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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [61r] (126/228)
The record is made up of 1 volume (110 folios). It was created in 1905. 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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NEPAL.
un the *6th April 1905, Major Man
ners-Smith, the Officiating Resident in Nepal,
presented to the Maharaja Sir Chandra
bhamsher Jang, Rana Bahadur, Prime
Minister and Marshal of Nepal, the Insignia
and grant of the dignity of a Knight Grand
ommander of the Star of India. A grand
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).
was held at Katmandu on the occasion
at which the Maharaja-Dhiraj, the nobles*
officers, and Bharadars of the State were
present. A review of all the troops at head
quarters, in which the escort of the Resident
took part, was held on the following day.
The Resident reported that the pro
ceedings were carried out with great en
thusiasm and spontaneity, and that there was
general satisfaction among all ranks at the
honour which has been bestowed on the Prime
Minister.
The Prime Minister has addressed to
His Excellency the Viceroy a letter acknow
ledging the receipt of the Insignia, and re
questing that his sincere and grateful thanks
for the high mark of favour and honour
bestowed on him may be conveyed to His
Majesty the King-Emperor.
CHINA.
13. With reference to paragraph 40 of
the Memorandum for March 1905, regarding
the Commission for the examination of the
undelimited portion of the Burma-China
Boundary, the Lieutenant-Governor of Burma
reports that everything has turned out satis
factorily. Relations with the tribes have been
most friendly, and the party visited and
mapped the frontier range, the Ngawchang
valley and Salween River up to Lat. 26° S".
Enquiry showed that the Chinese exercised no
authority west of the watershed.
14. As regards the Burma-China Boun
dary between the Nam Ting and the Nalawt,
Sir E. Satow informed the Chinese Govern
ment that no demarcation of the boundary
could be agreed to, and that the British
Government would recognise the provisional
boundary as the frontier. The Government
of India have reported to the Secretary of
State that the best arrangements possible
will be made to obtain information regarding
transgressions of the provisional boundary
bv Chinese officials or troops, but that, no
very effective supervision can be exercised
over it.
15. With reference to paragraph 14 of
the Memorandum for i^pril 1904, Sir E. Satow
has telegraphed that the Burma-China Tele
graph Convention was signed on 23rd May
1905, and that it will take effect from 1st
June 1905. The rates agreed to are those
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The volume contains printed monthly memoranda of information received by the Government of India 'regarding external affairs other than those relating to the North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. , Afghanistan, and Persia' for the months of January to March 1905 inclusive (folios 4-17); memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to Arabia' for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 18-54); and memoranda of information received 'regarding external affairs relating to the North-East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China', for the months of April to December 1905 inclusive (folios 55-108). A note accompanying each memorandum states that they are 'based upon reports, the accuracy of which it is not always possible to guarantee'.
The combined 'other external affairs' reports (folios 4-17) relate to Arabia (Aden), Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , China, Tibet, and Bhutan; the Arabia memoranda (folios 18-54) relate to Aden, Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and the North-East Frontier etc. memoranda (folios 55-108) relate to Tibet, Bhutan, China, Siam [Thailand], Nepal, Burma, and Assam.
Memoranda covering the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. include intelligence reports concerning Maskat [Muscat], Koweit [Kuwait], Nejd [Najd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Katif [Al-Qatif], El Katr/Katar [Qatar], the Arab Coast, Musandim [Musandam], and the Pirate Coast.
The memoranda relating to Arabia include references to the following subjects: political intelligence, tribal affairs, relations with the Ottoman Government, frontier settlement, pearl fisheries, quarantine, and slavery.
The memoranda regarding affairs on and beyond the North-East Frontier of India cover a similar broad range of political and economic intelligence.
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- 1 volume (110 folios)
- Arrangement
The memoranda are arranged in chronological order within in each grouping from the front to the back of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 112; 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.
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- Mss Eur F112/450
- Title
- 'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:111v, back-i
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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