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File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation' [170r] (39/113)
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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official salaries, His Majesty's Government would have
no grounds for claiming exemption for His Majesty's
Consular Officers in Germany from other categories of
taxation^whatever may be the actual practice at cer
tain places, and this apparently varies to some extent.
Biu, it is clear that if an exception were made in the
case of Count Quadt, the Consular Officers of all
Powers with whom this Country has most favoured nation
Treaties would claim similar exemption, if the fact
came oo their knowledge, as it probably would.
In these circumstances, Lord Lansdowne is of
opinion that it would be undesirable for the Govern-
ment of India to admit the claim for exemption put
forward by the German Consul General.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humb1e S e rvant,
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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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- 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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