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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [49r] (108/412)
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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No. 238.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 5th June 1902, 5-50 p. m. (Reed. 6th, 7 a. m.)
"Private. Your telegram of 3rd June. Aden delimitation. I am care-
fully going again through the maps and previous correspondence with the
Poreign Office and will send a reply soon.
No. 239.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 6th June 1902, 10-45 p. m. (Reed. 7th, 10-5 a. m.)
Private. Your letter of 14th May. Persian tariff. I have discussed the
tariff with Lord Lansdowne and Sir A. Hardinge. It is clear that the general
effect is to raise the duties on goods imported from British India, and to lower
those on goods imported from Russia, though my calculations do not give as
great a rising on Indian goods as those contained in your letter. The action
of the Persian Government can he represented as unfriendly, and, as such,
justifies a strong protest from us; hut such protest may fail, as the revision of
the tariff and the loan seems to he connected together. In that case, what
further action would you suggest ? A separate arrangement with ourselves
is scarcely practicable, as it must lead to similar demands being made by other
nations.
No. 240.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 7th June 1902, 10-20 p. m. (Reed. Sth, 7-15 a. m.) *
Private. Your telegram of 7th instant. Thanksgiving. The form
which you propose will be quite sufficient.
No. 241.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 9th June 1902, 4-10 p. m. (Reed. 10th, 8 a. m.)
Secret. Your telegram of 3rd June and its contents on the subject of Aden
delimitation have been most carefully considered by a special Interdepartmental
Committee upon which the Poreign Office was represented. A re-examination
of maps and documents substantiates and strengthens previous instructions
from His Majesty’s Government; no other line of procedure is possible,
consistent with communications to the Porte. Taking the allegations of
your telegram, we are agreed as to Wahah’s survey map of 1891-92,
scale four miles to the inch; and no doubt the line has been interpreted
by you in a different sense from our instructions; hut my telegrams are
not inconsistent. My telegram of 21st January to you, and that of 12th
(not 13th) May, to Resident, indicate the same line, more fully described
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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.
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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 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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