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'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [85r] (174/228)
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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position and strength of the Chinese military
posts in the Chienpien Sub-prefectnre. Mr.
Wilkinson states “a return received from
the Governor-General, Ting, officially estab
lishes the fact that at two points at least—
Mongkha (Hsi-Ming) and Seng Kan-the
L/iimese continue to maintain garrisons on the
western side of Scott’s line , ^ The Government
of Burma remark that Mr. 'Wilkinson’s letter
makes it plain that the Chinese have openly
and deliberately violated the provincial
"boundary.
16. (Please see paragraph 20 of the
Memorandum for July 1905.) Mr. Litton
reports that the young Kangai Sawbwa, who
has quarrelled with his father, has established
himself at Man Hsien, near the frontier,
whence he will he able to come over into
Burma, if the Chinese officials try to molest
him further.
Mr. Litton also reports that there have
heen a number of petty thefts of cargo on
the main trade route between the frontier and
Tengyueh. The cause is the absence of effective
police measures in the Sawbwa’s territories.
The responsible Sawbwas have now been com
pelled to refund some Bs. 400 in damages to
the merchants, and Mr. Litton hopes that
this will induce them to bestir themselves in
the future.
SIAM.
17. The Government of Burma tele
graphed, on the 7th September 1905, that
information had been received from the British
Consul at Chiengmai to the effect that the
Siamese authorities there proposed to impose
quarantine for eight days on arrivals fiom
plague-infected areas at various stations on
the 3 Siamese frontier from Ban Menao to a
point twenty miles to the south of Ban
Mesowk—commencing on loth. September,
and to institute medical inspection at otber
■nlaces The Lieutenant-Governor represented
that Moulmein town is the only infected place
in the Amherst district, the interior of the
district being free from plague, that there is
considerable trade between Burma and Siam
alono* Kawkareik and Myawaddo route, an
that 0 if quarantine for eight days is imposed
on all arrivals from Burma at that mrt of
the frontier, serious inconvenience vill
caused? His Honour therefore recommended
that representation should be made
Skmes? Government that inspection of
Lrelta, ~H.«t b.
Simla,
The 1st Oct. 1905
R. E. HOLLAND.
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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)
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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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