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A letter from H.J. Wilkinson to Candra Śamśera regarding the establishment of funds for the abolition of slavery (CE 1924)

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Edited and translated by Axel Michaels in collaboration with Manik Bajracharya
Created: 2018-09-23; Last modified: 2018-10-31
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Abstract

Hugh J. Wilkinson, the first British Envoy in Nepal, responds to a letter of Prime Minister Candra Śamśera through which the latter requested help regarding the investment of several lakhs of rupees for two trusts: the Great War Memorial Tri Chandra Hospital Fund and the Slave Emancipation Fund. Wilkinson advises the Prime Minister to invest the money directly into stock certificates.

Diplomatic edition

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1No 2895

116th August 1924

1My dear Maharaja
2With reference to your letter of the 30th July 1924
3I write to inform your Highness that it does not seem to be
4necessary to invest the money first in Government Promissory notes
5the latter convert them into stock certificates. As you intend that
6stock certificates should eventually be held by the Trustees
7I am asking the currency officer, Calcutta, to arrange for
8the purpose of stick certificates for the amounts mentioned.
9The detailed arrangements regarding interest 4c will presumably
10be the same as for the other funds referred to by Your Highness.
11viz., the Shivaratri Pilgrims Help Fund and the Ayurvedic
12Educational Fund.
13I am with kind regards Yours very sincerely
14श्री H. Wilkinson

Synopsis

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In this copy of a letter, Hugh J. Wilkinson, the first British Envoy in Nepal, responds to a letter of Prime Minister Candra Śamśera through which the latter requested help regarding the investment of several lakhs of rupees for two trusts: the Great War Memorial Tri Chandra Hospital Fund and the Slave Emancipation Fund as compensation of the loss of the former slave owners. Candra wanted to invest the money in the Government of India G.P. Notes or Loans and then convert them into stock certificates. Wilkinson advises the Prime Minister to invest the money directly into stock certificates under conditions applied previously for the Shivaratri Pilgrimage Help Fund and the Ayurvedic Education Fund.

Commentary

This document is part of a the correspondence between Candra Śamṣera and Hugh J. Wilkinson-Guillemard, the first British envoy in 1924-31 regarding the establishment of an Slave Emancipation Trust Fund. For more documents related to this, see HDNB_0001_0001 to HDNB_0001_0010 and so on.