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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [59r] (122/228)
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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Memorandum of information received during
the month of May 1905, regarding
external affairs relating to the North-
East Frontier, Burma, Siam, and China.
[Note.—-T his memorandum is based upon reports, the accuracy of
which it is not always possible to guarantee.]
TIBET.
1. Vide paragraph 10 of the Memo
randum for April 1905. Bis Majesty’s Govern
ment have expressed general approval of the
draft Convention with China prepared by the
Government of India. Tang Tachen, the
Chinese Commissioner and Plenipotentiary,
has, however, formally submitted a fresh draft
Convention which stipulates for the recognition
of Chinese sovereignty, not suzerainty, over
Tibet. Eurther, the draft, while regarding the
Lhasa Convention as an existing agreement,
would place upon China the responsibility for
the fulfilment by the Tibetans of its terms,
subject to modifications arising out of Tang
Tachen’s stipulation about Chinese sovereignty
and other new articles. The draft also makes the
Amban the intermediary for the arrangement
and execution of all matters connected with
the Convention. Inter alia it (1) provides for
the establishment of telegraphic communica
tion with one only of the marts and that
by the Chinese Government; (2) limits British
merchants to the nearest existing roads to the
trade marts; and (3) prohibits British subjects
from travelling in Tibet beyond those points.
A reply has been sent to the Chinese Commis
sioner that his draft cannot be considered, and
that negotiations can proceed only on the basis
of our draft, beyond the terms of W'hich the
British Government are not likely to be
willing to go. His Majesty’s Government have
approved of this reply.
2. On the 26th April, Mr. C. A. Bell
reported that the transport of goods between
Chumbi and Lhasa was handicapped, owing to
the fact that many of the yaks in the villages
between Phari and Lhasa were suffering from
foot-and-mouth disease.
3 See paragraph 5 of the Memoran
dum for April 1905. Mr. White having
agreed to the course proposed by Captain
0°’Connor with a view to putting a stop to
tVm ipWranh wire cutting, the latter has been
Mr. White is arranging to meet Captain
rvnrm-nnr and visit the places and villages
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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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