A letter from Charles Hough regarding the payment of interest on Government Promissory notes bought by Candra Śamśera for the establishment of a Slavery Emancipation Trust Fund (CE 1925)
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Published by Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities: Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Pre-modern Nepal, Heidelberg, Germany, 2018.
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Abstract
In this letter or note, Charles Attwood Knyvett-Hough asks to sign receipts for interest on the Government Promissory notes purchased by Candra Śamśera for the establishment of the Slave Emancipation Trust Fund.Diplomatic edition
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1163812nd May 19251The Nepalese officer attached to the British Legation Nepal2With reference to His Highness the Maharaja's letter dated the
327th April 1925 regarding payment of interest on certain
4Government Promissory notes I enclose a form of receipt
5for interest on the notes and would request that it may
6kindly be filled in signed by the holder and returned to me
7as early as convenient to enable me to pay the interest due up to
8 half year ending 14th April 1925
9श्री C. Hough Hd. Clerk
10for British Envoy at the court of Nepal
Synopsis
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In this copy of a letter or note, Charles Attwood Knyvett-Hough, Head Clerk of the British Legation Nepal, asks to sign receipts for interest on the Government Promissory notes purchased by Prime Minister Candra Śamśera for the establishment of the Slave Emancipation Trust Fund.
Commentary
This document is part of a the correspondence between Candra Śamṣera and British government regarding the establishment of an Slave Emancipation Trust Fund. See HDNB_0001_0001 to HDNB_0001_0022 for related documents.