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File 1311/1905 ‘Persian Gulf: - Post Offices. (Parcel Post Convention)’ [‎38r] (82/434)

The record is made up of 1 volume (212 folios). It was created in 8 Dec 1902-23 Feb 1911. 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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No. 3208, dated Bushire, the IVzh Becemher 1909 (received
4th January 1910).
Prom - Major A. P. Trevor, I.A.,
Pirst Assistant Resident,
in charge of 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. ,
To - The Secretary to the Government of India
in the Poreign department.
I have the honour to refer to Poreign department
endorsement No. 1889-E.A. , dated the 6th December, forward-
«
ing a definitj^draft of the parcel post Regulations.
2 . I fear that possibly it may oe too late now to make
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any
additions or alterations in the araft, hut in ca.se it is
not, ana the Government of India are pleased to approve
of them, I venture to make the following suggestions :•
(a) Though in^lied it is not clearly stated in the draft
that the mails go first to 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. Post Office
and the parcels subsequently go to the custom nouse,
it is suggested that this should he mentioned, and
also who (i.e., the Post Office or the Customs nepart.
me
nt) is to bear the cost of transporting the parcels
from the Post Office to the Custom House. The Customs
have always done this here, but during the last week
a dispute has arisen about the matter.
(b) No reference is made in the craft to the time-honoured
practice
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The volume contains correspondence and notes by British officials, about their negotiations in the lead up to the Parcel Post Agreement of 1910 with Persia. The main correspondents are the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department at Calcutta and the British Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran. They discuss cooperative arrangements for the examination by Persian Customs officials of postal parcels arriving from India and elsewhere, at British Indian Post Offices in Bushire and other towns along the Persian Coast of the Gulf. Included in the volume are copies of the following documents written in French: the Parcel Post Agreement between Great Britain and Persia of 1910 and Annex of 1911, the Parcel Post Agreement between Austro-Hungary and Turkey of 1870, and several letters by senior Persian Customs officials at Bushire and Tehran.

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1 volume (212 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 1311 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : post offices: Parcel Post Convention) consists of one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the leading flyleaf with 1 and terminates at the ending flyleaf with 212; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.

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