| Level | Item |
| Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | C40/1242 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Title | FOREIGN LOANS: IMPERIAL OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT LOANS - LETTER BOOK |
| Date | 27 Jun 1855 - 14 Aug 1860 |
| Admin History | By 18 and 19 Vic 19 the Government was enabled to act as co-guarantor with France of interest payments on a £5m loan floated in 1855 by the Imperial Ottoman Government, partly secured on the annual tribute from Egypt and the Customs revenues of Smyrna and Syria. At the Chancellor of the Exchequer's request, the Bank acted as paying agents. Several shipments of sovereigns were made to Constantinople as the loan proceeds were drawn down. |
| Description | Texts of the Convention, General Bond and other background documents. References to 6% Loan (paying agents: Dent Palmer & Co.) |
| Related Material | See also C40/269 |
| Keyword | Turkey |