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‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’ [62r] (140/297)
The record is made up of 1 volume (137 folios). It was created in 28 Mar 1892-21 May 1925. It was written in English, French, Arabic and Persian. 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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I And whereas the said General Act has now been ratified by all the Signatory Powers and
Lje into force on the 2nd day of April, 1892 ;
And whereas it is expedient that the said General Act should be brought within the operation
the Slave Trade Act, 1873 :
I Now, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the Powers in this behalf as
)resaid, is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered
follows:
The said General Act hereinbefore recited shall from the said 2nd day of April, 1892, being
the day on which it came into force, be deemed to have been and to be an existing
Slave Trade Treaty within the meaning of " The Slave Trade Act, 1873."
And the Most Honourable the Marquess of Salisbury, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secre
taries of State, the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein as to them
may respectively appertain.
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Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot ( Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1891-93) 100 copies of the Act in Persian (folios 5-19), and 100 in Arabic, for distribution to the Political Agencies on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Gulf respectively. Talbot sent 25 copies of the Persian translation of the Act to his Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bandar-e Lengeh, and a further 25 copies to the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Gray Paul & Co.) at Bandar-e Abbas. The Governor of Turkish Arabistan, Nizam-es-Sultaneh was critical of the distributed Persian translation of the Act, which had been produced under the authority of British Government staff in Bombay. In response Talbot commissioned and distributed a new translation (folios 73-88), produced under his authority at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire.
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- 1 volume (137 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the volume have been arranged chronologically, with the earliest documents at the front, and the latest at the rear.
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Foliation: The volume has been foliated with small circled numbers in the top right corner of each front-facing page. The front cover has been foliated 1, then there are two unfoliated pages, before foliation restarts at 2 on the title sheet. After the title sheet and contents page (folio 4) there are a further three unfoliated blank pages before foliation restarts on the first piece of correspondence.). Folio 100 is missing.
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- Title
- ‘File 5/6 I Brussels Conference and general rules and procedure on slave traffic’
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- 45r:62v
- Author
- Privy Council Office
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