IOR/L/PS/12/3305

Short annual reports on the workings of the China (Kashgar) Order-in-Council 1920 and 1935 for the years 1929-42. The reports contain information on the civil and criminal cases tried and the numbers of British subjects and British protected persons registered during each year.

The reports were sent by the Consul General, Kashgar, to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi, from where they were forwarded to the Political Department of the India Office, London.

In addition the file contains correspondence (drafts, copies, and originals) between these three offices and the Foreign Office that concerns the following matters in connection with the working of the Order-in-Council:

• The prohibition under the provisions of the Order-in-Council of two British Indian subjects from being within the limits of the Kashgar consular district for opium dealing
• The request, in April 1931, for the authority to repeal certain regulations made under the Order-in-Council
• The question of the correct channels to use when corresponding about such matters.

Also contained in the file are the following:

• A copy of the China (Kashgar) Order-in-Council, 1920 (folios 114-125)
• Extracts from reports on Sir Eric Teichman's mission to Sinkiang to investigate the sharp increase in the number of British subjects being registered there, dated 4 December 1935 (folios 37-41).