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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [143r] (296/412)
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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Turkish expansion, the. greater part of which has been in direct defiance of
Lord Granville s emphatic declaration of 10th January, 1883, should, therefore,
be condoned. ahab, Eesident, Bombay Government, and ourselves are at
one on the matter : and I feel it my duty to represent that, if this consensus
of local authority he ignored, His Majesty’s Government will incur considerable
responsibility.
No. 255.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
* Telegram, 3rd June 1902, 1-30 p. m. (Despd. from Poreign Dept.)
Your Lordship’s telegram of the 30th May regarding my draft letter to
the Amir. I think all your suggestions are, without exception, improvements,
and I have accepted them.
No. 256.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 3rd June 1902, 4 p. m.
Please refer to your telegram of 16th May. Sugar duties Bill introduced
23rd May. Opinion in India is that proposed duties are insufficient. We
accept your opinion in despatch of 18th April that duties should not exceed
fair estimate of bounty created by cartel. Till we are satisfied that bounty
exceeds amount of Convention formula, we shall restrict duties to that amount.
But Convention formula and all other methods of calculating bounty are
mere estimates on difficult and uncertain data, and it is possible that proof
may hereafter be forthcoming that actual bounty is more. It may therefore
be inconvenient to he restricted by law to Convention formula. We accord-
ingly propose to accept on Priday, 6th instant, amendment allowing duties up
to whole of excess of surtax over six francs, stating in Council that, at first,
and until we are satisfied as above, the duties imposed will he for half the
excess only. We should he obliged for a reply by Thursday morning next.
No. 257.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 4th June 1902, 5-20 p. m.
Please see your telegram of 3rd instant. Duties will apply to sugar,
the hill of lading for which was signed and given on or after 23rd May. The
rates will be, for German sugar 2-13-9, and for Austrian sugar 3-3-9 per cwt.
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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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- 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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