مجموعة ٢٨/ ٩٤ "إيران. الصعوبات التي يواجهها الرعايا البريطانيون في إيران عند تحويل الأموال إلى الخارج." [و‎‎٤‎٦] (٢٤٧/٩١)

English text of Letter No. 489/15/36, dated 23rd December, 1936,
from His Majesty’s Legation to the Exchange Control Commission.
His Majesty’s Legation present their compliments to the
Director of the Exchange Control Commission and have the honour
to invite reference to correspondence ending with the latter’s
letter No. 29702 of the 4th November last, regarding the applica
tion of a British Subject named Kanthar Nagjee to be allowed to
remit to India (a) Rupees 40 per month for the maintenance of his
dependents, and (b) Rupees 159-8 per year to pay his life
insurance premium.
2. The Commission have refused this application on the ground
that only persons employed in Government institutions are allowed
to remit a proportion of their pay to foreign countries. In reply
His Majesty’s Legation would point out that according to their
understanding of the Exchange regulations this privilege is ex
tended to persons employed in public institutions and not merely
in Government institutions (Article 15 (c) )• They only mention
this in passing, however, as it is admitted that Kanthar Nagjee
is not employed either in a Government or in a public institution.
He is in fact by profession a goldsmith and is not covered by
section (a), (b), (c), or (d) of Article 15 of the regulations.
His Majesty’s Legation would, however, point out that that
article concludes by laying down that M in other cases the Exchange
Control Commission is free to reject, accept or reduce applica
tions”. It would thus appear that there is nothing in the regu
lations to prevent the Exchange Control Commission from granting
applications of the present nature should they desire to do so.
3. His Majesty’s Legation would further point out that there
are many British Subjects resident in Iran who are neither employed
in public institutions (Article 15 (c) ) nor yet in direct busine*
relations with public institutions (Article 15 (b)). Such persons
necessarily need to remit occasional sums to their own country,
whether for the educational expenses of their children, the support
of dependents, the payment of insurance premiums or similar claims
upon them. The total of such suras is in the aggregate small, as
in the present case where the applicant desires to acquire