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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [175r] (349/442)
The record is made up of 1 file (221 folios). It was created in Nov 1911-Mar 1917. 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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75 !
An Asterisk (*) at the commencement of a Speech indicates revision bp the Peer.
269
Private Bills.
270
Private Bills. [ 25 May 1914
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Monday, 25th May, 1914.
BARONY OF ST. JOHN.
Committee for Privileges met Counsel
further heard on behalf of the Claimant:
Counsel heard on behalf of the Crown :
Committee adjourned sine die.
The Lord Chancellor acquainted the
House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments
had laid upon the Table the Certificates
from the Examiners that the further
Standing Orders applicable to the following
Bills have been complied with:
Clergy Mutual Assurance Society.
Isle of Thanet Gas.
South Suburban Gas,
Port Talbot Railway and Docks.
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
ANCIENT MONUMENTS PRESERVATION
ORDER CONFIRMATION (No. 1) BILL.
[h.l.]
Report from the Select Committee that
it is not expedient to proceed further with
the said Bill, and that the Committee had
awarded costs to Herbert Hall Mulliner,
the Petitioner against the Bill; read,
and ordered to lie on the Table.
COOMBE STREET (EXETER)
INDEPENDENT CHAPEL CHARITY BILL.
FOLESHILL ROAD (COVENTRY) CON
GREGATIONAL CHAPEL CHARITY BILL.
HORSFORTH (WEST RIDING) BAPTIST
CHAPEL CHARITY BILL.
HARDEN (KENT) CONGREGATIONAL
CHAPEL CHARITY BILL.
OLD SLEAFORD (LINCOLNSHIRE) CHAPEL
CHARITY BILL.
To be read 2 a on Monday the \5th of
June next (The Lord Stanmore).
LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY BILL.
The King’s consent signified, and Bill
reported from the Select Committee, with
Amendments.
(d 570)
RHONDDA AND SWANSEA BAY
RAILWAY BILL.
Reported, with Amendments.
LEEDS CORPORATION BILL. [h.l.J
Reported from the Select Committee,
with Amendments.
MOLD AND DENBIGH JUNCTION
RAILWAY BILL.
KIDSGROVE GAS BILL.
Reported, with Amendments.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 4) BILL.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 5) BILL.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 6) BILL.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDER (No. 7) BILL.
Reported, without amendment, and re
committed to a Committee of the Whole
House on Monday the \5th of June next.
MARRIAGES PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
Committee (which stands appointed for
this day) put off sine die.
ASHINGTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
BILL.
Reported from the Select Committee,
with Amendments.
TEES VALLEY WATER BILL.
Bead2 a ,andcowMm'«ecf: The Committee to
be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
CHESTERFIELD CORPORATION BILL.
Read 3 a , and passed.
LONGWOOD AND SLAITHWAITE GAS
BILL, [h.l.]
RHYMNEY AND ABER \ ALLEYS GAS AND
WATER BILL, [h.l.]
RAILWAY CLEARING SYSTEM SUPER
ANNUATION FUND CORPORATION
BILL, [h.l.]
Read 3 a , and passed, and sent to the
Commons.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and other papers relating to railway projects in Persia [Iran] and the surrounding region. The papers deal with the proposals for, planning, and progress of, several railway lines, including one from the Mediterranean to India, the Trans-Persian Railway, the Baghdad Railway, and the Nushki and Dalbandin extension from Quetta. The documents discuss the merits and flaws of the proposals, technical issues such as gauge sizes, and the impact of such projects on Britain's relations with Russia, Germany, France, and Turkey.
At the back of the file are a number of official reports on Parliamentary debates within the House of Commons, dating from 10 July 1912 to 25 May 1914, all of which feature railways (folios 128-218). Also at the rear of the file are three maps:
- General Map of Asia with proposed British, German, and Russian rail lines added by hand
- War Office map of the Middle East, showing railways and railway projects
- As above with further rail lines added and details of gauges given.
Correspondents include: Arthur Campbell Yate, army Officer; Henry McNiel; Francis Richard Maunsell, army officer; George Lloyd, politician; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington, army officer and war correspondent; Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Leader of the House of Lords; Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice (Lord Lansdowne), statesman; Lucien Wolf, journalist and historian; Charles Staniforth, businessman and railway investor; Charles Prestwich Scott, Editor of the Manchester Guardian; Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Director, Imperial Bank of Persia; and Colonel Frank Cooke Webb Ware, former 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. , Chagai.
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear.
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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 221; 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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- Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
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- 87r:90v, 95r:221v
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