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File 1311/1905 ‘Persian Gulf: - Post Offices. (Parcel Post Convention)’ [‎65r] (138/434)

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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Telegram No. S.-133, dated the 28th February 1908.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
Calcutta,
To—C. M. Marling, Esq., His Britannic Majesty Charge d'Affaires at Tehran.
Your te-egram No. 256, dated 11 th November 1907. Parcel post negotia
tions. Indian postal authorities have no objection to modification of Constanti
nople Regulations as proposed, but they consider that an attempt should be
made to exclude from Customs examination traders’ samples (which are
transmitted as part of the letter mail according to the custom of the Postal
Union) If this is objected to and it is necessary to yield the point, Po st ^
authorities here think that examination and delivery of sample packets should
take place not at Persian Custom House but at Indian Post Office ^ of destina
tion It would be necessary that the Indian Post Office should he informed ot
any special limits as to weight of samples, as well as any other special condi
tions that may be imposed. Indian Post Office should^ also be furnished by
Persian Government with a list of articles, the importation of
Iv forbidden. Now refer to your telegram of 2nd January 1908. It you
think this feasible, we should much prefer that no steps should he taken to
Ster tl practice now followed by British Post O ffices un til a satisfactory settle-
ment of Pasand Khan’s case has been secured. If possible, we should be glad
to see a copy of the draft arrangement before it is concluded, and we may then
be in a position to offer further observations.
G. I. C. P. O.-Ko. 5580 P. D —30-3-08. 26—P. G. G.

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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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