Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎47r] (95/396)

-/
V .
- hot; Mfe
- - oT
M jliHw t Jk/
oflS »'J
^aoaoic
tawoLLa
H» tUHj
iwfoXK:
I
moiJti&s;
to ais^a
';c
i (Sen-r-
yieq a/U
svig <rot»
ai»atlX<-
e etU 3»
13«i fttltfv'
"*» 4
XatiViM
\00^ •«nr"
3. In tube cose of Gazetted Officers also, uie
position will not oe very different even taking Into
account wines ana spirits. TaKiug Uie case of due
Vice-Consul, Khor raashahr , as an Illustration to explain
the position, It is observea from the statements attached
to the Vice-Consul's letter No. 4/4/539, dated the 2nd
May 1936, that the difference between the total Iranian
and Indian charges on wines and spirits is about
Rs. 2,100/- and on other commodities about As. 600/-.
On the basis of this standard which is that of an
officer who lias to do entertaining on a large scale,
about r«s. 600/- or even less out of the customs
compensatory allowance of hs. 1,200/- per annum drawn
by an officer who has not to do much of entertaining,
would represent the compensation on account of ttie
heavy duty on commodities other than wines ann the
/uuA^u*ce...............
purchase imported articles like super-fine flour, butter,
eardinee, pickles, chocolate, oranges, etc., except
probably on occasions. Their purchase of importea
tobacco and Klxg cigarettes ana cloth must, also In view
of the prohibitive duty, be very limited and It is
obvious that they will have to be content with whatever
stuff of this and other coramoultles is offeree by Iran
Itself. As regards the dally necessities like Flour,
Tea, nugar, coffee raid Goap, assuming that superfine
flour is used, the percentage Increase is no doubt 201,
but if the actual requirements of each commodity in a
month are taken into account, the Government of India
consider that the extra expenditure on account m. the
increased duties will not be very great, and that a
cent per cent increase in the customs compensatory
allowance proposed by you will not be justified.