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File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’ [260v] (525/640)
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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252
Company’s Reply to preceding Letter.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, Limited,
Offices, 08 , Old Broad Street, London, E.C., May 21st 1879.
Excellency,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the f
19th instant, enclosing a communication from his Excellency the Secretary
of State for the Colonies at Madrid, with reference to the conditions with
the British Government for allowing the landing of the Manila cable at
Hong Kong.
I beg to state, on behalf of my Company, that we agree to be bound by
the said conditions, namely :—
That official messages of the British Government shall have priority of
transmission at Hong Kong, and that the British Government shall have the
right, in case of emergency, to take possession of the Hong Kong Station on
payment of a reasonable sum.
I will thank you to inform His Excellency the Colonial Secretary, that my
Company will forthwith appoint a representative at Madrid according to
Article 19 of the Concession.
I have, &c.,
Geo. Henry Richards,
Vice-Admiral,
To His Excellency Managing Director.
Marquis de Casa Laiglesia, Ac., Ac.,
Spanish Minister in London.
II.— Luzon-Panay-Negros-Zebu, 1897.
Royal Decree.
In conformity with the proposal of the Minister for the Colonies, and in
accord with the Council of Ministers :
In the name of my August Son, King Don Alfonso XIIL, and as Queen
Regent of the Kingdom, I hereby decree as follows :—
Article 1.
To Don Vicente Coromina y Marcellan, in the name and as the repre
sentative of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph
Company, Limited, domiciled in London, is granted the Concession, subject
to the annexed Schedule of Conditions, for the construction, establishment,
and working of • three Submarine Telegraph Cables which will connect the
Islands of Luzon, Panay, Negros, and Zebu in the Philippine Archipelago.
Article 2.
The annexed Schedule of Conditions for the construction, establishment,
working, and maintenance of the Submarine Telegraph Cables specified in
the preceding Article is hereby approved.
Article 3.
The Minister for the Colonies shall order the proper steps to be taken for
carrying out the present Decree.
Given at the Palace, this 10th day of April 1897.
Maria Cristina.
Tomas Castellano y Villarroya,
Minister for the Colonies.
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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)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/10/298
- Title
- File 3632/1912 ‘Telegraphs – Wireless in Persia’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:68v, 70r:80v, 86v:317v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence