Entire bundle is wrapped within a printed memo, presumably for the perusal of the Cabinet, dating from after 7 Feb 1872, concerning the appointment of the auditorship of the home accounts of the Indian Gov
- 5 Nov 1871: Lowe: Sets out reasons for his belief that the appointment of the auditorship of the home accounts of the Indian Gov should rest with Chancellor of the Exchequer rather than Sec of State for India
- 5 Nov 1871: Lowe: Copy of letter above
- 7 Nov 1871: Argyll to Gladstone: copy of letter in which Argyll sets out his countervailing reasons for believing appointment should lie with the Sec of State
- 7 Nov 1871: Argyll to Lowe: on auditor question – ‘The position is anomalous, I admit, whichever way you take it. But so are all our relations with India, and all our machinery for administering it’
- 10 Nov 1871: Gladstone: Auditor question: takes A’s view of the matter
- 10 Nov 1871: Lowe: Auditor question: will listen to Gladstone’s view of the matter, but is unwilling to be bound by it
- 10 Nov 1871: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
- 11 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question: fears that appointment lies with Chancellor of the Exchequer; Education of Muslims
- 16 Nov 1871: Lowe: Auditor question: convinced in his view that he alone possesses power of appointment
- 16 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question
- 21 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question: confirms that he holds to his former view
- 21 Nov 1871: Argyll to Lowe: copy of letter concerning auditor question
- 26 Nov 1871: Halifax: Auditor question; Recommendation of Sir L Mallet for the Council
- 20 Dec 1871: Lowe: Recommends Mr Blackwood for position of auditor
- 20 Dec 1871: Lowe: Copy of letter above
- 21 Dec 1871: Merivale: Auditor question
- 21 Dec 1871: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
- 22 Dec 1871: Lowe : Auditor question: refuses to refer it to Cabinet
- 23 Dec 1871: Benthall: Auditor question
- 24-25 Dec 1871: Argyll to Queen Victoria: draft letter concerning auditor question and asking her to withhold her warrant for present
- 24 Dec 1871: Argyll to Queen Victoria: copy letter of above
- 25 Dec 1871: Argyll to Queen Victoria: copy letter of above
- 25 Dec 1871: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
- 25 Dec 1871: Argyll: Copy of letter above
- 25 Dec1871: Ponsonby: Confirms that Queen will withhold warrant until she hears from Gladstone
- 25 Dec 1871: Ponsonby to Gladstone: copy of letter confirming Queen’s withholding of warrant
- 27 Dec 1871: Lowe: Auditor question
- 27 Dec 1871: Halifax: Governorship of Madras; Auditor question. [1 enclosure - letter from Childers concerning appointment]
- 27 Dec 1871: Gladstone to Queen Victoria: Auditor question
- 27 Dec 1871: Gladstone: Auditor question: ‘Lowe really has not a leg to stand upon’; Life of Lee
- 28 Dec 1871: Gurdon: Auditor question
- 30 Dec 1871: Merivale: Auditor question: provides snippet from Hansard in support of Argyll’s case
- 4 Jan 1872: Halifax: Auditor question
- 5 Jan 1872: Broughton (Chancellor of the Exchequer’s private sec) to Benthall: pension list and auditor question
- 6 Jan 1872: Merivale: Auditor question and payment of pensions
- Jan 1872: Sir Erskine Perry: Memo on clauses of 1858 Gov of India act concerning the counter-signature of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Jan 1872: Lowe: Printed Cabinet memo on auditor question
- 9 Jan 1872: Argyll: Printed Cabinet memo on auditor question
- 10 Jan 1872: Lowe: Auditor question and will defer signing pension warrant
- 11 Jan 1872: Sir E Perry: Auditor question
- 12 Jan 1872: Argyll: Printed Cabinet memo on countersignatures by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Indian acts
- 15 Jan 1872: Broughton to Benthall: Auditor question
- 16 Jan 1872: Broughton to Benthall: Auditor question
- 17 Jan 1872: Benthall to Broughton: Auditor question
- 22 Jan 1872: Lowe: Auditor question
- 24 Jan 1872: Argyll: Memo concerning countersignatures of Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 24 Jan 1872: Argyll: Memo concerning countersignatures of Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 28 Jan 1872: Argyll to Grant Duff: Auditor question
- 30 Jan 1872: Lowe: Proposes Mr Blackwood as auditor
- 31 Jan 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question – says Lowe’s actions are contrary to the decision of the Cabinet which deemed the appointment of the auditor to lie with the Sec of State
- 1 Feb 1872: Lowe: Auditor question – explains that ‘deadlock’ has been reached in that, whilst Cabinet recognised the right of Argyll to present the nomination to the Queen alone, it did not give him the sole right to choose the person to be nominated
- 2 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
- 2 Feb 1872: Argyll: Memo on auditor question
- 3 Feb 1872: Hartington: Auditor question
- [undated]: Lord Chancellor: Auditor question
- [undated]: [Cabinet member]: Auditor question – part of letter missing
- 6 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question
- 6 Feb 1872: C. Rivers Wilson to Benthall: returns pension warrant countersigned by Mr Lowe
- 6 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: proposes Mr Drummond for office of auditor
- 6 Feb 1872: Lowe: Objects to Drummond’s nomination
- 7 Feb 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Auditor question – ‘I must therefore conclude from the correspondence to which you refer to me, either that you will object to every candidate named by me: or that you will object to every man who has been in either the Civil or Military Services of State’
- 24 Feb 1872: Gladstone: Question as to whether he will serve as arbiter in the auditor question
- 26 Feb 1872: West? to Benthall: Lowe will accept no arbiter
- 29 Apr 1872: Argyll to Lowe: Suggests Sir C. Jackson as nominee for auditor
- 10 May 1872: Lowe: Willing to accept Jackson