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No. 82 of 1871.
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GOVERNMENT OE INDIA,
Secret.
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To
HIS GRACE THE DUKE OE ARGYLL, K.T.,
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Eort William, the 20th December 1871.
My Lord Duke,
In continuation of our despatch, No. 187, dated 81st Octo
ber 1871, we have the honor to forward a further collection of papers, as speci
fied in the accompanying Abstract of Contents, on the subject of the settlement
of the Perso-Belooch Erontier.
2. The letter of Her Majesty’s Minister at Teheran to Her Majesty’s Secre
tary of State for Eoreign Affairs, dated 5th September 187L No. 181 (forming
No. 15 of the Abstract), contains the acceptance by the Persian Government of
the line of demarcation determined by General Goldsmid. . But we perceive
. XT 1Q . from a later letter* from Her Majesty’s Representa-
* Dated 6th September 187L No. lo4< c. , r< a
(No. 17 of Abstract). tive at Teheran to Her Majesty s Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs that the Shah’s Minister in London has been charged to raise
the question as to the sovereignty of the district of Kohuk; and we have
to-day received Tour Excellency’s despatch No. 11, dated 24th November, on the
subject. To the question thus raised we will give our early attention.
3 We have communicated to Major-General Sir F. Goldsmid our warm
acknowledgments for the patience, firmness, and ability which have characterized
his proceedings in the discharge of the difficult duty entrusted to him. It is,
• L opinion mainly to General Goldsmid’s tact and sound judgment that the
satisfactory settlement of this important boundary is due. We trust that we
niL also be permitted to convey the thanks of the Government of India to
m/ Alison, Her Majesty’s Minister at Teheran, and to Mr. Dickson, Onenta
’ v t paction We have requested General Goldsmid to express to
Secretary of tb® L gation. W e ^ ^ r ^ ^ Qf ^ ^ and als0 to
Quarte-Matter Sergeant Bower, R.E., and Mirza Hussun, General Goldsm l d’s