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File 985/1913 Pt 3 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure — Persia, Siam etc' [318r] (640/1196)
The record is made up of 1 volume (294 folios). It was created in 5 July 1923-27 Oct 1931. 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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1927.
Diplomatic and
Consular
Establishments.
Repatriation of
Enemy subjects
interned in India.
Refunds by an ex
enemy shipping
line in respect of
passage tickets
rendered unavail
able at the out
break of war.
Secret Service.
Passages of Polish
refugees.
Freight, etc., of
S.S. Varzin,
variations, shown in the account in reduction of payments under the following
heads :—
£
General administration - - - - 112,880
Audit - - - - - - 3,525
Stationery and printing - - - - 3,496
Political.
7. The deduction from the payments under this head of £35,259 Os. Id.
for receipts from the Foreign Office on account of the excess cost of
Diplomatic and Consular Establishments in Persia includes an amount of
£14,776 Vis. advanced in respect of the year 1924-5. As the result of a
query raised in the audit of this account, it was ascertained that sterling
overseas pay issued to officers on the Persian establishment had not been
included in the statements of Indian expenditure, and a further sum of
£2,567 og. lid, is being recovered from the Foreign Office. -
M IS CELL A X EOLS ( R EC EI Pis).
8. Reference was made in para. 19 of Section 1 of the last Report to a
receipt accruing in the year 1926-7 which at the time of Report could be
regarded only as provisional pending the result of arbitration. The amount
in question, viz. £25,176 16s., was in respect of expenditure by India in
connection with the repatriation of German subjects interned in India
during the war. This sum will be retained finally by India, as the Arbitrator
upheld the decision of the Reparations Commission that Allied Powers
were entitled to credits under the terras of the Paris Agreement of January
1925 in respect of such expenditure.
9. In para. 18 of Section I of the last Report reference was made to
sums received from an ex-enemy shipping company, amounting to
Rs. 59,214. 7. 2, in part settlement of a claim for the surrender value of
return passage tickets rendered unavailable on the outbreak of war. Of the
balance outstanding, amounting to Rs. 13,912. 10. 2, including interest, the
company offered to refund the sum of Rs. 8,779. 14. 1 and part of the interest
claimed. The amount has not yet been received.
MI SC EL LAX ECUS (RaYMEX TS).
10. £6,000 was placed at the disposal of the Secretary of State during
1926-7 for Secret Service. The amount actually expended was £5,468. 15s.
and the balance in hand on 31st March 1927 was £1,909 11s. 5d.
The Secretary of State has furnished me with a certificate that the
expenditure was necessary for the public service.
11. The amount of £799 10s. under the subhead “Passages of Polish
Refugees” is part of the expenditure, incurred in England in 1921 in the
repatriation of Polish refugees in India, which was held in suspense pending
a claim on the Government of Poland. On the rejection of the claim (see
para. 19) it was transferred as a final charge to Indian revenues.
Extraordinary Receipts.
12. £20,425 11s. \d. is credited under this head in respect of freight, &c.
of the S.S. Varzin. This German vessel, which was seized in poit at leiim
in 1914, was condemned as prize and sent to London with hei caigo, the
greater part of which was originally consigned to England. The vessel came
under the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Marshal and the proceeds of (Ij sale
of condemned cargo and (2) freight payable on the released caigo were paid
to the London Prize Court and held by the Treasury pending a decision as
to their disposal. . _ , ^ . .
An
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
of July 1926 directed that the droits ov Admnalty
in respect of the Varzin were to be transferred to the Government of India
and the above amount was received by the Secretary of State in Januaiy
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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. (primarily the Account General and the Under Secretary of State for India), Foreign Office officials (primarily the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), and representatives of the Government of India (primarily the Accountant General and the Foreign Secretary).
Specific matters discussed include adjustments to be made for the salary of John Calcott Gaskin, a query related to the payment of the salaries of Sir Percy Cox and Stuart George Knox during the First World War, a dispute over the refusal by the Foreign Office to take a share of maintenance of Bakhtiari Sowars in Persia during February-March 1919 (see ff 152-158 for detailed notes), construction work at the Ahwaz Consulate, the supply of flour to Shiraz in 1916-17, and an adjustment in the charges for civil works.
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: 1920-21 to 1921-22 (ff 552-557), 1921-22 to 1922-23 (ff 482-486), 1922-23 to 1923-24 (ff 425-429), 1923-24 to 1924-25 (ff 354-359), 1924-25 to 1925-26 (ff 260-267);
- expenditure by the Government of India compared to the previous financial year; each statement contains a supplement on expenditure at Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait] (dropped from 1923-24), and Maskat [Muscat]. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1920-21 (ff 580-588), 1921-22 (ff 532-543), 1922-23 (ff 454-465), 1923-24 (ff 392-404), 1924-25 (ff 335-346), 1925-26 (ff 221-233 and ff 243-255, two copies), and 1926-27 (ff 118-129 and ff 68-79, two copies);
- 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: 1920-21 (ff 590-591), 1921-22 (ff 545-546), 1922-23 (ff 467-468), 1923-24 (ff 406-407), 1924-25 (ff 348-350), 1925-26 (ff 234-236 and 256-258, two copies), and 1926-27 (ff 130-132);
- 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 1921-22 to 1927-28: see f 575, f 525, f 475, f 448, f 413, f 387, f 332, and f 220.
The creation dates cover the bulk of papers within the file. However a printed copy of a letter dated 25 June 1915 with enclosures dating back to 2 June 1915 has also been included. It concerns a revision to the rates at which leave and pension contributions are calculated.
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 (294 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.
- Physical characteristics
The subject 985 (Persia: Consular and Diplomatic Expenditure) consists of three volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/361, 362, and 363. 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/363
- Title
- File 985/1913 Pt 3 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure — Persia, Siam etc'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:595v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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