File 1377/1905 Pt 2 'Perso-Baluch Frontier: Border Meetings' [‎78v] (152/224)

8 . There is one other point in connection with the meeting in regard to
which some further explanation from me may be advisable.
At the conclusion of the meeting, the Ittila-ud-Dowlah asked officially
for Karguzar’s fees on the amount represented by the cases settled.
I made a reference to His Majesty’s Minister deprecating the recognition
of such a claim, and in reply Sir Arthur Hardinge expressed the opinion that
it should not be admitted, but recommended at the same time that, as the
Ittila had been useful in the past and might be again, a present, value about
3oO tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , might be given him with the accompanying explanation, that, as
he was, while on this duty, acting as a Political officer attending the settlement
of interstatal cases, fees were not legally leviable.
His Excellency added that the Ittila would prefer bis present in cash.
On the grounds above explained, I trust the Government of India will be
pleased to sanction funds for the present recommended for the Ittila-ud-Dowah,
even if the Hon’ble the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan does
not see his way to meet it, among others from his sanctioned grants.
No. 4163-F., dated Fort William, the 14th December 1905.
From —The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreig-n Depart
ment,
To—The Hon’ble Mr. A. L. P. Tucker, C.I.E , Officiating Agent to the
Governor-General in Baluchistan.
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 5612, dated
the 13th November 1905, regarding the meeting at Charbar in April—May
1905, between the Nazim of Mekran and the Deputy Governor of Bampur.
2 . I am to enclose, for your information, a copy of a letter from the Political
No. 553, dated the isth November 1905. Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the sub
ject, together with a copy of the reply
which has been sent thereto. The Government of India agree that it is desir
able that the Indo-European Telegraph Department should be represented at
these annual meetings, and that it would be inadvisable to attempt to arrange
in future a separate meeting for the settlement of telegraph cases or cases of
the class which the Director of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Telegraphs in his political
capaciiy has hitherto settled direct with the local chiefs and officials of Persian
Baluchistan. Disputes between Persian subjects and British Indian subjects
residing or trading on the Persian-Mekran Coast are, as pointed out by Major
Cox, beyond the authority of 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. , Kalat. The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. will accordingly be instructed to arrange for the presence at
future meetings of a representative of the Indo-European Telegraph Department
whose report regarding the cases, with which he is competent to deal, will be
submitted to the Government of India through the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
a copy at the same time being sent direct to 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. , Kalat, for his
information. Should any question of general principles arise, which may be
applicaole to Biitisb Indian subjects in Balucb Mekran, as well as to those in
Persian Mekran, the representative of the Telegraph Department must act in
subordination to the officer of the Kalat Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. present at the meeting.
No. 4164-F., dated Fort William, the 14th December 1905.
From—The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Depart
ment,
To M uon P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 553 , dated the
18tli November 1905, regarding the meeting held at Charbar in April—May
1905, between the Nazim of Mekrau and the Deputy Governor of Bampur.
2 . I am to enclose, for your information, a copy of a letter from the Hon’ble
No. 5612, dated the 13th November 1905. 1° ^ G 0 ™™'General in
Mo. 4163-1'., dated the nth December 1905 . Daiucnistan, together with a copy of the
... ... . , reply sent thereto, from the latter of
which you will learn the views of the Government of India with regard to the