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The record is made up of 1 volume (91 folios). It was created in 1878. It was written in English. 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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26
CYPRUS.
revenue over expenditure during last five years to be paid by England to the
Porte, but that, as the annual revenue of the island is increasing yearly, any
excess over the average should be paid to the Porte ; and that if Kussia gives
up Kars and her conquests in Armenia, Cyprus will be evacuated. I am
already authorized to accede to last condition. I shall be glad to receive
your Lordship’s instructions as to the other points.”
“ No 3.
“ The Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Layard.
“ (Telegraphic.)
“ Foreign Office, May 30, 1878.
“As England will probably spend the growing surplus in the improve
ment of the island, Her Majesty’s Government cannot assent to second con
dition as it stands, but they have no objection to pay the average of the last
five years’ revenue.”
“No. 4.
“ The Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Layard.
“ (Telegraphic.)
“ Foreign Office, May 30, 1878.
“ You are authorized to consent to a Mussulman tribunal for the exclusive
cognizance of Mussulman religious matters, but you should not bind Her
Majesty’s Government as to judicial institutions for persons not Mussulmans.”
“No. 5.
“ Sir A. II. Layard to the Marquis of Salisbury,—(Received June .)
“Therapia, June 7, 1878.
- “ My Lord,—I have the honour to enclose a draught of the conditions
which the Grand Vizier requests may be inserted in the Annex to the Con
vention signed by Safvet
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and myself on the 4th inst. I have already
acquainted your Lordship with the substance of these conditions by the
telegraph, and am now waiting for your Lordship’s instructions to agree to them.
“ I have, &c.,
“ A. H. Layard.”
“ Enclosure in No. 5.
“ Annex.
“ It is understood between the two high contracting parties that England
agrees to the following conditions relating to her occupation and adminis
tration of the Island of Cyprus
“ I. That a Mussulman religious tribunal (Mehk 6 mei Sh 6 ri) shall continue
to exist in the island, which will take exclusive cognizance of religious
matters, and of no others, concerning the Mussulman population of the island.
“ II. That a Mussulman resident in the island shall be named by the Board
of Pious Foundations in Turkey (Evkaf) to superintend, in conjunction with
a delegate to be appointed by the British Authorities, the administration of
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Report compiled by Captain Albany Robert Savile of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, in the Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General’s Department, Horse Guards. The report was published and printed in London under the superintendence of HM’s Stationery Office in 1878. The report contains fourteen chapters, labelled I to XIV, as follows:
- I: a history of Cyprus, from ancient times to the occuption of the island by Britain in 1878
- II: geography and topography
- III: towns, villages, and antiquities
- IV: communications (inland, maritime, and telegraphic)
- V: coast, harbours
- VI: climate
- VII: natural history
- VIII: agricultural production
- IX: geology and mineralogy
- X: population and inhabitants, including their character, language, religion and education
- XI: internal administration (civil, ecclesiastical, military)
- XII: manufacture and industry
- XIII: trade and revenue
- XIV: currency, weights and measures, list of authorities on Cyprus, cartography of Cyprus
The volume includes a sketch map of Cyprus at the rear (f 91).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (91 folios)
- Arrangement
A content page at the front of the volume (ff 4-5), and an alphabetically arranged index at the rear (ff 87-89) both refer to the volume’s original printed pagination sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 92; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- ‘Cyprus.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15r, 16v:38v, 42r:42v, 43v:60r, 61r:68v, 69v:90v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence