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File 2908/1907 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- Quarantine; German complaint’ [106v] (212/250)
The record is made up of 1 item (125 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1903-1 Dec 1908. 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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124
Greece and Servia, whose delegates had signed this instrument
ad referendum, cannot be considered as contracting parties.
II. The ratification of the President of the United States of
America is deposited with the following declaration, viz., that it is
necessary in the case of the United States to substitute “observa
tion ” for “ surveillance ” in the cases provided for by Article 21
and the following Articles, owing to the special legislation of
different States of the Union.
III. The ratification of His Majesty the King of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, is
deposited with the following declarations:—
1. That the establishment of a Sanitary Station at Ormuz by
the Superior Council of Health at Constantinople shall only be
effected when the said Council shall have been reorganized in
conformity with the provisions of the Convention of the 3rd
December, 1903, and when, by unanimous decision, the Mixed
Tariff’ Commission shall have advanced for that purpose funds
at the disposal of that Council.
2. That the stipulations of the said Convention shall not be
applicable to the Colonies, Possessions, or Protectorates of His
Britannic Majesty until after a notification to that effect has been
addressed by the Representative of His Britannic Majesty at
Paris to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic
in the name of such Colony, Possession, or Protectorate.
IV. The ratification of His Majesty the Shah of Persia is
deposited, with the following declaration, viz.: That it remains
understood that the flag which is to float over the Sanitary Station
of Ormuz shall be the Persian flag, and that the armed guard
which may be required to ensure the observance of sanitary
measures shall be furnished by the Persian Government.
V. The Signatory Powers have further made the following
double declaration, in conformity with the stipulations contained
in the Convention of Venice of the 19th March, 1897, viz.: That
the Contracting Powers reserve to themselves the right of mutual
action with a view to modifications being made in the text ol
the present Convention, and that each of these Powers reserves
the right of denouncing the present Convention, such denunciation
to have effect only as regards itself.
VI. The deposit of the instrument of ratification of the
Government has been effected through the intermediary
of the Government of the Republic in compliance with a request
expressed in the letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of
His Highness the Khedive dated the 25th October, 1906.
The Undersigned declare equally that their Governments are in
agreement in reserving to Spain and Portugal, the Parliaments of
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The item consists of part three of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Quarantine. This part broadly covers two topics: the proceedings of the International Sanitary Conference at Paris (1903) and complaints made by German consular staff at Bushire against the conduct of Captain Thomas Beauchamp Williams whilst undertaking his duties as Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Correspondence outlining the details of three quarantine incidents has been included:
- a breach of quarantine regulations by an unnamed Russian Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. aboard the SS Mandura on 6 March 1907: see folios 41-42
- the detention of Herr Krumpeter of Messrs Wonckhaus and Company in connection with a visit by the SS Savoia to Bushire between 8-9 July 1907: see folios 35-40
- the infringement of quarantine rules by Herr Krumpeter during a visit to Bushire by the SS Galicia on 10 June 1907
Complaints against Captain Williams over his conduct during the latter two incidents were lodged by Count Quadt, German Minister at Tehran, at the Tehran Sanitary Council: see folios 4-6 for related papers. A copy – in French – of a report of the proceedings of the fifty-third session of the Tehran Sanitary Council can be found on folios 11-14.
A copy – in French with English translation – of the International Sanitary Convention, signed at Paris 3 December 1903, can be found on folios 43-108. For supplementary correspondence outlining the proceedings of the British delegation at the Conference, see folios 109-125.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice), HM Chargé d'affaires at Tehran (Charles Murray Marling), the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox), the Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the German Consul at Bushire (Dr Franz Listermann), officials of the Foreign Office, and officials of 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. .
No papers have been filed for the years 1905-1906.
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear (folio 125) to the front of the part (folio 1).
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