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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [167v] (345/412)
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. 399.]
Viceroy to Secretary of State;
P * Telegram, 11th September 1902, 2 p. m.
'Private. Berar. Your private telegram of 10th September. You are
mistaken in thinking that all the papers will reach you next week. Our draft
embodying the final answer of the Government of India on the points raised by
the Nizam could not he composed until the approval conveyed in your telegram
of 5th September arrived. A copy of it leaves today, but will not be in your
hands till the end of the month. May I remind you of what you said in your
private letter of July 24th ? Surely I am competent to conclude, without
further delay, negotiations already approved by your Council.
R.
No. 400.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
Telegram, 12th September 1902. (Despd. from Home Dept.)
A question has arisen in connection with the Delhi
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).
, as to the
precedence inter se of Governors and other Heads of Local Governments,
namely, whether Heads of Local Governments of the same class rank among
themselves according to date of appointment, or according to seniority of
their Province. The latter was the rule under the Warrant of Precedence
published in 1871, but the former is the rule under the existing Warrant, vide
paragraph 5 of Home Department Despatch, No. 18, of 31st March 1876, and
Nos. 2, 6, and 15 of the Warrant, and the first rule thereto attached. The
Secretary of State’s consent to this change may certainly be implied from
the approval given to the new Warrant in Despatch 130 of 14th December
1876; but we do not feel confident that this decision was either fully con
sidered or is correct. The precedence of Madras over Bombay, as the older
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
, is generally recognised in India, but, according to the Warrant,
Lord Northcote will take precedence at Delhi over Lord Ampthill. Similarly,
owing to his long tenure of office, Pryer will take precedence of all other
Lieutenant-Governors except the Punjab, in whose territory 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).
is
held. We should be glad to know whether to adhere to the ruling of the
M arrant, or whether Governors, &c., should rank according to the seniority of
their Province on a special occasion like that of 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).
.
No. 401.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
Telegram, 12th September 1902. (Despd. from Pinl. Dept.)
In obverse matrix for new rupee received from
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, rim and pearls
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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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