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File 985/1913 Pt 1 'Persia: Consular and Diplomatic Expenditure' [96r] (196/486)
The record is made up of 1 volume (239 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1913-22 Jun 1916. It was written in English. 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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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.
, London,
4th October 1912.
Financial,
No. 122.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
My Lord,
Revision of rules relating to — I have considered in Council your Financial
(1) foreign service; Letter of the 12th October last, No. 244, forwarding
( 2 ) acceptance of outside em- ^ or approval a draft of revised rules relating to
employment by officers on f° re ig' n service, which you propose to issue in super-
leave. ' session of those contained in Chapters NXXIX. to
XLI. of the Civil Service Regulations. You also
forward for my information copies of Articles 200
and 598 which have recently been revised by your
Government so as to deal with the acceptance of
outside employment by officers on leave.
2 . 1 desire to recognise the care and thorough
ness with which the revision of the foreign service
« rules has been accomplished. The existing regula
tions have been entirely overhauled and re-arranged,
they have been made simpler and more elastic in
many respects, and much obsolete or unnecessary
matter has disappeared. Among other changes the
revised rules allow a wider discretion to Local
Governments in authorising transfers to foreign
service in India and in fixing the pay to be drawn;
and, subject to certain conditions, they permit the
delegation of such powers by the Local Governments
to authorities subordinate to them.
3. I observe that in the new rule 754 you omit
the words “ except with the sanction of the Govern
ment of India ” which occur in the corresponding
old rule 784. I do not think it is desirable to
exclude entirely the consideration of special cases,
which hitherto have been dealt with sparingly
under the safeguards described in paragraph 2 of
Lord Minto’s Lespatch No. 12 F.D., dated 27th
January 1910. I have therefore decided that the
words omitted should be retained.
4. I notice (Article 770) that you propose to
increase the rate of contribution for leave and
pension payable in respect of officers of the classes
mentioned in Article 763 (i) from Jth to yglhs
assumed pay, and to prescribe for the first time a
rate of contribution payable for leave and pension
of other classes of officers, viz., Jth of assumed pay.
I 723*.
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The file is concerned with diplomatic and consular expenditure in Persia, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Siam [Thailand], which is shared by both the Imperial (London) and Indian Governments. The papers therefore focus on financial adjustments to be made between 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. and the Foreign Office. Accounts of this expenditure can therefore be found within the file, along with supplementary correspondence. This correspondence is concerned with querying or disputing items of expenditure, or with changes to accounting practices. This correspondence is primarily between officials of 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. and the Foreign Office, with occasional reference made to the Government of India, and occasional submissions to the Secretary of State for India.
Specific matters discussed within the file include the following: an overspend on a survey for the Mohammerah-Burujird Railway undertaken by Captain Wilson (ff 171-180), expenditure on additional consular escort at Shiraz and Meshed (ff 45-48, 114-117, and 63-66 for specific detail of charges for Shiraz), and the revision of the rates at which leave and pensions are calculated (ff 70-100).
The following sets of financial papers can be found within:
- expenditure by the Imperial Government in Persia, and at Nakawn Lampang (Lakhon) and Chiengmai. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1910-11 and 1911-12 (ff 228-232), 1911-12 and 1912-13 (ff 160-164), 1912-13 and 1913-14 (ff 80-85);
- expenditure by the Government of India compared with the previous financial year; each statement contains a supplement on expenditure at Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], and Maskat [Muscat]. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1911-12 (ff 189-200 and ff 213-224, two copies), 1912-13 (ff 153-155), and 1913-14 (ff 49-61);
- specific statements are also supplied for expenditure on the Koweit Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. as follows: 1911-12 (ff 206-209 and ff 234-236, two copes), 1912-13 (ff 153-155), and 1913-14 (ff 42-43);
- records of financial adjustments made between 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. and the Foreign Office between 1900-01 to 1915-16: see ff 33-36, ff 148-151, and ff 201-205.
The creation dates cover the bulk of papers within the file. However, a printed copy of a letter from 16 May 1895 with enclosures dating back to 2 March 1895 has also been included (folios 67-69). It concerns charges in connection with the administration of criminal justice under the Persian Coast and Islands Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (1889).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (239 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 985 (Persia: Consular and Diplomatic Expenditure) consists of three volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/361, 362, and 363. The volumes are divided into three parts with each part consisting of one volume. The papers within this volume are arranged loosely in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 241; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/361
- Title
- File 985/1913 Pt 1 'Persia: Consular and Diplomatic Expenditure'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:240v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence