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Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [94r] (189/396)
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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S/- 8 .
Rials 10 *
Rials 5.130 ,
Rials^ZjLSOO.
Rials 65Q»
Rials 2b*
principal Job is to attend to the primitive sanitary
arrangesonts, to fetch water, sweep in and around the
bungalow and to clean windows, brass-work, etcetera.
The gardener's services are imposed by the landlord who
would otherwise Increase the rent by the amount of his
wages. A dhobi la inevitable.
4. Mr. Baillie assures me that the bazaar
(that is, kitchen) bill is as low as he can make it.
Even at the present rate of exchange it only works out
at a little over five shillings a day.
6. The question of conveyance has always been
a difficult one for the Vice-Consul at Bushire. Hr. Baillie
hopes shortly to reduce this expense somewhat by acquiring
a car of his own. In the meanwhile he is compelled to
hire decrepit taxis at exorbitant rates. The monthly sum
quoted includes a certain amount of official transport not
covered by his office allowance. Thus the journey from
his bungalow to the Consulate-General in Bushire costa ten
rials a day, say three thousand one hundred and thirty rials
a year, excluding Sundays, as against a yearly allowance of
Rials two thousand, five hundred. This leaves a difference
of six hundred and thirty rials. As Sunday visits to the
office are often necessary, as well as occasional official
visits to the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Salsabad at twenty five rials a
time and frequent journeys on business in the town, the
real difference is much greater. But apart from the
question of official journeys, the expenditure on transport
at Bushire is inevitably very large. The Vice-Consul must
take exercise and relaxation in the Interests of his health
and must take his part in the social life of the colony.
The Golf course and equaeh racquets court are both situated
at Balsabad, seven miles from Bushire^and three or four mllee
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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'
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- 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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