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File 868/1904 Pt 1 'Consular: Exemption of Foreign Consular Officers from Imperial and Municipal Taxation' [‎188r] (75/113)

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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Liability of Foreign Consuls i n India to Imperial
and Municipal Taxation.
This very awkward and delicate question has
been lying dormant for many years and there seems to be
no good reason why it should be revived.
-After a very uareful examination of all the
issues, an interchange of views with tie 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. ,
and a reference to the Law Officers -Lord Derby decided
in 1S75 that the claira\ of the Turkish Consul General
at Bombay to exemption from Imperial and municipal
taxation could not be resisted, in view of the terns of
Article VIII of the Treaty with Turkey of 1809.
The correspondence extended from 1872 to 1875-
y' *
as will be seen by Mr. Haycock*s Precis annexed; and
terminated in an assurance to the Turkish Ambassador
that the Consul General would be exempted, and in an
instruction to the Bombay Government in the same sense.
In coning to JMs conclusion Her Majesty**
Government were evidentl^a^are of the far-reaching
consequences of their decision -and of the fact that.
strictly speaking, all Turkish Consuls in Her Majesty's
Dominions are entitled to claim similar exemption- even
though they do not avail themselves of the right;-whilst
all Powers possessing most-favoured-nation treatment
under Treaty -such as Persia and Italy- might, if so
ninclod, ask lor equal privileges.
Indeed

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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' [‎188r] (75/113), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/30/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100027944122.0x0000b5> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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