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'1902. THE LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON. TELEGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA.' [189r] (388/412)
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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( 177 )
Should His Majesty’s Government, however, adhere to objection to any
such detailed statement, then I ask leave to make a general statement, which X
am ready to submit for approval, indicating the hope of Government that
circumstances will shortly permit of financial relief, but that details have not
yet been worked out.
Less than this I cannot say. I am not concerned to make a dramatic stroke
at 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).
, but it is my duty to prevent a dramatic failure. The people of
India have suffeied cruelly and endured patiently for four years, and now that
the tide has turned, they expect their reward. It is impossible to go on any
longer withholding it.
I am grateful to His Majesty’s Government for the concluding words of
the Prime Minister’s telegram, and I have endeavoured to subordinate myself
loyally to their wishes. But I must ask them not to press me beyond a point
where I cannot conscientiously go.
No. 518.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, Jodhpur, 23rd November 1902, 5-30 p. m.
Private. Please see your official telegram of 22nd November. I have
already replied in answer to Mr. Balfour’s telegram. But I desire to inform
you that Sir E. Law never meant paragraph 19 to be quoted as you have done. He
wishes to impose an excise duty on Burma petroleum in the next Budget, and is
also very anxious, at a later date, to increasa the Customs Duties, which Council
here are, however, not likely to support. He asked my leave to introducing
paragraph 19 in order to safeguard his position in these respects : but, on the
main issue, he endorses, without reserve, the position taken up by the entire
Council and myself in the matter.
R.
No. 519.] Viceroy to Secretary of State.
P * Telegram, Jodhpur, 23rd November 1902, 6-10 p. m.
Private. When I proposed the list of
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).
Honours to you on 24th
September, I had 21 vacancies in the C. I. E., and 20 additional appointments
proposed by me on 17th September and sanctioned by you on 24th September.
Total 41. This total has been reduced to 40 by non-promotion of Sultan Jan
to K. C. I. E. Eor these vacancies I proposed 39 names, increased to 40 by the
addition of Earidoonji Jamshedji, and reduced to 38 by the removal of Trench and
the death of Hill, No. 21. There are, therefore, still two vacancies. Eor these, if
it is not too late, I submit the names of Major Alfred William Alcock, r. r. s.,
Superintendent, Indian Museum, and a distinguished man of science, and
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- Content
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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