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Coll 29/25 'Tabriz: office allowance' [‎69r] (137/200)

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The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1919-26 Jun 1934. It was written in English and French. 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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on this subject, please quote
No. K 2623/300/254.
and address—
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not to any person by name,
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W|L
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Krans
8,400.
2 OMAR 1930
POEBIGN ObFICE.
S. W. 1.
18th March, 1930.
Sir,
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With reference to 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. letter No. P 572/30
of the 17th ultimo regarding the engagement of a clerk-typist
at His Majesty’s Consulate at Tabriz, I am directed by Mr. |
Secretary Henderson to transmit herewith for the information
of the Secretary of State for India^copy of a statement which
has been drawn up in this department on the basis of !
information supplied by Mr. Consul Palmer showing the estimated 1
needs of the post for the current year. Before requesting the
acceptance by the Secretary of State for India of a moiety of
the cost involved it is felt that some explanation of the
increased expenditure should be submitted to him.
2. It will be noted that some re-arrangement Is
suggested in the salaries of the staff at the post and in this
connexion I am to transmit herewith copy of a despatch from
Mr. Consul palmer which explains the reasons for the new
proposals.
3. I am to request that Mr. Wedgwood Benn’s attention
may be drawn to the fact that the clerk-typist, the moiety of
whose salary your department had agreed to charge to Imperial
funds in the letter under reference, has proved unsuitable and |
that a new clerk has been engaged in her stead at a salary of
eight thousand four hundred krans per annum.
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4. An addition to the allowance is proposed for heating. '
The former allowance has been found to be entirely inadequate,
providing funds for a stock of fuel which became exhausted on
the 20th January last and which no doubt would have become
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exhausted
The 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. .

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The file concerns the British Consulate at Tabriz.

The file covers:

  • office expenditure
  • grant of an allowance to the Acting Consul
  • employment of a clerk-typist
  • cost of living in Tabriz
  • proposal to grant a bonus on salaries of staff
  • office allowance grants.

The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, 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. , the Government of India, the British Consulate at Tabriz, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.

There are some letters in French within the file, copies of letters from the French Consulate at Tabriz, the Turkish Consulate at Tabriz, the Polish Consulate at Tabriz, and the German Consulate at Tabriz.

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1 file (98 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 100; 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 and French in Latin script
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