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File 759/1912 'Henjam Coal Depot: Persian Customs' [25r] (54/434)
The record is made up of 1 volume (215 folios). It was created in 1912-1923. 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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[I-III (I) (a).
AUDIT RESOLUTION.
Secretary of State and Government of India.
Copy of Finance Department Resolution No. 368-Gl. (E.A.), dated the loth March
1913, as amended up to 1st July 1916.
The Secretary of State having issued orders which necessitate the further
modification of the rules published in the resolution of this department No. 46o-
Ex dated the 26th January 1911, as amended by resolutions No. 6969-E.A.,
dated the 17th November 1911, and No. 2337-F., dated the 15th April 1912, the
Government of India are pleased to issue the following revised rules m super-
session of the rules prescribed in those resolutions.
I An audit officer, before admitting in audit any charge against the general
revenues which requires the sanotion of the Secretary of- State m Council, must
satisfv himself that that sanction has been accorded either by general or by special
order of the Secretary of State in Council. The cases in which the audit officer is
to regard that sanction as necessary are stated in the following rules : 1 or uhe
admission of any charges which are not stated in these rules to require the sanction
of the Secretary of State in Council, the authority of the Government of India,
or in classes of cases in which the Government of India have delegated their powers
to’local Governments, of the local Government should be regarded as sufficient.
yr 0 te. The expression “ general revenues ” as used in this resolution means Imperial
* + and Provincial revenues as well as the revenues ot
KoAfAtdciaT, d5Sl 26 th 6 September IQls! local funds administered by Government.
II In these rules the word “ remuneration ” includes, besides monthly
substantive pay or salary, all payments to officers from general revenues, whether
in the nature of fixed allowances, subject to the exceptions below, or of fees, rewards
(except language rewards, other than those
which take the form of monthly allowances)
or recurring honoraria. It does not include
the pension of an officer who is re-employed,
or local allowances granted on account
of the unhealthiness or expensiveness of
particular localities (which will in future be
known as “compensatory local allowances’) r
exchange compensation allowance, travel
ling or conveyance allowances, house rent
„ allowances or grant of free quarters, allow
ances to civil surgeons for charge of railway employes, office allowances hill allow
ances governed by authorised hill allowance codes, and non-recurring honoraria
Subiect to the limitations contained in these rules, and to any specific orders o
the Secretary of State bearing on particular matters, the Government of ndia
have full power to sanction the graim of
a r vhfSh,No OJ 59 e 7m n toff) m d7w 0 26 t allowances which are not included in the
May 1911 ; and paragraph 4 of despatch definition of. remuneration. Provided that
No. 23-Public Works, dated 26th August 1910. |.p e sanction of the Secretary of State m
Despatch from the Secretary of State,
No. 106 (Public), dated 31st July 1908.
Rule IV, Resolution of the Government of
India in the Finance Department, No. 916-Ex.,
dated 4th March 1893.
Despatch from the Secretary of State, No. 16
(Military), dated 9th February 1906.
Despatch from the Secretary of State, No. 9
(Financial), dated 22nd January 1909. ^
Despatch from the Secretary of State, No. 59
(Financial), dated 26th May 1911.
Telegram from the Secretary of State, dated
9th July 1912.
Council is required to—
(a) the grant of exchange compensation allowance in any case in which it
is not now admissible ; and
(b) anv modification of the broad principles on which the rules relating
to the Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon.house allowance schemes
are based, including the rates and the general conditions of eligibility
laid down in them.
HI. The sanction of the Secretary of State in Council is required—
(1) To anv expenditure (except in cases in which authority is granted
to the Government of India by this resolution) which is -
(a) of an unusual nature ; or
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the creation of a coal depot at Henjam Island, alongside the existing telegraph station.
The discussion in the volume relates to the handling of relations with the Persian government in connection with the development of the coal depot at Henjam. Discussion centres on how British proposals could be best communicated, including the negotiating strategy involving Henjam and the naval base at Bassidu.
Further discussion surrounds plans and estimates; piers and infrastructure, protection, funding and accounting as well as the erection of a flagstaff.
Correspondents include the Viceroy; Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Under Secretary of State, 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. ; Government of Indian, Marine Department; Director, Royal Indian Marine; and the Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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.
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- 1 volume (215 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 759 consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 215; 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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- File 759/1912 'Henjam Coal Depot: Persian Customs'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:214v, 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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