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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [82r] (174/412)
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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C. I. E.—Your recommendations with the addition of Earidoonjee Jam-
shedji at the end of the list. Trench has been approved of, hut
I am now submitting to His Majesty the omission of his name.
Kaisar-i-Hind.—Your recommendations have been approved.
As regards the 0. I., the King’s orders are that appointments to the Order
are suspended. I will ascertain later what this means.
I will telegraph later about Knighthoods : also about the Nizam and Trench
when they are settled.
No. 48f.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P * Telegram, 16th November 1902, 7-30 p. m. (Heed. 17th, 10-30 a. m.)
Foreign. Seeret. Yatung. Yours 9th. News was communicated by the
Foreign Office to Pekin and St. Petersburg. Charles Hardinge replied no con
firmation of the reported expedition to Lhassa; but that in Despatch, sent on 10th
November, he was reporting existence of secret arrangement between Kusisa and
Tibet, by which, in return for non-interference by Russian Government with the
collections made amongst Russian co-religionists for the use of the Grand Lama,
the right has been conceded to the Russians to have a consular officer in Tibet;
and the recognition and freedom of right to exercise, in Tibet, orthodox religion
has been granted to the exclusion of any other foreign religion, hut more
especially of the Roman Catholic faith. Hardinge adds that the greatest secrecy
preserved in connection with the above arrangement; and, in order not to give
offence to His Majesty’s Government, it has been decided not to send a consular
officer to Tibet, but a secret agent for the furtherance of Russian aims.
Hardinge understands that the agent selected is now in St. Petersburg to
receive his instructions before proceeding to take up his post.
No. 485.] Secretary of State to Viceroy.
P* Telegram, 17th November 1902, 4-15 p. m. (Reed. 18th, 7 a. m.)
Frivate. Please see your private telegram of November 15th. I
have looked through the letters you refer to. Those from you do contain
general suggestions for the remission of taxation 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).
, and it is true
that I raised no constitutional objections in my letter of the 9th January 1902
to the suggestion made; but I prefaced what I said by pointing out that I did
not think that the Salt Tax could he touched this year. I assumed that this
disposed of
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).
remissions. The first indication of a definite proposal for
an actual remission was in your letter of the 3rd September, in which you say—*
“ My own hope is that, when Law comes back, I may he able to procure his
assent to our recommending to you for announcement 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).
of the
1st January some such measures of financial relief as I have here foreshadowed.”
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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.
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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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- 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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