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Coll 15/3(1) 'Egypt. Abolition of Capitulations in Montreux Conference and Convention 1937' [‎254r] (512/1220)

The record is made up of 1 volume (606 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1936-18 Apr 1939. 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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(b)
leave to appeal, giving security, to the satisfaction of
the Court, to an amount not exceeding five hundred
rounds for the due prosecution of the appeal, and for
the payment of all such costs as may become payable to
the respondent in the event of the appellant not obtain
ing an order grafting him final leave to appeal,or oi
the anneal being dismissed for non-prosecution, or of
tlis majesty in Council ordering the appellant to pay
the respondent's costs of the appeal (as the case may
be); and
Upon such other conditions (if any) as to the tune or
times within which the appellant shall tase the neces
sary steps lor the purpose of procuring the preparation
of the Record and the dispatch thereof o — d.e
Court, having regard to all the circumstances Oj. the
case, may think it reasonable to impose.
Where the judgment appealed from requires the appellant
o pay money or perform a duty, the Full Court shall na^e power,
hen granting leave to appeal, either to dii^ct cnat
judgment shall be carried into execution or chat the
:hereof shall be suspended unconditionally oi on ouJi
die Full Court thinks fit pending the appeal, a..., to tu 0
wourt shall seem just, and in case the rull Couxt sha.
the said judgment to be carried into execution, the person
«hose favour it was given shall, before the execution tneroo^
•the satisfaction ol
snter into good and sufficient security, A-
the Full Court,for the due performance Ox ^u^l.
Majesty in Council shall think fit to l!iaxV ^
VO, The Record shall be prepared ia accordant wlt -‘ “ h ^
i) i . . u-rr fho j.orbs of the uUG-xcla
bile s prescribed from time to rime by n -
Ociamittee and subject to the supervision of the J-u-1
63,

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, letters, correspondence, memoranda, notes and Parliamentary questions relating to the 1937 Montreux Conference on the abolition of capitulations in Egypt. These capitulations had created extra-territorial jurisdiction for many foreign powers in Egypt, including Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. This negotiation of the revision of the capitulations was one of the provisions of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.

The correspondence in the volume relates mainly to British interests and negotiating issues as well as the difference between British subjects, British protected persons and citizens; errors in some of the drafting and how these mistakes should be rectified, and the process of ratification of the convention by all parties concerned including the Egyptian Government and the governments of the Dominions.

Included in the volume are the following documents:

  • a printed copy of the 'Statutory Rules and Orders, 1937 No. 936 FOREIGN JURISDICTION The Egypt Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1937' (ff 116-139)
  • a printed report (ff 295-312) to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Antony Eden, on the proceedings of the Montreux Conference for the abolition of Capitulations in Egypt
  • 'Egypt No. 1 (1936) Treaty of Alliance between His Majesty, in respect of the United Kingdom and his Majesty the King of Egypt ... Convention concerning the Immunities and Privleges to be enjoyed by the British Forces in Egypt, London, August 26, 1936' (Cmd. 5270) (ff 574-589)
  • 'Instruments signed at Montreux on May 8th, 1937' and 'Report on the Convention regarding the abolition of capitulations ...' (in French and English) (ff 363-435)
  • a printed memorandum 'Procedure for Giving Effect to Capitulations: Provisions of Anglo-Egyptian Treaty' (ff 590-601)

The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); HM High Commissioner to Egypt and Sudan (Sir Miles Wedderburn Lampson); the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Dominions Office; President of the Council of Ministers, Cairo (Mustapha El-Nahas).

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format
1 volume (606 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 608; 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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