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Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [88r] (177/396)
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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_GOPY
(K 10316/2711/234)
IT' 386.
British Legation,
Gulhek.
21st August, 1934.
£500.
Sir,
I have the honour to make the following ohservations
on your despatch No. 353 (K 6442/2711/234) of July 17th,
on the subject of a local allowance for His Majesty's
Consul at Ahwaz.
2. In regard to the high standard of living in Khuzistan,
of which full details were given in iay despatch No. 60 of
February 5th last, I would mention that while the staff of
the Anglo-persian Oil Company, with whom His Majesty's Consul
comes much in contact, have facilities for obtaining imported
goods and stores at specially favourable rates, partly by the
terms of the Company's concession and partly owing to the fact
that a large organisation such as the Anglo-Persian oil
Company can economise by buying at wholesale prices for its
staff. His Majesty's Consul is obliged to buy in the ordinary
retail market and must import through the ordinary channels
and, consequently, pay the ordinary and exorbitant customs
dues and other imposts.
3. I venture, also, to mention one other point which seems
to merit particular consideration in the case of the Consular
officer at Ahwaz. This is the fact that his subordinate
Vice-Consul at Mohammerah, an Officer of the Indian Political
Department, receives no less than five hundred pounds a year
more than his superintending consul who is senior to him
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon, G.C.S.I. ,
etc,
etc,
etc,
Foreign Office,
both/
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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