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'Lord Curzon's Notes on Persia' [679r] (1359/1386)
The record is made up of 1 file (692 folios). It was created in c 1880-1891. 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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traffic from the interrupted to the uninterrupted route. Hence the traffic of the
year 1889-90 is not comparable with that of the previous year.
14. The telegrams and words carried during the past four years may be
classified as below—
• Special Press messages to London, for The Times.
YEAR.
STATK,
Commercial and Private.
Press at reduced
Rates.
Telegrams
Words.
Telegrams.
Words.
Telegrams
Words.
1886-87
1887-88
1888-89
1889-90
2,916
2,514
2,957
2,403
118,552
90,238
93,093
m
45,394
84,462
78,850
109,524
101,075
11,24,074
10,50,757
1 3,64,945 4
13>09,778
1,355
r 1,079
1 *97
§ 2,384
( *126
c 3,104
(_ *120
1,21,566
52,572
73,282
1,05,587
78,454
1,23,893
79,630
15. The average length of commercial and private messages increased from
1215 in 1888-89 to 12’6 in 1889-90. There were, in addition to the paid traffic
noticed above, 781 Government and Press Messages transmitted free of charge
to the British Resident at Bushire who supplies His Imperial Majesty the
Shah with copies. These free messages aggregated 70,648 words and were
valued at Rs. 19,71 1.
16. The following table gives the percentage of traffic which has passed
over the Tehran and Turkish routes respectively for the last four years:
1886-87 ...
1887-88 ...
Via Tehran.
95’47
93’74
Vi4 Turkey.
433
626
• The Tehran route was interrupted from the
16th to the 22nd December 1889. 1888-89 ...
9428
5’7 2
1889-90 ...
93 00*
7*00
17. Speed of transmission.—The average monthly speed of transmission from
the United Kingdom to Calcutta for the last four years by the
two most direct
routes was—
• Via Tehran.
Vid Suez.
H. M.
H. M.
1886-87 ... ... ... ... 1 31
2 31
1887-88 ... ... ... ... I II
2 42
1888-89 ... ... ... ... 2 24
3 2
1889-90 ... ... ... • ... 1 5
2 21
From England to Karachi the mean rate of transmission was—
Via Tehran.
Via Turkey.
H.
M.
H.
M.
1886-87 ... •••
... 1
5
10
45
1887-88
... O
55
15
54
1888-89
... 1
4
19
28
1889-90 ... ...
... O
59
12
14
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This file consists of letters, notes, and printed material on Persia compiled by George Curzon in the course of conducting research prior to the writing of his book: Persia and the Persian Question . The papers' contents and type vary considerably, but consists primarily of handwritten notes, some of which are organised roughly for individual chapters of the book. The rest of the file includes newspaper clippings, official reports, printed maps, and other published material on the history and geography of Persia. The official government reports are primarily government of India balance of trade reports, while published material consisted mainly of academic and non-academic papers on Persian archaeology by members of the Scottish Geographical Magazine and the history of the telegraph published by the Indo-European Telegraph Department.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 692; 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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