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File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’ [260r] (524/640)
The record is made up of 1 volume (316 folios). It was created in 29 Mar 1912-27 Jul 1915. It was written in English and French. 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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251
Translation from the Spanish of Document mentioned as enclosed.
xj* tv/ r * . , ™ . . . 0ffice of tlie Oolonial Minister.
Lis xlajosiy s Minister Plenipotentiary in London informs the Minister of
btate as follows :—
£C With reference to the Royal Order of the 17th of October last, which
your Lxceilency was pleased to communicate to me (sub-No. 324), I have the
honour to forward to you herewith a copy and translation of a note which I
have received from Lord Salisbury, in answer to the one I sent him on the
14th November, informing me that his Government was disposed to concede
to His Majesty s Government the authorisation to lay down, at Honrr KW
tlie projected Philippine Islands Telegraphic Cable. Nevertheless, the
ritish Government s consent is made to depend on the concession on the
pait of Spain, of tv o privileges, viz., the usual one of priority of transmission
of official telegrams, and the faculty on the part of England of taking possession
m case of emergency of the Station established in British territory on
payment of a reasonable compensation.’’
Tlle foregoing was, by Royal Order, communicated by the Colonial
Minister, and I now communicate the same to you, Sir, in order that you may
inform the Ministerial Office whether the Company which you represent
agrees to accept the stipulated conditions on the part of the British Govern
ment, it being well understood that there is to be no derogation whatever
with regard to the stipulations which served as a basis for the concession of
such line,, said stipulations being set forth in the Schedule of Conditions
which was annexed to the Royal Decree of the 14th of December 1878, and
to the Royal Order of the 22nd of February of the present year.
God preserve you many years.
Madrid, 15th of April, 1879.
The Sub-Secretary pro tern.,
To the Representative of the Telegraph E. de Cisneros.
Construction and Maintenance Company, London.
Translation.
Ministry of the Colonies,
General Direction of Public Works,
Telegraph Department.
His Excellency the Minister of the Colonies communicates to me the
following:—
The King, with the concurrence of the Council of State and of the Commis
sion of the Telegraph Department, has been pleased to resolve as follows :
1 . That the route adopted by the contracting Companies for the laying of
the cable, fixing the landing place at Cape Bolinao, and following the tracing
marked on the map presented by the same in conformity with Article 2 of
the Schedule of Conditions of the 14th December 1878, is approved.
2. 'That the above-mentioned companies are authorised to lay the cable
the specification of which accompanies the petition of Mr. Morice, in the
event of the surveys taken in those seas showing that there are greater
depths than 600 fathoms.
3. That there are not sufficient reasons given to induce the Government
to accept the modifications proposed of Articles 11 , 12, and 15 of the
aforementioned schedule of conditions.
4. That it is understood that the following words are added at the end of
Article 13:—
Except it shall be proved that the delay was occasioned by force majeure
or accident, and, in that case, the period referred to shall be extended by one
year. .
1 hand you this for your guidance, and God preserve you many years.
Daniel de Maraza,
Director-General.
Madrid, 26th January, 1880.
Mr. William Warden Morice,
Representative of the Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance and the Eastern Extension Australasia
and China Telegraph Companies.
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British government officials about the Italian Government’s support for proposals by the British company Marconi, initially in association with the German company Telefunken, to establish a network of wireless (radio) telegraph stations in Persia. The main correspondents are ministers and senior officials at the Foreign Office and 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. in London, the Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department headquarters in London, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India at Calcutta, the British Minister to Persia at Tehran (also spelt Teheran) and the British Ambassador to Russia at Petrograd [Saint Petersburg]. The correspondents discuss the harm that would be caused to the British monopoly on telegraphic installations and communications between India, Southern Persia (referred to as the British zone) and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in the event that the Marconi Company was successful in obtaining a concession (licence) from the Persian Government, with the concurrence of the Russian Government. Included in the volume is a copy of the Marconi proposals, written in French and presented by the Italian Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran to the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1914. At the end of the volume is a copy of the General Post Office publication ‘Cable communication: further print of Concessions Granted in Foreign Countries accompanying memorandum of 13th October 1899, comparing General Forms of License for landing cables in the United Kingdom and various Licenses or Concessions for landing cables in British Possessions or Foreign Countries’, printed in October 1905.
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- 1 volume (316 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 3632 (Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia) consists of one volume.
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 318; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:68v, 70r:80v, 86v:317v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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