File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’ [‎146r] (296/368)

a third Assistant each for the Agents to the Governor-General, Baluchistan,
Rajputana, and Central India, and for the Resident in Kashmir (an
appointment which now exists, but is and still will he paid for by the Darbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). ;
(6) the appointment, as a permanent measure, of an Assistant to the Poli
tical Agent in Kalat, (7) the appoint-
An ( ^?i O 905 dC8patCh N °' 164 (GenCral) ’ datCd 2kh ™nt of a second Assistant to the Political
U (Vtf/e our despatch No. 165 (General), dated 24th Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and ( 8 ) the
August 1905. appointment of Vice-Consul at Turbat-i-
Haidari which we propose should be made permanent.
The total number of cadre posts will thus become :—
North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province 31 (a)
Existing cadre posts in the Political Department (altered as above) . 65
Additional appointments (including Turbat-i-Haidari and the 15
Second Assistant to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Total . HI
7. We now propose to manage recruitment for the Department on the
system adopted for the Indian Civil Service, and for that purpose we propose to
treat the following appointments as “ superior
Residents.
First Class.
]. Resident in Hyderabad.
2. Resident in Mysore.
3. Agent to the Governor-General in Central India.
4. Agent to the Governor-General in Rajputana.
5. A^ent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan.
6. Agent to the Governor-General in North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province.
Second Class.
1. Resident in Kashmir, as at present.
2. Judicial Commissioner, North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province, as at present.
3. Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .* * Present pay Rs. 2,500.
Third Class.
1. Resident at Baroda as at present.
2. Revenue Commissioner, North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. Province, as at present.
3. Revenue and Judicial Commissioner, Baluchistan,t present pay Rs. 2,250.
4. Resident in Nepal, present pay Rs. 2,250.
5. Resident in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , as at present.
Baluckis'an
Central India
Hyderabad . .
Kashmir
Khcrasan, etc.
Mysore
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Persia
7.— Secretary or 1st Assistant, and Political
Agents in Quetta, Sibi, Kalat, Zhob,
Loralai, and Chagai.
. 8.—Secretary or 1st Assistant, and the Agen
cies of Gwalior, Indore, Baghelkhand,
Bhopal, Bkopawar, Bundelkhaud, and
Malwa.
. 1.—Secretary or 1st Assistant.
. 1.—Political Agent in Gilgit.
. 2.—Meshed and Seistan Consular Officers.
. 1 —Secretary or 1st Assistant.
. 4.—Secretary! or 1st Assistant, and Agents
at Maskat, Kerman, and Bahrein.
(a) Excluding 3 posts in Dir, Swat and Chitral.
• Perhaps one of the most important posts at present in the service,
t An appointment yearly increasing in importance.
^ increasing importance of the post and the fact that the Beaident summeri in Shiraz render a
senior 1st Assistant necessary.
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