File 791/1904 Pt 1 'Orders-in-Council: Persian Coast and Islands' [‎247v] (227/357)

(Paper (E)), suggested certain additional amendments as the result of a
telegraphic correspondence with the Government of India.
In view of these suggestions, the moment appeared to this Depart
ment to be a favourable one for a general revision of the Order in such
directions as the experience of the fourteen years which had elapsed
since its promulgation showed to he advisable, and for the consolidation
with it of “ The Persian Coast and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1895,”
which was itself nothing but an amendment of the earlier Order.
On the 11th June 1904, Lord Lansdowne accordingly caused a letter
(Paper (F)) to be addressed to Mr. Albert Gray, requesting him to draft
an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. giving effect to the amendments proposed by 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. , and embodying such clauses of general application, which
had been introduced into various draft Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. recently
prepared by him, as might be of advantage in the present case.
On the 4th October 1904, Mr. Gray submitted a first draft of such'an
Order, with notes in which he called attention to new and altered
provisions, and raised some questions which appeared to him to require
consideration by this Department and by 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. .
This draft and the notes were subsequently revised by Mr. Gray in
consultation with Mr. Hurst, Assistant Legal Adviser to this Department,
and the draft Order as amended in the light of their discussions
(Paper (G)) was forwarded on the 25th October 1905 to 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. ,
with the suggestion that it should be submitted to the Government of
India for their observations.
On the 21st November last 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. addressed a letter
(Paper (H)) to this Department forwarding a copy of a Despatch from
the Government of India, returning the draft Order with certain further
amendments, and in this form it has now been reprinted (Paper (I)).
I 1° request that you will take the draft (Paper (I)) into your
consideration, and that you will favour Sir E. Grey with your opinion
whether its terms are fit and proper for submission to the King in
Council for His Majesty’s approval.
Sir E. Grey would at the same time be glad to be favoured with any
observations of a general nature which you may consider it desirable to
offer on the papers now submitted to you.
I have, &c.,
F. A. Campbell.
Enclosure No.
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The Law Officers of the Crown to Sir Edward Grev
Sir,
(Confidential.) No. 9006.
No. 1.
Law Officers’ Department,
w , , 16th March 1907.
,, W ® ;y ere , honoured by your commands signified to us bv
Mr. Campbell m his letter of the 21st January last, stating that he was
directed by you to transmit tons the draft of the iwV,, f i
Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , and to. request thCU woufOX Chit
consideration and favour you with our opinion whether its ten s wet
appr n ovah OI>er SubmlSS10n t0 tlle Ki “« - Council for His Majesty’s
We have taken the matter into our consirWmt'rvn o i • i t
to your commands, have the honour to report that m ' ^ 111 0 ^ edien p e
terms ophe draft Persian Coast and Islands Order in ctndl^boT,^
initialled by us are fit and proper for submission to the Kin
for His Majesty approval.
Wa Wrv .(>
in Council