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File 759/1912 'Henjam Coal Depot: Persian Customs' [‎27v] (59/434)

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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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[Ill (14) (ii) (/)-IV.
(/) expenditure undertaken from Provincial revenues on behalf of
the Imperial Government; and
m
(a) transfer of liabilities arising from changes in the method of classi
fication of receipts or charges, or from other causes.
(Hi) recurring and (b) non-recurring assignments of amounts not
v ' v ' exceeding Rs. 15,000 and
Despatch from the Secretary of State, 50,000, respectively, in
No. 59-Financial, dated 15th May 1914. caSO which may arise.
n To expenditure for the direct benefit of Native States which is esti-
' ^ mated to exceed Rs. 10,000 a
Despatch from the Secretary of State, year On any One project, Or
No. 107 (Financial), dated 2nd August 1907. ^ 50,000 if non-recurring.
(16) To expenditure on providing any addition to the list of the special
saloon carriages reserved for the use of high officials, as approved m
paragraph 3 of the despatch from the Secretary of State No. 67
(Railway), dated 29th September 1911. The Government of India
may sanction such expenditure as may from time to time be required
(a) to complete and keep up
Paragraph 4 of despatch from the Secretary
of State, No. 58-Ry., dated the 15th July
1910, and paragraph 6 of despatch from the
Secretary of State, No. 67-Ity., dated 29th
September 1911.
maintain and, when necessary, to replace any of the other carriages
referred to in this rule.
to date one standard gauge
and one metre gauge train
for the use of His Excel
lency the Viceroy, and (b) to
(17) To expenditure in connection with the staff, household and contract
* allowance of His Excellency the Viceroy in excess of the limits laid
down in the despatch from the Secretary of State, No. 55-FinL,
dated 17th May 1912. The Government of India have the power
to make a non-recurring addition to the contract allowance, of an
amount not exceeding Rs. 20,000 in any year when occasions such
as the visit of a member of the Royal Family to India or the
occurrence of a State assemblage of unusual importance throw excep
tional expenditure upon the contract allowance : provided that all
such grants shall be reported to the Secretary of State when made.
Despatch from the Secretary of State,
No. 128 (Financial), dated 28th October 1910.
(18) To the increase of the
contract grant of the head
of a province.
(19) To the expenditure of public money : {a) on the purchase of a motor car
v ' 1 ^ for the use of an official, or (6)
Despatch from the Secretary of State, No. 125 on {.pg maintenance of SUch
(Financial), dated 21st October 1910. ^ motor Car otherwise than
from the contract grant of the head of the province, except as
provided in the rules approved in the despatch from the Secretary
of State, No. 67 (Financial), dated 7th June 1912.
Note.
-The sanction of the Secretary of State is not required to any expenditure by the
head of a province from his contract grant on the
Despatch from the Secretary of State No. 34 0 | motor cars for use in the discharge of his
(Financial), dated 29th March 1912. official or ceremonial duties.
Despatches from the Secretary of State,
No. 55 (Financial), dated 1st May 1908, and
No. 59 (Financial), dated 26th May 1911.
Despatch to the Secretary of State, No. 262,
dated 2nd November 1911.
(20) To the revision in any
important respect of any exist
ing provincial or qua$i-])TO-
vincial settlement.
tv l n applying these rules, audit officers may assume that all the provisions
11 " " „ , of the Civil Service Regulations, the India
Army Regulations the Public Works
dated 4th March 1893. Department Code, the State Railway Codes,
the Forest Code, and any other authorised Code, have received the sanction of the*
of

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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)
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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