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File 1250/1917 ‘Turkey:– The Ottoman Public Debt. Salif Salt Quarries.’ [19r] (44/455)
The record is made up of 1 volume (221 folios). It was created in 26 Jan 1917-9 Jul 1929. 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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3
Men 9 11th February 1929*
I have the honour to aclcnowled^ receipt of your
despatch of the 14tii of January in regard to the alii
Salt Concession*
It is certainly preferable that a reliable British 9
and not a foreign* donpany should exploit the alt Mines at
halif* which is in close proximity to Karan ran# It should be
made clear»however * that until our relations with the Imam
are put on a friendly basis t we could not even diplomatical
ly give any support to the Company*
3 * As regards the draft agreement• the Inara will
require strong financial Inducements to ovex'come his dis
trust of European enterprises*and I question whether the
terms suggested in Clauses 2—4 are susficiently attractive
for the purpose. Clause 6 , like other Clauses in the
draft *is unclear* Does it mean that the Company is to
pay — and at what valuation ^ * tor any machinery ol the
pre-war {Ottoman Public Debt) concern which may be in situ*
irrespective of whether or no it is in a serviceable state?
By information is that it is useless end beyond repair*
In this connection it is pertinent to inquire what will be
the attitude of the Commission of the Ottoman Public Debt
to a grant of the Calif Concession by the Imam ?
4 * The purport of Clause II, however verbally dis
guised, cannot be made agreeable to the Imam in hie present
frame
Majesty *6 Pecretary of tate for the Colonies,
L011D0II#
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Correspondence and other papers relating to rock salt extraction at Salif [As Salif] in Yemen. The correspondence chiefly concerns various efforts on the part of British interests to agree a concession for the extraction of rock salt at Salif, a concession operated prior to the First World War by the Ottoman Public Debt Administration (also referred to in the volume by its French name, Administration de la Dette Publique Ottomane). The volume includes: correspondence from the British company Balmer Lawrie & Company, and Adam Samuel James Block, Representative for British Bondholders in Turkey, enquiring after the rock salt concession, 1917; the sale of Salif rock salt by the Government of India, and the investment of the proceeds in Exchequer Bonds, 1917; arrangements for the repayment of bonds back to the Ottoman Public Debt Administration, facilitated by the Imperial Ottoman Bank, 1920-24; papers and draft agreements relating to a new concession for the extraction of rock salt at Salif, negotiated between the British company Steel Brothers & Company Limited and the Imam of Yemen, and brokered by Commander Charles Edward Vereker Crauford, 1929.
The volume contains several items written in French.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (221 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 223; 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
- File 1250/1917 ‘Turkey:– The Ottoman Public Debt. Salif Salt Quarries.’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:6v, 9r:25v, 39r:43v, 47r:65v, 71r:75v, 77r:85v, 87r:93v, 94ar, 94r:103v, 105r:112v, 115r:115v, 117r:119v, 121r:121v, 123r:142v, 146r:152v, 154r:155v, 157r:173v, 176r:176v, 178r:210v, 212r:219v, 221r:223v, back-i
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