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File 1912/897 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- British post offices’ [172v] (349/456)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1914-1919. It was written in English and French. 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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26
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION,
FINAL PROTOCOL.
Au moment de proceder a la signature
des Conventions a r re tees par le Congres
postal universel de Rome, les plenipoten-
tiaires soussignes sont conyenus de ce qui
suit:
I.
II est pris acte de la declaration faite
par la delegation britannique au nom de
son Gouvernement et portant qu’il a cede
a la Nouvelle-Zelande avec les lies Cook
et autres iles dependantes, la voix que
Particle 27, 7°, de la Convention attribue
a “ Pensemble de toutes les autres colonies
britanniques.”
II.
En derogation a Particle 27 de la Con
vention principale, une deuxieme voix est
accordee aux colonies neerlandaises en
faveur des Indes neerlandaises.
HI.
En derogation aux dispositions du
§ 1 de Particle 5, il est entendu que, par
mesure de transition, les Administrations
postaies qui, en raison de Porganisation
de leur service interieur, ou pour d’autres
causes, ne pourraient adopter le prmcipe
de Pelevation du poids unitaire des lettres
de 15 a 20 grammes et celui de Pabaisse-
ment de la taxe au-dessus de la premiere
unite de poids a 15 centimes par port
supplementaire au lieu de 25 centimes,
sont autorisees a ajourner Papplication de
ces deux dispositions ou de Pune ou
Pautre, en ce qui concerne les lettres
originaires de leur service, jusqu’au jour
ou elles seront en mesure de le faire, et a
se conformer entre temps, aux prescrip
tions etablies a ce sujet par le Congres de
Washington. i
IV.
En derogation a Particle 6 de la Con
vention, qui hxe a 25 centimes au
maximum le droit de recommandation, il
est convenu que les Etats hors d’Europe
sont autorises a maintenir ce maximum ii
50 centimes, y compris la delivrance d’un
bulletin de depot a Pexpediteur.
y.
Par exception aux dispositions du § 3
de Particle 12 de la Convention, la Perse
a la faculte de percevoir sur les destina-
taires des imprimes de toute sorte arrivant
At the moment of proceeding to sign
the Conventions settled by the Universal
Postal Congress of Rome, the under
signed plenipotentiaries have agreed as
follows:
I.
Note is taken of the declaration made
by the British delegates in the name of
their Government to the effect that it has
assigned to New Zealand, with the Cook
Islands and other island dependencies, the
vote which Article 27, 7°, of the Conven
tion attributes to “ the whole of the other
British colonies.”
H.
In modification of Article 27 of the
Convention, a second vote is accorded to
the Dutch Colonies, in favour of the
Dutch East Indies.
III.
In modification of the stipulations of
paragraph 1 of Article 5, it is agreed that,
as a temporary measure, Postal Adminis
trations, which in consequence of the
organisation of their internal service, or
for other causes, cannot adopt the prin
ciple of the increase of the unit of weight
for letters from 15 to 20 grammes, and
that of the reduction of the charge abov e
the first unit of weight to 15 centimes for
each supplementary rate instead of 25
centimes, are authorised to postpone the
application of these two stipulations or
of one or other of them, so far as regards
letters originating in their service, until
the day when they are in a position to
apply them, and to conform in the mean
time to the measures prescribed on this
subject by the Congress of Washington.
IV.
In modification of Article 6 of the
Convention, which fixes at 25 centimes the
maximum charge for registration, it is
agreed that countries out of Europe are
authorised to maintain this maximum at
50 centimes, inclusive of the delivery of a
certificate of posting to the sender.
V.
By way of exception to the provisions
of paragraph 3 of Article 12 of the Conven
tion, Persia has the right of collecting
from the addressees of printed papers of
About this item
- Content
The volume comprises copies of printed correspondence, handwritten correspondence, notes and other papers. This relates to the operation of British Indian post offices in Persia, and in particular in the region known as Arabistan [Ahvāz] by British officials. The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also 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. ]’ (IOR/L/PS/10/242). Principal correspondents in the volume include: HM Minister in Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); 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. staff (John Evelyn Shuckburgh; Arthur Hirtzel); the Deputy Chief Political Officer at Basra (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); the Chief Political Officer at Basra (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); and the Officiating 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. (Major Stuart George Knox).
Subjects covered in the volume include:
- a printed copy of the Convention of Rome (dated 26 May 1906), created by the Universal Postal Union, incorporating detailed regulations for its execution, in French and English, printed in 1907 by HM Stationery Office (ff 160-224);
- office notes relating to protests from the Persian Government at the opening of Government of India post offices at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Charbar [Chābahār], and the anticipated post office at Ahwaz [Ahvāz] (ff 153-159);
- a copy of a letter from Knox to Sir Walter Beaupré Townley, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the Court of Persia, dated 21 June 1914, countering complaints made by the Persian Government about British Indian postal service activities in southern Persia, by pointing out the perceived inadequacies in the Persian postal system (ff 130-133);
- complaints made by HM Consul at Kerman (Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer), of deficiencies in the existing Persian postal service at Kerman. The Consul emphasises insecurities and delays on routes to Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Tehran, the inefficiency of staff, and the importance of the service to Kerman’s European community (ff 135-136, ff 77-78);
- a memorandum written by Wilson to Cox, dated 21 July 1917, giving a detailed account of the prevailing political situation (including Anglo-Persian relations) in Northern Arabistan (ff 41-44);
- the proposal, put forward by Cox in 1916, to open a British Indian post office at the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s (APOC) concession at Maidan-i-Naphtum [Meydān-e Naftūn]. It provokes much discussion between British officials in the Gulf, Government of India officials, and officials from 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. and the Foreign Office, chiefly relating to the likely response of the Persian authorities to such a move, and whether the move could be justified. A useful précis of the differing opinions of officials involved in making the decision can be found at ff 14-18.
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (222 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 897 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : British Post Offices) consists of 4 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/242-245. The volumes are divided into 4 parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 226; 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. Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence is present between ff 160-224.
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