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Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [86r] (173/396)
The record is made up of 1 file (198 folios). It was created in 13 Aug 1929-9 Apr 1940. 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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necessitating the expense of maintaining a separate
estaolishment in this country and of additional travelling,
expenses. The officials of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
invariably follow this course.
(d) Local conveyances are used only by Arabs and
are infested with vermin. A private motor car is, therefore
essential, and although provision exists for the payment
of running expenses of the Consul’s car from office
allowance, this by no means compensates the Officer for
the rapid deterioration of his car through the absence of
properly surfaced roads. Replacement of cars becomes
frequently necessary.
2. Sir John Simon considers that on the grounds
stated above it would be equitable for the Officer in
charge at Ahwaz to receive an allowance on the same scale
as that already sanctioned for His Majesty’s Consuls at
Bagdad and Mosul, namely, £400 a year. Since, however,
the local allowance payable to Officers in Iraq is
inclusive of cost of living bonus, it is considered that
an allowance of £300 per annum would meet the case for
Ahwaz.
^ a,iil accordingly to express the strong hope
that Their Lordships may he moved to sanction this proposal,
provided that one half of the expenditure involved is home
hy the Government of India, with effect from a date in the
near future when His Majesty's Consul vail reach Ahwaz on
return from leave of absence.
I am, etc. ,
(Signed) D. J. SCOTT.
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The file concerns compensatory allowances granted to consular officers as consequence of the withdrawal of customs exemptions by the Persian Government.
The file covers:
- Foreign Office recommending grant of compensatory allowance to the officers and establishment in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. consequent on alterations in the Persian Customs regulations
- proposal to assign a local allowance to the Consul at Ahwaz, in 1934
- proposal to increase the customs compensatory allowance of officers and establishments serving in Iran and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- proposal to increase local allowance of British Consul at Ahwaz, in 1938.
The file is composed of internal 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 Khorramshahr, the British Legation at Tehran, and the 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. .
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- 1 file (198 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 199; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3579
- Title
- Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:197v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence