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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 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