Sir James Meston (1st Baron Meston), I.C.S. N.W. Provinces and Oudh, 1885; Financial Secretary, 1899-1903; Financial Secretary to Government of India 1906-12; Lieutenant-Governor, United Provinces 1912-18; Finance Member 1918-19; Chairman, Committee on Financial Adjustments between Provinces and Centre 1920.
28 Boxes, 1885-1920
(These boxes were renumbered in 2020. Numbers used in older citations are given on this page and in each of the box listings.)
Box 1 – Official papers relating to Indian finance and currency, 1897-1913. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 1-12)
Box 2 – Official reports and evidence relating to Indian finance and currency, 1914-1918. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 13-18)
Box 3 – Official reports into constitutional and administrative matters, 1918. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 19-21)
Box 4 – Official reports relating to constitutional matters and reforms, including the Montagu-Chelmsford Proposals, 1918-1919. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 22-29)
Box 5 – Official reports into constitutional affairs, 1919. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 30-33)
Box 6 – Government papers about constitutional reforms; papers preliminary to the first Round Table Conference. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 34-41)
Box 7 – Government reports on constitutional reforms and provincial government. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 42-46)
Box 8 – Official papers relating to constitutional reforms, recruitment to the I.C.S., financial affairs and the Government of India Act. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 47-55)
Box 9 – Official papers relating to Indian currency and finance; report on agriculture; paper on constitutional reform, 1926-29. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 56-63)
Box 10 – Official reports relating to foreign trade; statutory and constitutional reform. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 64-70)
Box 11 – Official papers mainly relating to the Round Table Conference, 1930-31. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 71-78)
Box 12 – Official papers relating to the Round Table Conference and constitutional reform. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 79-84)
Box 13 – Papers mainly relating to the Government of India Act, 1935. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 85-90)
Box 14 – Official statistics, 1930s. (Previously listed as Box 1, items 91-93)
Box 15 – Letters to and from various eminent correspondents discussing the state and nature of the government of India. (Previously listed as Box 2, items 1-14)
Box 16 – Conference papers on Indian nationalism; governments papers on foreign policy and the Government of India Bill. (Previously listed as Box 2, items 15-19)
Box 17 – Papers from the Imperial War Conference and meston’s time as India’s representative in the War Cabinet, 1917. (Previously listed as Box 3)
Box 18 – Official, demi-official and personal papers relating to Sir J. Meston’s official duties. (Previously listed as Box 4, items 1-2)
Box 19 – Official correspondence relating to the progress of the War, financial matters and general government affairs, 1917-19. (Previously listed as Box 4, item 3)
Box 20 – Official papers relating to the drafting of the Government of India Act, 1919. (previously listed as Box 4, item 4)
Box 21 – Settlement reports for district in the United Provinces [Uttar Pradesh]. (Previously listed as Box 5)
Box 22 – Official speeches and correspondence as Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces, 1914. (Previously listed as Box 6, items 1-3)
Box 23 – Continues from box 22: 1916-1918; 1912-1914. (previously listed as Box 6, items 4-6)
Box 24 – Official correspondence about Islam in the United Provinces, Machli Bazar Mosque [Machhli Bazaar Masjid], Cawnpore [Kanpur]; finance, 1912-1914. (Previously listed as Box 6, items 7-9)
Box 25 – Speeches made while Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces, 1914-1918. (previously listed as Box 6, items 10-12)
Box 26 – Ephemera, pamphlets and tour progammes. (previously listed as Box 7, items 1-42)
Box 27 – Ephemera, pamphlets and tour progammes. (previously listed as Box 7, items 43-59)
Box 28 – Ephemera, pamphlets and tour progammes. (previously listed as Box 7, items 60-76)