File 791/1904 Pt 1 'Orders-in-Council: Persian Coast and Islands' [‎256r] (244/357)

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Foreign Office to the Law Officers of the Crown.
Gentlemen, Foreign Office, January 21, 1907.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith, hy direction of Secretary
Sir Edward Grey, the accompanying draft of the Persian Coast and Islands Order in
Council, together with the papers relating thereto.
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. (who, as you are aware, is
at the same time His Majesty’s Consul-General at Bushire) suggested to the Govern
ment of India in 1903 that Article 32, Part VI, of “ The Persian Coast and Islands
Order, 1889,” should he amended so as to admit of Vice-Admiralty cases being tried,
in the absence of the Consul-General, hy that officer’s First Assistant. The Govern
ment of India and 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. approved this suggestion, and on the 2nd September,
1903, addressed a letter to this Department (Paper (B)) inviting the concurrence of
the Marquess of Lansdowne to the insertion of this amendment.
In a letter dated the 17th September of the same year (Paper (C)) this Depart
ment replied that Lord Lansdowne had no objection to the proposal to invest the
First Assistant with the necessary powers, hut that, in view of the abolition of Courts
of Vice-Admiralty since the date of the Order in question, he would suggest the
repeal of Article 32 and the substitution for it of another Article corresponding to
those inserted in recent Orders for conferring Admiralty jurisdiction and containing
the desired snecial provision regarding the Assistant. x ,
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. , on the 23rd September, 1903, addressed a letter to this Depart
ment (Paper (D)) expressing their concurrence in this proposal, and m a further
communication, dated the 11th May, 1904 (Paper (E)), suggeste certain acci imm
amendments as the result of a telegraphic correspondence w it i ie oa ernmen
Illdl In view of these suggestions, the moment appeared to this Department to be a
favourable one for a general revision of the Order in such directions as e experience
of the fourteen years which had elapsed since its promulgation s i°we ^ ® a ^ 1S
and for the consolidation with it of “ The Persian Coast and Is an s rc er m ou
1895,” which was itself nothing but an amendment of the earlier Order.
On the 11th June, 1904, Lord Lansdowne accordingly caused a letter (Eaper (4) j
to he addressed to Mr. Albert Gray, requesting him to dra an rcer
giving effect to the amendments proposed by the ce .’ an ? J?
such clauses of general application, which had been introducer m o v „ ,
Orders in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. recently prepared by him, as might be o ac^an age \
On the 4th October, 1904, Mr. Gray submitted a first draft 6f ^
with notes in which he called attention to new and altered provisions, ^
questions which appeared to him to require consideration y is p
the ms feft'and the notes were subsequently revised by Mr ^ ^-s^tation
with Mr. Hurst, Assistant Legal Adviser to this Depart men ’an ^
amended in the light of their discussions (Paper (G)) was ,.1^ su n m itted to
October, 1905, to 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. , with the suggestion that it should be submitted to
the Government of India for their observations. /m to this
On the 21st November last 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. addressed a j;
Department forwarding a copy of a despatch from the y over ^
the draft Order with certain further amendments, and m this form it
IeP1 \Vl Request b.at you will take the draft (Paper (I)) into your consideration.
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