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'Russia and India in 1903' [24v] (50/68)
The record is made up of 1 volume (31 folios). It was created in 1903. 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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44 RUSSIA AND INDIA IN 1903.
Secretary of State for the Colonies : “ If we chose,
that is to say, if those whom we represent chose, the
Empire might be self-sustaining. It is so wide, its
products are so various, its climates so different,
that there is absolutely nothing which is necessary
to our existence, hardly anything which is desirable
as a luxury which cannot be produced within the
borders of the Empire itself. And the second salient
fact is that the Empire at the present time, and
especially the United Kingdom, which is the great
market of the world, derives the greatest part of its
necessaries from foreign countries, and that it exports
the largest part of its available produce also to foreign
countries. This trade might be the trade, the inter
imperial trade of the Empire. It is at the present
time a trade largely between the Empire and foreign
countries. I confess that to my mind this is not a
satisfactory state of things, and everything which can
possibly tend to increase the interchange of products
between the different parts of the Empire is deserving
of cordial encouragement.” It can be well under
stood what was the answer of the Colonies. They
unanimously resolved: (1) That the principle of the
preferential trade between the United Kingdom and
His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas would stimu
late and facilitate mutual commercial intercourse, and
would by promoting the development of the resources
and industries of the several parts, strengthen the
Empire; (2) That with a view to promoting the increase
of trade within the Empire, it is desirable that those
Colonies and Dependencies which have not already
adopted such a policy should, as far as their circum
stances permit, give substantial preferential treatment
to the products and manufactures of the United King
dom by (a) further reducing the duties in favour of
the United Kingdom, (b) by raising the duties against
foreign imports, and (c) by imposing duties on certain
foreign imports now on the free list.
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A short book on Russia and India by the Conservative Member of Parliament, Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent. The volume includes sections on the Russian Army, the Indian Frontier Question, the Indian Army, Indian Princes and the Empire, British Trade in India, and Fighting Plague at Bombay. The volume was published by P S King & Son at Orchard House, Westminster, London, 1903.
Inserted into the volume, probably for promotional purposes, is a flyer advertising a book from the same publisher, entitled 'Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos' (folio 17).
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- 1 volume (31 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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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- Mss Eur F111/379
- Title
- 'Russia and India in 1903'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 17ar, 17av, 18r:32v, back-i, back
- Author
- Vincent, Sir Charles Edward Howard
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- Public Domain