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File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation' [156r] (11/113)
The record is made up of 1 item (53 folios). It was created in 19 Aug 1884-18 Apr 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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From
To
Political Department-No.77
The Hon'ble Mr.. K. Thompson,
Offg. Chief Secretary to the government of Burma
The Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.
Rangoon, the 20 th February 1911.
Sir,
I am directed to solicit a reference to your letter
No. 2315-F., dated the 14th October 1886, enclosing a
oOpy of letter No. 1467-1., dated the 4th May 1886, from
the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign
Department to the Chief Secretary to the Government of
Bengal, in which it was stated that French Consuls in
India were not entitled to claim exemption from local
taxation.
2. A similar question has now been raised by Mr. K.
K. Moorhead, Consul for the United States of America
in Rangoon. Mr. Moorhead states that the American
Government is compelled to pay taxes on the Consulate in
the sofaer building, Rangoon, although thin is contrary
to International Law and to the customs of Germany,
France and most European and Asiatic countries as well as
all of North and South America". He quotes "Regulations
relating to Immunities of Consuls" as adopted by the
"Institute of International Law" in its session of
September 26th, 1896.
3. The Lieutenant Governor will be glad to be informed,
with reference to paragraph 2 of your letter of the 4th
1886 to the
Government of Bengal
From c. 1758-1858, the East India Company's administration in Bengal. From 1773-1833, the most senior of the three subdivisions of India, also known as the Supreme Government of India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj.
, whether any treaty
stipulation exists between this country and the United
States of America which binds His Majesty's Government to
S^ant most favoured terms to American Consuls in His
"ajesty's dominions, and whether in case such stipulation
exists Mr.' Moorhead is entitled to claim exemption from
local taxation.
. j -'ave, etc.,
ft- "Olv&yr-ftsSfu.,
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Part 1 concerns exemption of Foreign Consular officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation. It contains:
- correspondence regarding the claim of the Consul-General for France at Calcutta to exemption from Municipal taxation;
- privileges to the Persian and Turkish Consuls-Generals in the matter of Imperial customs duty and municipal taxation;
- claim of the Imperial German Consul-General at Calcutta to exemption from the payment of Municipal taxes;
- request of the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador that their Consuls in India may be exempted from payment of taxes;
- claim of the United States Consul at Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) to exemption from municipal taxation.
The principal correspondents are the Consul-General for France at Calcutta; the Persian Consul-General; the Imperial German Consul-General at Calcutta; the Foreign Department of the Government of India; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; 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. . Some of the letters from Consul-General for France at Calcutta are in French.
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- File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation'
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- 151r:182v, 184r:194v, 195v:200v, 204r:206v, back-i
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