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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.' [265] (302/782)
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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v 'j report of slow progress. 2(i5
Colonel Stewart had been referred for disposal to the
Government of India. Meanwhile Major Champain was
holding temporary charge of the whole Indo-European
line, so far as the control or responsibility of the
British Government was concerned ; and his arrival at
Constantinople has been mentioned. After a stay of
three days in that city, during which the state of affairs
was then discussed with Colonel Goldsmid, Major
Champain continued his journey to London, reachino-
it by the Danube route on the 20th April, or within a
month after quitting Baghdad, inclusive of halts A
month later Colonel Goldsmid was on his way home in
obedience to a telegraphic summons from the Secretary
of State. He had been appointed, in general orders bv
the Government of India, to the chief direction of the
Government Indo-European telegraphs, and would be
required, if taking up the appointment, to proceed
a most immediately to Persia, to assist her Majesty's
Iimster in lehran in carrying out a more full and
particular convention than that then in force. The
o owing extracts of an official report 1 written bv this
oflicer a few days before leaving Constantinople will
explain how slowly the work had progressed in Turkey
a that partmu'ar time, for the more than three months
since the line had opened i
some dlT 1 -™! 1 ! Ilatleh ' l0r the neW Sl:,eciaI Ii " e t0 Nissa ' llas
y since been issued, and one of the clerks to be em-
P ^yec m the Turkish offices has arrived from England But I
r ir; rr:: that . t,,e mannei ' 111 which
inAsir f thro "S , ' 0 " t Turkish dominions, especially
Asia, „ far from satisfactory. Delays are frequent; despatch^
D-iled May u, I860, to the Under-Secretary of State for India.
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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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