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File 523/1912 Pt 1 'Persia: Imperial Bank: mint contract' [179v] (354/386)
The record is made up of 1 item (195 folios). It was created in 1912-1917. 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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it will not be binding on either side to import under such conditions.
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sterUng^s fixed fo^o.G' sumB ^shall required from time to time for
the Purchase of bar silver to the extent of 300,0001., of which the equivalent will be
repaid as the silver is coined by the Imperial Mint. Interest on all such advances shall
P^d ^l^lvOT^eiTrout^to^TehrEUi, ^^he'bank, and at the mint during the process
of coinage or otherwise, will remain under hypothecation to the bank as security for the
sums advanced. It is agreed that, should the necessity arise, the approximate profit
accruing to the Government on each parcel of silver sent to the mint ,s to be held at the
dispo afof the Government from time to time in advance full provision however being
a lowed for the refund of the cost of such silver and the charges and interest due to the
bank It is also agreed that the amount of silver necessary to be at the mint at any
one time, in order to keep the machinery fully employed, is considered to be about
50,0001.
Done in triplicate at Tehran this 27th day of November in the year 1911.
The Imperial Government of Persia : 7 , ri .
W MOBGAN SHUSTEB, Treasurer-General of Persia.
The Imperial Bank of Persia :
A. O. WOOD, Chief Manager.
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a minting contract for the Imperial Bank of Persia.
Included in this part is the Imperial Bank of Persia's concession to mint and the anticipated infringement by the Russian Government, as well as the impact of the February Revolution 1917.
The part of this volume 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 item (195 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 523 (Persia) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/224. The volume is divided into 2 parts with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/224/1
- Title
- File 523/1912 Pt 1 'Persia: Imperial Bank: mint contract'
- Pages
- 3r:195v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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