caird). (33) pp. 421-6, G. R. Leach to Caird, Kandahar 26th April 1880 (Original), Details of the Campaign in Afghanistan. (34) p. 427, Note on Government of India's objections to Caird's Report; pp. 429-32, Objections by Lord Lytton and Council; pp. 433-5, Statement by James Caird and H. E. Sullivan. (35) pp. 437-44, Lord Borthwick (?) to Caird 13th Nov. 1780 (sic) (Original). (36) pp. 445-8, Right Hon. A. W. S. Ayrton to Caird 20th Jan. 1881 (Original), Criticism of Caird's Report. (37) W. Wedderburn (Bombay Civil Service). pp. 453-6, to Caird 28th April 1881; pp. 783-804, ''A Permanent Settlement for the Dekkan'' (Printed); pp. 805-39, ''Agricultural Banks for India'' (Printed). (38) pp. 463-7, W. C. Plowden (Census Commissioner for India), Memorandum on the Census of 1881, 28th June 1881 (Original). (39) p. 469, Memorandum of Questions to be asked of Mr. Buck. (40) p. 493, E. Frankland to Caird 10th March 1882 (Original), Recommends Mr. S. A. Hill for the chemical work required by Mr. Buck. (41) pp. 497-500, M. E. Grant-Duff (Governor of Madras) to Caird 14th Jan. 1883 (Original), Punishment of a Madras Journalist. (42) pp. 501-715, Notes by Caird on the State of India, with Index. (43) pp. 723-67, Caird's Report to the Secretary of State on the Condition of India 31st Oct. 1879 (Printed). (44) p. 769, Printed extract from (?) Times of 14th March 1882, Summary of Sir Charles Dilke's speech on the proposed abolition of the International Tribunals in Egypt. (45) pp. 771-81, 841-4, Printed extracts from Newspapers on Indian Affairs. (46) pp. 845-9, A Private Memorandum of an imaginary conversation between a European and an Indian regarding the Famine Commission (Printed). (47) pp. 851-6, Dissent by James Caird and H. E. Sullivan to the Report of the Indian Famine Commission 8th May 1880; pp. 857-8, Answer to an Explanatory Paper of Gen. Strachey, Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Peile; pp. 859-60, Rejoinder to Caird's Protest (all Printed). (48) pp. 863-8, Lord Lytton's Speech on the unveiling of the Statue of Lord Canning (Printed). (49) pp. 869-81, Lord Ripon and Council to the Marquis of Hartington 14th March 1881, Action taken upon the report of the Famine Commission (Printed). (50) pp. 883-5, Notes by Major Iago (Forest Department) on Forest matters, by Mr. Hallen (Veterinary Department) on the Breeding of Mules, and by Mr. Brough-Smythe (from Melbourne) on Gold in the Wynaad (Two copies, one printed). (51) pp. 889-91, ''Mephistopheles'' on the Indebtedness of the Ryots of the Deccan and the Bankruptcy of India (Printed). (52) pp. 893-908, Extract from the Nineteenth Century, September 1879; pp. 1-16, ''Notes by the way in India'' (? by Caird).

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