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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [169v] (349/412)
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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necessitate transfer to tlie unemployed supernumerary list, not retirement.
Will this new rule apply General Officers promoted Major-General before 1st
January 1901 ? Promotion to General Officer should be subject to rules regard
ing medical fitness as for British Service.
E.
No. 409.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 20th September 1902, 2-15 p. m.
Private. Honours for Chiefs. Your private telegram of 19fch September.
Was not Bikaner also made A.-D.-C. to the Prince of Wales? Vide your
private telegram of 7th July, and my reply of July 8th.
No. 410.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 22nd September 1902. (Despd. from Poreign Dept.)
Please see Your Lordship’s telegram August 6th, and correspondence sent
in Mr. Barnes’s letter 35-M., August 28th. Bombay Government has caused
communication to be made to M. Klemm at Deolali in the terms indicated.
He expressed great surprise at any restriction being placed on his liberty to
live where he pleases, and said he would at once refer matter to his Government,
and that meanwhile he intended to remain at Deolali till end of October,
making such visits to Bombay as might be necessary for discharge of his
duties, and then to proceed to Poona. He states that his visit to Deolali is
for the health of his children.
No. 411.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, 23rd September 1902. (Despd. from Poreign Dept.)
Please see Your Lordship’s telegram of September 20th. The Government
of Bombay instructed the Collector of Nasik to call on M. Klemm, and to
say courteously but clearly that, under instructions from the Government
of India, he was directed to inform M. Klemm that having regard to the
purposes for which a Bussian Consulate was established in Bombay, the
Governor General in Council is of opinion that it is essential that he should
reside in Bombay except during the monsoon season, that is, from beginning
of June to the beginning of October, when he may reside in Poona; and the
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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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