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File 759/1912 'Henjam Coal Depot: Persian Customs' [‎27r] (58/434)

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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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To any expenditure of a non-recurring type on behalf of political pen-
-p. at, £ , i c , , sioners, such as grants towards
No. 20 (Political), dated 17th March 1911, and the funeral expenses otdeceas-
No. 56 (Political), dated 7th June 1912. ed pensioners, the provision of
marriage dowries for daughters, allowances to meet the expense of
proceeding under orders of competent authority from one locality to
another and expenditure on other than ordinary repairs (as for example
the installation of electric lights and fans) in connection with the
residences which pensioners are provided with in certain cases at
the cost of the State, if the amount, in any case, exceeds Rs. 1,000.
Despatch from the Secretary of State,
No. 37-Public Works, dated 30th July 1915.
To any expenditure on the erection or alteration or furnishing and
equipment of a church, or
compensation for sittings
therein, or to any grant-in-aid
towards the erection or alteration or furnishing and equipment
of a church not wholly constructed out of public funds, in excess
of the amount admissible under the rules in the Public Works
Department Code.
(12) To any cash grant to a charitable or religious institution (not being
, c, , a grant for a church under
Despatches from the Secretary of State, & -
No, 167 {Financial), dated 2nd August 1907,
No. 98 (Pinancial), dated 14th August 1908,
and No. 28-Secret, dated 26th November 1909.
or Rs. 50,000 if non-recurring
or religious institution outside India.
the Public Worts Depart
ment Code), which exceeds
Rs. 10,000 a year if recurring
and to any grant to a charitable
Note .—Institutions designed for medical relief are included in the category of charitable
institutions.
(13) To expenditure on State ceremonies and assemblies and on the
Despatches from the Secretary of State, entertainment, at the public
No. 107 (Financial), dated 2nd August 1907, charge, of distinguished visi-
and No. 98 (Financial), dated 14th August 1908. ^ors to India, when the Out
lay is estimated to exceed Rs. 1,00,000.
Despatches from the Secretary of State,
No. 23 (Financial), dated 3rd March 1905, and
No. 49 (Financial), dated 22nd April 1910.
(14) To grants to Local
Governments having regular
Provincial settlements, other
than the following :—■
(/) non-recurring grants made—
(a) to restore Provincial balances to the prescribed minimum when they
have been depleted owing to calamities such as famine or plague;
(b) to enable Provincial Governments to restore the normal scale
of expenditure on civil works or other services, when it has
been specially reduced in consequence of calamities such as
famine or plague ;
(c) towards defraying the cost of schemes (costing not more than
10 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees excluding, or 12J lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees including provision for
establishment, tools, and plant), when the expenditure would
ordinarily be met by local bodies, though passed pro jormd
through the Provincial accounts; and
(d) for Provincial objects of secondary importance, of which the cost
is within the limits mentioned in (c) ;
Despatch from the Secretary of State, No. 116
(Financial), dated 24th November 1911.
made in connection with—
(ii) compensatory as
signments, whether recur
ring or non-recurring,
(e) erroneous credits of Provincial revenue in the Imperial section
of the accounts ;
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Content

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)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 759 consists of one volume.

Physical characteristics

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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English in Latin script
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