The Station Houses Erected by the Bombay Steam Fund in the Desert of Suez

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 106 of 1847, dated 30 December 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 21 to 28 December 1847.

The enclosures relate to the request from the Secretary of the Bombay Steam Fund Committee, John Smith, that the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. forward a letter to HM Consul-General in Egypt, Charles Augustus Murray. The letter expresses the Committee’s desire for Murray to help in renewing the concession granted by Mahomed Ali [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā], Viceroy of Egypt, on 7 May 1838. The concession was originally for ten years and permitted the following: a free grant for the station houses erected by the Bombay Steam Fund in the desert between Cairo and Suez; the right for passengers travelling between England and India to transit through Egypt.

Enclosure No. 3 is a letter from John Smith to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Arthur Malet, with enclosed copies of: the letter from Smith to Murray; the concession of 7 May 1838 (in French); and a letter from Colonel Charles John Barnett, in his former role as HM Consul-General in Egypt, to Smith, dated 19 April 1845, stating that in the opinion of HM Government, the sale or surrender of the station houses to the Pacha [Pāshā] of Egypt would be very inexpedient from ‘a political and national point of view’.

Enclosure No. 4 is a minute by the Governor of Bombay concurred in by the Board, approving the Committee’s request.

Enclosure No. 5 is a letter from Malet to Murray, forwarding the letter from the Committee and recommending that he give such support to the request of the Committee as he is able to and he considers desirable.

Enclosure No. 6 is a letter from Malet to Smith, informing him that the letter to Murray will be sent by the next overland mail.

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1 item (11 folios)

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‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 90

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English in Latin script

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Archival item

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Original held at

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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Unrestricted

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IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 292-302

Former external reference(s)

No. 106 of 1847

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Date(s)

30 Dec 1847 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Travel

Places

Egypt

People & organisations

Bombay Steam FundGovernment of Bombay, Chief SecretaryWāli of Egypt and SudanHM Ambassador to Egypt

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