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'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.' [144] (177/782)
The record is made up of 1 volume (673 pages). It was created in 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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14 4 TELEGRAPH AND TRAVEL. [chap.
Desirous of taking advantage of the interval which mm
elapse before the return from Bombay ot the steamers
with the cable ships in tow, to visit the (lulf Stations of
Bushahr and Fao, he could not leave the Masandam
anchorage without the certain knowledge that some
officer was left behind competent and authorized to act
in any emergency that might arise in dealing with the
Arabs. The brief but material experience of the locality
o-ained since his first arrival had proved to him how
necessary it was that every precaution should be taken
against the petty collisions which were inevitable with
out the most careful and constant superintendence. 1 but
unfortunately the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
had brought with him
from head-quarters no solution to the pioblem of local
sovereignty. The rights of Mukaka, or other trouble
some villages, to interfere in a Telegraph line or Station
at Maklab, or any adjacent undefined spot of territory,
w T ere not necessarily dependent on the rule under which
these were placed respectively ; but their good behaviour
and hospitality to strangers could be better guaranteed
by a ruling power than by any single Shaikh whose
normal condition was feud with his neighbour. Eventu
ally it was decided that Colonels Disbrowe and Stewart
should proceed together to Maskat, and either obtain
from the Sultan the required authority, or sufficient data
on which to act without it. Colonel Goldsmid would,
in the meanwhile, with Mr. Isaac Walton, Mr. Hirz, and
one or two members of the Telegraph stall, remain in
tents on the isthmus.
On the 26th February the Coromandel returned from
her mission to Maskat, bringing back Colonels Stewart
and Disbrowe. The week which had elapsed since their
1 Lieut.-Colonel Stewart to Colonel Disbrowe, February 15 1864.
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Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.
Author: Colonel Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, CB, KCSI. Late Chief Commissioner Indo-European Telegraph; British Commissioner for settlement of the Perso-Baluch Frontier (1870-71) and Arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan boundary question (1872-73).
Publication details: London. Macmillan and Co., 1874. R Clay, Sons and Taylor, printers, Bread Streat Hill.
Physical Description: xiv, [2], 673, [3]p., [8] leaves of plates (2 folded): ii, maps, portrait; 23cm (8º).
Ownership: With stamps of the 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. Library and embossed stamp of the "Secretary of State for India Library". Marginal ms. annotations in a contemporary hand in ink on pages 101, 194, 196, 264 and 527.
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- 1 volume (673 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references, along with a list of illustrations giving titles and page references. There is also an index which begins on page 661.
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Dimensions: 232mm x 156mm
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- V 21450
- Title
- 'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:14, 14a:14b, 15:18, 1:8, 8a:8b, 9:144, 144a:144b, 145:186, 186a:186b, 187:324, 324a:324b, 325:516, 516a:516b, 517:648, 648a:648b, 649:676, 1:60, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- Goldsmid, Sir Frederic John
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