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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [‎206r] (411/442)

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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Private Bills. f 24 July 1912 1 Private Bills. 6/0
An Asterisk (*) at the commencement of a Speech indicates revision bp the Peer.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Wednesday, 24</j Jvly, 1912.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL
POWERS) BILL.
Report from the Select Committee, That
the Committee had not proceeded with
£ the consideration of the Bill the opposition
, thereto having been withdrawn; read,
y and ordered to lie on the Table: The
Orders made on the 17th instant discharged,
and Bill committed for To-morrow.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 10) BILL.
(Salford Order.)
Report from the Select Committee, That
the Committee had not proceeded with the
consideration of the said Order, the opposi
tion to the Salford Order having been
withdrawn ; read, and ordered to lie on
the Table : The Orders made on the 15th
instant and Wednesday last respecting
the commitment of the Bill to a Select
Committee in regard to the said Order,
discharged.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 3) BILL.
(Cambridge Order.)
Report from the Select Committee, That
the Committee had not proceeded with the
consideration of the said Order, the opposi
tion to the Cambridge Order having been
withdrawn ; read, and ordered to lie on
the Table : The Orders made on the 15th
and 17th instant respecting the commit
ment of the Bill to a Select Committee in
regard to the said Order, discharged.
FYLDE WATER BOARD BILL.
Reported, with amendments.
SHEFFIELD CORPORATION BILL.
SWANSEA CORPORATION BILL.
Moved, That the Order made on the
24th day of April last, “ That no Private |
Bill brought from the House of Commons
shall be read a second time after Thursday
the 4th day of July next ” be dispensed
with, and that the Bills be now read
2 a ; agreed to: Bills read 2 a accordingly,
and committed: The Committees to be
appointed by the Committee of Selection.
(D 380)
t EDGWARE AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY
BILL.
Read 3 a , with the Amendments : Further
Amendments made: Bill passed, and
returned to the Commons.
LLANELLY RURAL DISTRICT WATER
BILL, [h.l.]
Returned from the Commons, agreed to,
with Amendments : The said Amendments
considered, and agreed to.

SWANSEA CORPORATION BILL.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL
ORDER (No. 13) BILL.
Report from the Committee of Selection,
That the following Lords be proposed to
the House to form the Select Committee
for the consideration of the said Bills ;
(viz.), E. Rosse, E. Camperdown (Chair
man), L. Penrhyn, L. Crawshaw, L. Charn-
wood; agreed to ; and the said Lords
appointed accordingly : The Committee to
meet To-morrow, at Eleven o’clock ; and
all Petitions referred to the Committee,
with leave to the Petitioners praying to
be heard by Counsel against the Bills to
be heard as desired, as also Counsel for the
Bills.
SHEFFIELD CORPORATION BILL.
Report from the Committee of Selection,
That the Five Lords appointed a Select
Committee on the Local Government
Provisional Orders (No. 8 ) Bill (Caerphilly
Order) and other Bills do form the Select
Committee for the consideration of the
! Sheffield Corporation Bill; read, and
agreed to: All petitions referred to the
| Committee, with leave to the petitioners
praying to be heard by Counsel against
the Bill to be heard as desired, as also
Counsel for the Bill.
PIER AND HARBOUR ORDERS CONFIR
MATION (No. 3) BILL, [h.l.]
Amendments reported (according to
Order), and Bill to be read 3 a To-morrow.
SEA FISHERIES (CONWAY) PROVISIONAL
ORDER BILL.
TRAMWAYS PROVISIONAL ORDERS
BILL.
PIER AND HARBOUR PROVISIONAL
ORDERS (No. 2) BILL.
House in Committee (according to Order):
Bills reported without amendment, and to
be read 3 a To-morrow.
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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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1 file (221 folios)
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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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