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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [72r] (154/412)
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. 407.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 1st October 1902, 9-45 p. m. (Peed. 2nd, 7 a. m.)
Private. Bishopric of Nagpur. The Bevd. S. S. Allnutt, of the Cambridge
Mission, Delhi, has been recommended to me by the Bishop of Calcutta for
appointment as Bishop of the new Diocese. Please confidentially inform the
Bishop of Cacutta that I shall be prepared to submit to the King Mr. Allnutt’s
name, but that I should he glad, before doing so, to ascertain whether he is
willing to accept the appointment.
R.
No. 408.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 1st October 1902, 9-45 p. m. (Reed. 2nd, 9-5 a. m.)
JPrivate.
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).
Medal. Your private telegram of August 26th. I
have submitted to the King the designs for the Medal together with your
proposals for its distribution. His Majesty approves of obverse and one
of Colonel Ranking’s designs for reverse. The Mint here will he informed.
As regards the distribution, the proposals, contained in your telegram under
reply, are approved. The only comments I have to make are (1), that, following
the precedent of 1877, one Medal should be sent to each regiment not present
at Delhi, hut located in India; and, ■ 2), that the Judges of the High Courts
should not be wholly excluded from recognition. These additions to the list
the King would be prepared to accept.
No. 409.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 3rd October 1902, 7-25 p. m. (Reed. 4th, 7 a. m.)
Private. Consulting architect. Your private telegram of September
30th. Despatch on the subject goes by tomorrow’s mail. Ransome leaves on
7th November by the P. & O. Steamer Carthage.
No. 410.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 3rd October 1902, 7-25 p. m. (Reed. 4th, 7 a. m.)
Private. Nagpur Bishopric. Your telegram of 2nd instant. The old
procedure regarding the selection of Bishops in India should be adhered to, and
it was through inadvertence that any change was suggested. Please ascertain
if the Revd. Mr. Allnut would accept appointment, and let me know.
No. 411.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 4th October 1902, 7-10 p. m. (Reed. 5tb, 7 a. m.)
Private.
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).
Medal. Your private telegram of 2nd October. If
the Judges present at the
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).
receive medals, my second suggestion is fully
met. As regards medals to Regiments not present, my telegram of 12th July
was intended to refer only to Coronation here, where military distribution of
medals, though limited to those present, was far more general than what you
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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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