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Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937' [220r] (439/639)
The record is made up of 1 file (318 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1933-3 Feb 1938. 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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marriage, divorce and estates of deceased persons, seems, as Mr. Edmonds states,
acceptable.
20 I would merely point out that this system involves the granting by
consular officers in Morocco of certificates which they may only grant in virtue of
their judicial capacity, and in accordance with the Rules of Court. Some mention
^ould presumably have to be made in Consular Instructions to meet this require-
^Aent.
21. Outstanding Claims (paragraphs 1 to 5 of Sir Andrew Ryan’s
memorandum).—There are still a few outstanding expropriation claims, but none
of any magnitude. Mr. Bullard was endeavouring, before his departure, to obtain
the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
s agreement to the following basis of settlement : the compensation
to be paid to a British subject to be the value of the land at the time of the
expropriation decree plus interest at, say, 5 per cent, until the date of payment.
This seems fair and it might be stipulated that all claims outstanding at the time
of the renunciation should be settled on this basis (arbitrators to be appointed by
agreement between the parties to decide on the value of the land). I fear that it
would be difficult, though it would be desirable, to ensure that future cases should
be dealt with in this way, unless the French were prepared to enact that all cases
of expropriation of all nationals should be similarly treated. The French subject
at present is paid (at any time it may suit the municipality within twenty years)
the value of his land at the date of the expropriation decree, and obtains no com
pensation for the fact that during a period of years he has been unable to utilise
the land.
22 . The only outstanding case of any magnitude of which I know is
Mr. Bryce Nairn’s claim against the “ Travaux publics,” which is at present the
subject of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Rabat. I feel that this
case should be settled before the renunciation of Capitulations.
Casablanca, November 23, 1936.
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Correspondence, minute papers, drafts, and notes relating to the surrender of British extraterritorial rights in the French zone of Morocco. Much of the early papers cover the interdepartmental discussion between 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. , Foreign Office, Board of Trade, Dominions Office, Colonial Office, Department of Overseas Trade, and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department) over the need to address the question of British rights in Morocco and what similar surrenders might be extracted from the French in exchange. Memoranda on this subject are included (folios 289-303 and 305-312).
The majority of the file deals with the drafting of a convention between the two powers to cover all related matters. Further correspondence with the Governments of the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State, and Canada, as well as the British Merchants' Morocco Association, is included as part of this process. A copy of the convention, signed in July 1937, is contained in the file (folios 76-93), along with a number of drafts.
The need for and drafting of a new Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. is also a matter covered by the papers. A copy of The Morocco (French Zone) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937 is found on folios 7-8.
Correspondence with the Postal Services Department of the General Post Office and the British Consulate General in Rabat regarding the closure of British Postal Agencies in Fez and Rabat is also included.
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- 1 file (318 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 319; 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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- Title
- Coll 25/26 'Orders-in-Council: Morocco: Surrender of British Extra Territorial rights; Anglo-French Convention, 1937'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:58v, 61r:70v, 72r:94v, 97r:97v, 100r:106v, 108r:111v, 113r:113v, 115r:126v, 128r:151v, 154r:157v, 159r:162v, 167r:268v, 272r:275v, 278r:319v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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