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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [110r] (230/412)
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. 57.]
Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 24th January 1902, 3 p. m.
Private. 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).
. My private letter of January 9th. This,
of course, is not intended to be shown, but to provide you with arguments, which
I hope that you will endorse and use, should the question be under discussion.
I should like to he kept in background as much as possible.
No. 58.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 24th January 1902, 5-15 p. m.
Private. Calcutta Bishopric. Your private telegram of 21st January.
Having discussed contemplated change of title in Council this morning, we
desire to express our strong and unanimous objection to proposal. Our objections
are as follows :—
Firstly, we entertain serious apprehension that increased^ prestige, arising
from higher rank, would render Anglican establishment in India more difficult
to deal with, and would he a source of inconvenience, and possibly of ulterior
danger to the State. It would lend strength to pretensions incompatible with
an establishment that must be dependent upon Government, and that is
identified by public opinion with it. This aspect is peculiar to the Indian
situation, hut it is most important.
Secondly, we foresee certain demand for increased Government expendi
ture at no distant date.
Thirdly, we know of no grounds for proposed change beyond those
of sentiment, by which we are not impressed, and of Colonial analogy,
which we regard as irrelevant in case of India. In your private letter
of 26th December you asked me to submit demi-official memorandum
containing our views, and you promised carefully to consider it before putting
any submission before the King. We shall he grateful if you will adhere to this
undertaking, and will await detailed statement of our reasons before finally
deciding. The matter surely ought to be judged by Indian rather. than by
home considerations. The Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal shares oui views.
No. 59.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
Telegram, 25th January 1902. (Despd. from Pinl. Dept.)
Your telegram of 14th instant. Bailway Programme. We much prefer to
adhere to distribution of expenditure proposed in paragraph 8 of our Despatch
No. 341 of October 31st. We have concentrated expenditure in what we
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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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