Coll 29/12 'Bushire: office allowance of consul-general' [30r] (59/603)
The record is made up of 1 file (298 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1918-24 Feb 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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No.F.19(l)-E. 11/46
G0VEKNI.1ENT OF INDIA
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
New Delhi, the 9th April, 1947
uFFICi^ LEMOitiiNDUM
Subject : cost oi living (war) allowance.
Reference - Government of India, Finance Department,
Office memorandum No•F•19(1)-E•11/46, dated the 3rd October,
After a review of the existing scheme of cost of living
allowance, sanction for which exists up to the 31st March, 1947,
one secretary ox State has been pleased to sanction the conti-
nuance oi the allowance at the existing rates to the Services
ana oiNicers under his ru^e-making control up to the 30th June
1947. The Governor-General in Council has also been pleased to
accord sanction to the grant oi' the allowance up to the same
ua£e for the Services and officers under his rule-making control.
-• Th ® whole question of pay and allowances of Central
Government servants has to be considered in the light of the
recommendations of the Central Pay Commission, and the,scale
of allowances now in force is, therefore, liable to modification
after the 30th June, 1947.
s. The scheme of dearness allowance at present applicable
to lower-paid Government servants will, as indicated in
paragraph c of this Department office memorandum No.F«19(1)-E.
11/4°, datc>< 3 the 3rd October 1946, remain in force until
further orders.
1946
A. C. BOSE, .
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
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The file concerns the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in Bushire.
The file covers:
- office allowance grants for the Vice-Consul and the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
- proposed abolition of the post of interpreter and creation of that of Arabic Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. , in 1932
- cost of living in Bushire
- secret service and toshakhana (treasury) expenditure
- provision of furniture
- transfer of the telephone system to the Iranian authorities in 1938
- revision of rates of pay and allowances of the Vernacular Section of the ministerial establishment of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- pay and allowance of the Consular Clerk
- grant of Dearness Allowance to the clerical establishments in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in 1943
- local compensatory allowance for Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. officers, from 1946.
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , 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. , the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.
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- 1 file (298 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 299; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 29/12 'Bushire: office allowance of consul-general'
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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, 39ar:39av, 40r:100v, 100ar:100av, 101r:299v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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