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File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation' [159r] (17/113)
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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FOREIGN OFFICE,
arch I. 1905.
Ycur ..v.cv.ili. .c;
I have carelully coneidered, in coiarumica
tion with Hie ujuety'c Secretary of Statu for India,
your 'ote of January diet laat, in which you request
that Consular officers of Austria-Hungary in Im
may be oxa-ipted from payment of taxes, in view of
the immunity in this respect accorded to British
icntul. r officers in Austria-HUngary.
I have to inform Your Excellency, in raply,
that His Majesty's Govemraont regret that in the
absence of Ccniul T Convention between tbit coun
try tend Austria-Hungary, the claim le not one which
they are in a position to entertain.
I have the honour to bo, with the highest
consideration.
Your Excellency's most obedient,
humble Servant,
Excellency
Count ensdcrff
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/30/1
- Title
- File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation'
- Pages
- 151r:182v, 184r:194v, 195v:200v, 204r:206v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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