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'Testimonials to work of Lewis Pelly' [‎123v] (34/48)

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The record is made up of 24 folios. It was created in 11 Feb 1857-26 Aug 1873. 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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2. His Excellency the Governor-General in Council prefers that yon should continue
to be responsible for collecting statistics concerning trade, and that the work should not be
delegated to any private firm. You should accordingly decline in courteous terms the otter
of Messrs. Gray, Paul & Company, and take such measures as may enable vou still to
obtain trustworthy particulars on the subject.
3. "With reference to the question raised by Messrs. Gray, Paul & Co., regarding trade
with the interior of Persia, the Government of India remark that Persia is bound by treaty*
to place British subjects and trade "on the fooling of the treat-
pagc^ieV 11 0f Altchlson ' s lreat - v ' 11 mcnt of the subjects and commerce of the most favored nation."
Messrs. Gray, Paul & Co. can, therefore, claim only the same
concession, in respect of internal transit dues, as are accorded to the traders of other countries.
In this view it would not be proper, the Government of India think, to grant that firm the
right to deliver goods in the interior under the Resident's permit, if transit dues are charged
on trade generally.
4. The inconvenience brought to notice by Messrs. Gray, Paul & Co. in regard to
the non-allowance of drawbacks on goods, which, after having been landed at a Persian port,
are re-exported to another mart, will be represented to Her Britannic Majesty's Minister at
Teheran by the Government of India, in the hope that the Shah's Government may be induced
to grant some relief.
5. In conclusion, I am to convey to you the acknowledgments of the Viceroy and
Governor-General in Council for your interesting and valuable report, and I am to request
that you will be so good as to express to Messrs. Gray, Paul & Co. the thanks of the Govern
ment of India for the trouble they have taken in supplying them with much important
information.
I have the honor, &c.,
(Signed) W. WEDDERBURN,
Acting Secretary to Government.
Bombay Castle, 1
\lth October 1870. j

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Volume of printed and handwritten testimonials covering the period 1857 to 1873. The cover of the volume has a number of annotations in Pelly's handwriting including recording that this is his own copy of his testimonials dated 13 August 1873 and querying where certain recognitions are.

Some of the printed testimonials are copies of the volume of handwritten testimonials also included in the file.

The volume has been arranged according to positions held:

Assistant Commissionership in Sind (ff. 107-109):

Jagheer Commission (f. 110) - there are no testimonials under this heading.

Teheran [Tehran] Mission (ff. 111-113):

Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff. 116-125):

Handwritten testimonies - Sir Bartle Frere's Special Mission to Zanzibar and Muscat 1872 to 1873 (ff. 126-130):

  • Letter No. 1271P from Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Secretary to the Government of India, Simla, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 13 June 1873.
  • Letter from Granville (2nd Earl Granville, Foreign Secretary), Foreign Office, to Colonel Lewis Pelly, 9 July 1873.
  • Extract from a letter from Sir Bartle Frere to Earl Granville, 30 June 1873.
  • Letter No. 5289 of 1873 from Charles Gonne, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Mount Aboo, 26 August 1873.
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24 folios
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Binding: The volume was originally tied together with red and yellow thread, which has been removed for conservation purposes and placed at the back of the volume in a plastic sleeve. The plastic sleeve may cause a loss of sharpness to the digital image of the binding.

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