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File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation' [‎183r] (65/113)

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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No. 489 II, dated Calcutta, the 2nd March 1904.
Prom-CocHT Qdadt-Wtkradt-Isst, Imperial German Consul-General at Calcutta,
To The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
,, 1 have the honour to forward to you enclosed the copy of a correspondence
between the Secretary to the Corporation of Calcutta and myself, concerning
the question whether German Consular representatives de carriere in India have
to pay any municipal taxes.
As you will see from the enclosures, the Secretary to the Corporation of
Calcutta requests me to pay a license tax which is, undoubtedly, a municipal
tax, and I claim exemption from these taxes not, as the gentleman seems to
understand it, as a diplomatist, or because certain articles are exempted from
Customs duty, but on the basis of reciprocity, stating that as British Consuls
m Germany are exempted from municipal taxes there, the same exemption
can be claimed by German Consuls in India. 1
rvoj » e8 a t0 i r f!f “this respect to Section 40 of the “Eommunal Abgahen
Gesetz , dated the 14th July 1893, and Section 25 of the “ Ausfuehrungs
Anweisung according to which members of the Royal Family and the House
taxes enZ ° ern ’ ® nvo y s an ^ Consular officials are exempted from municipal
• a 1 don’t think that, under these circumstances, any divergence of opinion
exists, but if your Government desires a further enquiry, or a formal declaration
about the subject, I will report the matter to my Government.
No. 2104 M., dated Calcutta, the 25th February 1904,
From—The Secretary to the Municipal Corporation of Calcutta,
To—The Imperial German Consul-General at Calcutta.
With reference to your letter No. 338, dated the 19th instant, to the
address of the License Officer to the Corporation of Calcutta, stating that you
are not liable to pay any municipal tax in India, I have the honour to state
that, under instructions from the Government of India in the Forei°u De
partment on a similar objection made a short time ago by the Imperial and
Royal Austro-Hungarian Consul-General in Calcutta, I was to explain that
Foreign Consuls in His Majesty’s dominions are not entitled to the exemptions
and immunities granted to members of the diplomatic body, and that the claim
to the exemption could not be accepted.
. Exemptions from customs duty on certain articles, to which they are
entitled, do not extend so lar as to include exemptions from municioal
taxation. ^
Under the circumstances, I have the honour to request you to pay the
license tax for which you have received a communication from the License
Officer to the Corporation.
No. 489, dated Calcutta, the 2nd March 1904.
From— Count Quadt-Wykradt-Isny, Imperial German Consul-General at Calcutta,
To—The Secretary to the Municipal Corporation of Calcutta.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No 2104 M
of the 25th of February, and in reply to it to state that I do not claim the
exemption from municipal taxes as a diplomatic representative, or because
certain articles are exempted from customs duty, but on the basis of reciprocity
_ As British Consuls in Germany are exempted from municipal taxes there
logically the same privilege is vindicated by the German Consular represent?, ’
tives in India. r
I beg to add that I have only arrived on the 11th of February, and am
therefore, scarcely liable to pay the license that you ask for. * *

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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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