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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [166v] (343/412)
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. 394.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 9tli September 1902, 2-15 p. m.
Trivate. Please see your private telegram of 1st September. My
Military Advisers concur with me in approving of the proposed distinction for
Major Muhammad Ali Beg. But we unite in deprecating an honorary Majority
for Bir Bikram Singh, which is not deserved. For the present he has been
sufficiently rewarded. Please see my private letter of May 28th.
No. 395.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 10th September 1902, 3-30 p. m.
'Private. Please refer to your private telegram of September 9th.
Major Maxwell, who will be Chief Herald at Delhi, is at home. It would be
better that he should order his own dress in England, and that pattern of
ordinary herald’s dress should be sent to us in order that remaining twelve
dresses may be made up by regimental tailors here. As regards furniture for
trumpets, we should like one complete pattern to serve as a copy for manu
facture of remainder here. But, unless this can be sent at once, there will
be insufficient time, and it would be better to buy entire furniture for 13 in
England, or, if possible, to purchase set used at recent Coronation. Will you
kindly instruct Maxwell ancl inform me ?
lour Mil
No. 396.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
Telegram, 11th September 1902. (Despd. from Bev. & Agrl. Dept.)
Famine. Good rain has fallen throughout the country, removing for the
present all serious anxiety about prospects. Total rainfall since 2nd May
last is now up to or above the average, except in the case of Baluchistan and
in parts of Central and Southern India. Numbers relieved are diminishing
everywhere, and are now less than last "week by 100,000. Weather conditions
are favourable for more rain, and further diminution of distress in Bombay
probable.
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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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