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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [30r] (70/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 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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Office. Please bear in mind that your remarks should be limited to imposition
of charges on India and effect on Indian finances. Pay of British Army must
be settled as question of Imperial policy regulated by conditions of supply and
demand. Indian Goyernment is entitled to be heard as to imposition of
charges on Indian revenues, but the expediency or necessity of increased pay
must be left to judgment of Home authorities.
No. 86.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
«
P * Telegram, 14th February 1902, 11-55 p. m. (Heed. 15th, 10-50 a. m.)
Private. Exchange of troops with South Africa. Your cipher telegram
of the 9th February. No date was specified in communications of last
November for completion of transactions by despatch from South Africa of
remaining two Battalions, and my private telegram of 6th November was
written in view of the probability that it might be unavoidably delayed.
Additional force of Artillery was regarded as partial compensation for
temporary reduction of Infantry, and this can, if necessary, be added to. I
will do all I can to accelerate, and will communicate your telegram officially
to War Office, but having regard to the decision of Cabinet, mentioned in my
private telegram of 6th November, I cannot demand immediate despatch if
Kitchener considers it impossible.
No. 87.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 15th February 1902,12-5 p. m. (Feed. 9 p. m.)
Private. Budget Surplus. Your private telegram of 14th of February.
No objection to Pandhri tax and Ajmere cess.
No. 88.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 17th February 1902, 9-45 p. m. (Feed. 18th, 6 a. m.)
With reference to your advance paragraph dated 4th of December 1901,
all letters written in Dutch by Boer prisoners of war should be sent in separate
packets to be censored at Cape Town.
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- Content
This volume comprises printed copies of telegraphic correspondence, dated 1 January-31 December 1902, of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, with Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India.
The beginning of the volume contains a detailed index of names, places and subjects (ff 4-15). This is followed by telegrams from the Secretary of State for India to Lord Curzon, numbered 1-588 (ff 18-97) and telegrams from Lord Curzon to the Secretary of State for India, numbered 1-584 (ff 99-198).
A wide variety of subjects are covered, including matters relating to:
- The Aden Protectorate, notably the delimitation of the Aden boundary and relations with Turkey [Ottoman Empire]
- Afghanistan, including the Amir [Amīr Ḥabībullāh Khān] and Russian relations with Afghanistan
- The Army in India
- Berar [also known as the Hyderabad Assigned Districts], particularly relations with the Nizam of Hyderabad [Asaf Jah VI]
- Military operations of the Boer War 1899-1902
- Boer prisoners of war in India
- China, including the evacuation of British troops from Shanghai
- A ceremony to mark the Coronation of King Edward VII (as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India) including the Delhi Coronation Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
- The famine in India
- Financial and administrative matters
- Recommendations and awards of Honours of the United Kingdom to the British Indian Army and Government and to indigenous Indian rulers and dignitaries, including Coronation Honours
- The Koweit [Kuwait] Protectorate, including relations with Turkey
- British policy in Persia [Iran]
- The establishment of a Police Commission in India
- Construction and extension of railways in British India
- British relations with Russia notably in connection with India, Persia, Afghanistan, China and Tibet
- Military operations in the Somaliland Protectorate [the Republic of Somaliland]
- British policy in Tibet.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The telegrams are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of each of the two sections of the volume, which are divided by a folio of blue card. Each telegram is numbered, and the index on folios 4-15 gives the numbers of the telegrams which correspond to each name, place or subject listed in the index.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 198; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Pagination: the volume also contains two original printed pagination sequences.
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- '1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:78v, 79v:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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