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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎9r] (22/228)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (110 folios). It was created in 1905. 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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(c) on the above specified condition, the
Government of India to guarantee
a monthly customs revenue of
20,000 dollars, any balance in the
Sultan’s favour being also handed
over to him;
(d) that the present head of the customs
should continue to be employed as
a deputy; and
(e) that the above arrangement he ter
minable at one year’s notice by
either side.
It was suggested that, if His Majesty’s
Government sanctioned the proposals, 10,000
dollars might he paid at once on account and
10,000 dollars on the day when the new head
took over charge; the amount being recovered
later.
Pending the settlement of the above ques
tion that of opening a branch of the National
Bank of India at Maskat has been deferred
(vide paragraph 9 of the Memorandum for
January).
9. As under article 1 of the Anglo-French
Maskat Arbitration Agreement, each party has
to nominate one Arbitrator, the French
Kepublic have chosen Mons. de Jonkheer de
Savourin Lohman, Member of the Second
Chamber of the States-General of the Nether
lands, while His Majesty’s Government have
nominated Mr. Melville W. Fuller, Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
The dato for the delivery of the cases was
postponed until the 1st February. The
choice of an umpire is to be left to the
Arbitrators (vide paragraph 8 of Memo
randum for January). The Secretary of State
telegraphed (18th February) that as the French
Government had objected to the Sultan of
Maskat being introduced into the British case
as a party to the discussion, it was proposed to
exclude his name from future documents, while
maintaining that the terms of the reference
indicate that the Sultan is the party primarily
interested, that he has a moral right to be
heard either directly or by entrusting his case
to one of the parties to the arbitration,
and that he entrusted the case to the British
Government spontaneously, and not under
pressure.
10. Major Grey has refused a request
by M. Goguyer for the issue of instructions
to the British Indian Steam Navigation Com
pany’s steamer to carry certain arms and
ammunition to Koweit for a private individual.
11. Koweit and Nejd .—On the 9th Feb
ruary, the Minister at Tehran was instructed by
His Majesty’s Government to endeavour to ob
tain from the Persian Government, for natives
of Koweit, the same privileges as are conceded
to Afghans. Sir A. Hardinge replied (17th

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The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs other than those relating to the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. , Afghanistan, and Persia' for the months of January to March 1905 inclusive (folios 4-17); memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to Arabia' for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 18-54); and memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to the North-East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China', for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 55-108). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.

The combined 'other external affairs' reports (folios 4-17) relate to Arabia (Aden), Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , China, Tibet, and Bhutan; the Arabia memoranda (folios 18-54) relate to Aden, Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the North-East Frontier etc. memoranda (folios 55-108) relate to Tibet, Bhutan, China, Siam [Thailand], Nepal, Burma, and Assam.

Memoranda covering the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. include intelligence reports concerning Maskat [Muscat], Koweit [Kuwait], Nejd [Najd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif [Al-Qatif], El Katr/Katar [Qatar], the Arab Coast, Musandim [Musandam], and the Pirate Coast.

The memoranda relating to Arabia include references to the following subjects: political intelligence, tribal affairs, relations with the Ottoman Government, frontier settlement, pearl fisheries, quarantine, and slavery.

The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-East Frontier of India cover a similar broad range of political and economic intelligence.

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1 volume (110 folios)
Arrangement

The memoranda are arranged in chronological order within in each grouping from the front to the back 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 112; 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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