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File 1265/1907 ‘Persian Gulf:- Wireless Stations' [107v] (223/434)
The record is made up of 1 volume (213 folios). It was created in 1904-1912. 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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had been discussed before now but that I had heard nothing about it for some
time.
I then asked if his Company had sanctioned the expenditure, and if he
knew how much it would be. He answered that according to some experiments
he had made in South America the cost would be about ten thousand pounds
sterling but that the recurring cost would be very little. This shows that if his
company had ordered him to approach me on the subject, they had either not
made out a competent estimate or they had not informed him of the cost. He
said that there was no doubt the Company would sanction the amount required.
5 . The conversation then came to an end and the following day I consult
ed Mr. Milborrow of Messrs. Gray Paul as to the commercial prospects of the
scheme.
6 On considering the matter I came to the conclusion that although the
correspondence was confidential, I ought to inform Mr. Roarer that you had
addressed the Government of India on this subject and the question was under
consideration. I therefore visited him on the 6 th and gave him this inform
ation and I trust that my action will be approved. I then asked whether any
negotiations had been made in Bushire. To this he replied in the negative.
7 The nearest estimate I can make for receipts is that about 100 telegrams
would he despatched from here weekly during the pearl buying season-3
months, while for the rest of the year about 30 or 40 telegrams would be sent
weekly. Of course this is merely guess work and the number of telegrams>
would necessarily vary according to the rates fixed.
8 . I can hardly believe that Messrs. Wonckhaus and Company anticipated
that they would ever be permitted to erect a wireless installation, and I fancy
that the enquiry was made with an idea of trying to force our hand. Ihe
combined proposals show clearly their forward policy even in face of financial
loss.
9 . It is needless to say that telegraphic communication would he warmly
welcomed by all the mercantile community.
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials about proposals for the establishment of wireless telegraph stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bahrain, Bushire, Debai [Dubai] and Zora near Ajman instead of Kuwait. The main correspondents are the following: ministers and senior officials at the Foreign Office, the 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. and the Admiralty in London; the Viceroy and Governor General of India in Council and his senior officials at both the Foreign Department and the Marine Department of the Government of India in Calcutta and Simla [Shimla]; the Commander-in-Chief, HM Ships and Vessels, East Indies Squadron (also referred to as the Naval Commander-in-Chief) and the Commander and Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division. They also discuss arms control and relations with the chiefs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms, the drafting of a Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. conferring on the Bahrain 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. jurisdiction over British subjects and foreigners in Bahrain, and the cost of establishing a Vice-Consulate at Lingah. Included in the correspondence is a report of a naval coastal survey of the Khor (inlet) at Zora near Ajman together with a navigational plan of the entrance to the Al Ajman and Zora Khors, made in 1911.
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- 1 volume (213 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1265 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Wireless Stations) consists of one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 213; 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. A previous foliation sequence has been partially superseded and therefore crossed out. The front cover and a preceding flyleaf have not been foliated.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/118
- Title
- File 1265/1907 ‘Persian Gulf:- Wireless Stations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:13v, 15r:212v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence