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File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.' [72r] (152/544)
The record is made up of 1 volume (268 folios). It was created in 1910-1912. 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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with the new Treaty of Commerce with Austria Hungary.
The preliminary meeting of the Turkish delegates (I am
acting as one) will take place next week. The Turkish
Government is anxious to replace txieir present "ad valorem*
system by a ’’speciiic tariff”, and this desire is not
unreasonable. An ’’ao, valorem” system entails serious
disadvantages from an administrative standpoint, and the
uniform !, ad valorem” system in force nor© is, in its
rigidity, singularly defective as an instrument for
international commercial negotiations.
The specific tariff upon which 1 have been engaged
is designed primarily for revenue purposes. It is not
intended to impose protective rates on manufactured
articles or articles of large consumption. The economic
condition of the country is, indeed, not such as would
justify the imposition of protective duties on goods of
that description. A simple specific tariff for
revenue purposes is, however, in my view, necessary for
the consolidation of the financial and commercial
interests of the country, and it will remove many of the
' V 1 v
difficulties which exporters now experience in relation
to the valuation of their goods.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, maps and notes, relating to negotiations over the proposed Berlin to Baghdad Railway in the period 1910-1912.
The discussion in the volume relates to the economic, commercial, political and military considerations impinging on British strategy for the international negotiations over the development of a railway to Baghdad.
Further discussion surrounds the motivations and strategies of British competitors in the area; included in the volume is a copy of the Russo-German agreement.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, Ambassador to Constantinople.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (268 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2764 (Bagdad Railway) consists of five volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/56-60. The volumes are divided into five parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. Pagination: a pagination sequence in red crayon is present between ff 244-252.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/58
- Title
- File 2764/1904 Pt 3 'Baghdad Railway: general negotiations 1910-1912.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:40v, 42r:69v, 71r:114v, 116r:119v, 121r:176v, 178r:192v, 195r:200v, 203r:203v, 207r:256v, 258r:262v, 266r:266v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence