'Report and Proceedings of a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence on the Baghdad Railway, Southern Persia, and the Persian Gulf' [‎3r] (10/332)

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The volume contains the following minutes and proceedings:

• First Meeting, 2 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Richmond Thackeray Willoughby Ritchie.
• Second Meeting, 6 March 1908. Evidence of Sir J Mackay.
• Third Meeting, 11 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Frank Clark Strick and Mr E Lloyd.
• Fourth Meeting, 17 March 1908. Evidence of Sir Louis William Dane.
• Fifth Meeting, 19 March 1908. Evidence of Mr P Thomas and Mr G Lloyd.
• Sixth Meeting, 25 March 1908. Evidence of Mr Henry Finnis Blosse Lynch, and Major J A Douglas.
• Seventh Meeting, 30 March 1908. Evidence of Sir William Lee-Warner, and Colonel Charles Edward Yate.
• Digest of Evidence in Order of Witnesses.
• Digest of Evidence by Subjects.

Appendices:

• Appendix 1. Terms of Reference.
• Appendix 2. Memorandum respecting British Interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Foreign Office, Confidential (9161).
• Appendix 3. Supplementary Memorandum respecting British Interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Foreign Office, Confidential (9404).
• Appendix 4. Lights and Buoys required at Ports in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Statement by the Director of Naval Intelligence.
• Appendix 5. The Provision of Wireless Telegraph Stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Statement by the Director of Naval Intelligence.
• Appendix 6. The Cost of the Proposed Lighthouses at Ras Musandim.
• Appendix 7. Trade and Shipping in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Memorandum by the Director of Naval Intelligence.
• Appendix 8. Memorandum on the Position of British Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Prepared in the Board of Trade.
• Appendix 9. Memorandum by Mr H F B Lynch, MP.
• Appendix 10. The Nushi-Seistan Railway Project. The Bunder-Dilam-Shiraz Railway Project. Extracts from a report by Lieutenant L E Hopkins.
• Appendix 11. Memorandum handed to M Isvolsky, 14 October 1908.
• Appendix 12. British and German Shipping in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Memorandum prepared in the Board of Trade.

Maps:

• Folio 76. Sketch to illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island (Musandim Peninsula).
• Folio 87. Sketches of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab, compiled from various authorities.
• Folio 118v. Map of Mohammerah and district prepared in 1850. Shows the proposed Turkish, Persian and mediating Commissioners' lines.
• Folio 152. Sketch Maps to Shew Railways in Asia Minor.
• Folio 153. Map showing the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and adjacent countries.

Extent and format

1 volume (162 folios)

Arrangement

A table of contents can be found at folio 4. An index to the minutes of evidence and appendices can be found at folios 154-162.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; 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. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence (xi, 297pp, 5 maps).

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