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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [6r] (16/228)
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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by British Indian traders, and directing the
recovery of the amounts levied in excess in the
past (vide paragraph 18 of Memorandum
for August 1904).
18. General .—With respect to the
request made by the Government of India
that steps be taken for the recognition by the
Turkish authorities of the satisfactory
certificate granted by the medical official
deputed to Koweit on sanitary inspection, the
Secretary of State intimated (6th January)
that His Majesty’s Government have accepted
a proposal by Mr. Townley that His Majesty’s
Consular officers in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
should
keep the Embassy at Constantinople informed
by telegraph of the sanitary state of their
respective ports, and should send written
reports of the details of local outbreaks of
disease. This procedure will apply to the
Assistant Surgeon at Koweit (vide para
graph 11 of Memorandum for October 1904).
CHINA.
19. With reference to the proposed
modification of the Burma-Chinese Telegraph
Convention (vide paragraph 24 A of the
Memorandum for December 1904), the Gov
ernment of India have informed the Secretary
of State that Indian interest is practically con
fined to telegraphic communication between
Yunnanfu, Tengyueh, and the Burma frontier,
that Mr. T. D. Herrington, Director of
Traffic, could be deputed to assist His Majesty’s
Consul-General at Shanghai in his negotiations
with the Chinese Director-General of Tele
graphs, and that he could leave on the
11th February, arriving at Shanghai on
the 4th March; but that, unless the Chinese
Government declared their preparedness to
guarantee efficient maintenance of, and
reduced rates on, this section, Mr. Herrington
should not be empowered to discuss details.
20. A despatch was sent to the
Secretary of State on the 5th January
1905, making specific proposals for the
transit of Chinese opium through Burma
under bond which might serve as a basis
of negotiations with China, and he was
asked to keep the Government of India fully
informed of the progress of any negotiations
which might be entered into in respect of this
matter, and to consult this Government before
any promises which would bind them were
made.
21. See paragraph 43 of the Memorandum
for June 1904, relating to the Burma-China
boundary in the neighbourhood of the
N’maikha Biver. On the 27th October 1903,
Sir E. Satow addressed a note to the Chinese
Government, informing them that recent
exploration by British officials confirmed the
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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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