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1. IOR/P/674 May 1873 nos 01-09

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IOR/P/674 May 1873 nos 01-09
Title:
Overcrowding of pilgrim ships
Scope & Content:
pp 25-29. Correspondence regarding instances of overcrowding in British vessels carrying pilgrims on their return from the Hedjaz. Includes communications from: H H Calvert, British Delegate to the Egyptian Board of Health, including statement showing British vessels which arrived at Elwidj from ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1872-May 1873
Extent:
5 pages

2. IOR/P/674 Aug 1871 no 03

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IOR/P/674 Aug 1871 no 03
Title:
Sanitary measures for pilgrims heading to Mecca
Scope & Content:
pp 143-44. Correspondence, including statement by the Acting Consul, Jeddah, the the Constantinople Board of Health have agreed to regulate steamers according to the Native Passengers Act.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1871-Jul 1871
Extent:
2 pages

3. IOR/P/525 Aug 1874 nos 42-45

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IOR/P/525 Aug 1874 nos 42-45
Title:
Over-crowding of pilgrim ships
Scope & Content:
pp 239-40. Secretary of State for India forward copy letters from E Hammond, and between Major-General Edward Stanton and the Earl Granville, regarding over-crowding on pilgrim vessels, and the possibility of extending the provisions of the Native Passenger Ships Act to include the posts of the H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1874-Aug 1874
Extent:
2 pages

4. IOR/P/1002 Jun 1876 nos 03-04

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IOR/P/1002 Jun 1876 nos 03-04
Title:
Proposed International Sanitary Convention
Scope & Content:
pp 239-57. Correspondence regarding the proposed International Sanitary Convention designed to give practical effect to the conclusions of the Vienna Sanitary Conference 1874, and the measures implemented following the Constantinople Sanitary Conference 1866. Discusses research into cholera; qua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1875
Extent:
19 pages

5. IOR/P/674 Oct 1872 nos 06-09

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IOR/P/674 Oct 1872 nos 06-09
Title:
Pilgrim tax at Jeddah to be collected through the officers of the quarantine, not ship Captains
Scope & Content:
p 335. Correspondence.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1872-Oct 1872
Extent:

1 page

6. IOR/P/674 Jul 1871 nos 12-17

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IOR/P/674 Jul 1871 nos 12-17
Title:
Steamers from Indian Ports to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
pp 131-36. Correspondence regarding the application of Act XII of 1870 (the Native Passenger Ships Act) to steamers sailing to ports in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, including discussion of pilgrim ships.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1871-Jun 1871
Extent:
6 pages

7. IOR/P/674 Aug 1872 no 11

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IOR/P/674 Aug 1872 no 11
Title:
Collection, through the Commanders of British Vessels, of a pilgrim tax proposed by the Turkish Government
Scope & Content:
p 277. Government of India inform the Foreign Department of a notice placed in the Gazette of India announcing the agreement of the Government to the proposals of the Ottoman Board of Health to levy a tax on pilgrims travelling to the Hejaz, despite the objections registered by the Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Aug 1872
Extent:
1 page

8. IOR/P/525 Apr 1875 nos 55-56

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IOR/P/525 Apr 1875 nos 55-56
Title:
Overcrowding of pilgrim ships arriving at Aden from Singapore en route to Jeddah
Scope & Content:
pp 199-204. Copy communications from the Government of Bombay; Colonel F Schneider Political Resident, Aden; and G W R Hay, Port Surgeon, Aden, regarding overcrowding on pilgrim ships S. S. Mecca and Paraguey. Includes copy License of the British Steamer Mecca, of which William Laws is Master, to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1875
Extent:
6 pages

9. IOR/P/674 Sep 1871 nos 06-08

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IOR/P/674 Sep 1871 nos 06-08
Title:
Proposed levy of a tax upon pilgrims to the Hedjaz [Hejaz]
Scope & Content:
pp 219-220. Secretary of State forwards a proposal from the Turkish Board of Health that a tax of ten piastres be levied on pilgrims proceeding from India to the Hedjaz and Yemen, plus correspondence thereon. Plus reply from the Government of India, who do not believe that they should be seen to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Jun 1871-Sep 1871
Extent:
2 pages

10. IOR/P/525 Apr 1875 nos 41-54

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IOR/P/525 Apr 1875 nos 41-54
Title:
Amendment and enforcement of the Native Passenger Ship Acts, and accounts of journeys on pilgrim vessels
Scope & Content:
pp 169-98. Copy correspondence and Proceedings forwarded to the Legislative Department, regarding the implementation of measures designed to reduce overcrowding on pilgrim vessels, and opinions on the proposed Bill to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Native Passenger Ships. Includes: S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1873-Apr 1875
Extent:
30 pages

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