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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [146r] (302/412)
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. 274]
( 91 )
Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 13tli June 1902, 2 p. m.
Boer prisoners. Your cipher telegram of 9th June. Please say whether
those burghers who are willing to pay their own way and ready to take oath of
allegiance, may now he permitted to make their own arrangements to return.
Considerable expenditure is being incurred in hutting the prisoners lately
received, and, until the probable date of repatriation is known, this must
continue.
No. 275.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 13th June 1902, 9-15 p. m.
Private. Persian Tariff. Your private telegram of 6th June. Our
despatch with a memorandum containing our calculations left on 5th June.
We think that a very strong protest should he made, and that all available
diplomatic means should he employed to prevent an arrangement so unfriendly
and so detrimental to Indian interests. We might he willing to retaliate here,
hut understand that this is prohibited by Article I of Treaty of 1841.. The
only other means of pressure that I can suggest are a naval demonstration in
the Gulf and a threat to seize the Custom-houses, or to revive our occupation
of Kishm, and create at Basiduh a British trading port.
No. 276.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
Telegram, 14th June 1902. (Pespd. from Bev. & Agrl. Dept.)
Pamine. Monsoon has set in on the Bombay Coast. There has been light
rain in the Deccan and Central Provinces; useful rain has fallen in Upper
India. Number on relief works and gratuitous relief increased by 2,000 on y,
but returns from Central India States probably imperfect. Increase largest m
Bombay, but physical condition of people on relief works generally good; no
epidemic disease, and death-rate low, highest reported being at late per
thousand. Decrease in numbers on works may be anticipated as monsoon
extends. Distress increasing in intensity in some hilly tracts in Central India,
but death-rate high in one State only, cattle generally m good condition in
affected tracts; fodder sufficient, and recent rains have improved water-supply.
Prices continue generally stationary. Prospects henceforward depen en on
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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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