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Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎107r] (215/396)

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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P.Z. 5140/34.
Draft Paper.
political Department.
The Foreign Secretary to
the Government of India
F. & P.Department.
3 0 AUG 1934
Sir,
with endosure. )
2 3 AUQ1934
I am directed by the S. of S. for
India in Council to refer to the
correspondence resting with 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.
express i air mail letter datedjsrd Sept.,
1932, No.P.Z.5169/32, regarding customs
ccmpensatory allowances in Persia, and
to forward for the information of the
Government of India a copy of a letter
frcm the Foreign Office dated 7th August
1934, No.K.7656/2711/234, recommending
the grant to H.M.Consular Officers in
Persia of customs compensatory allowances
at the rates set out in para .8 of Sir R.
Hcare’s despatch No. 60, a copy of which
forms an enclosure to the F.O.letter.
In the opinion of the S. of S. ■for *
India" in Council these proposals seem
i re 1 y reasonable. The Lords
Ccmmissioners of H.M.Treasury have agreed
to them in principle, and have sanctioned
the payment of a moiety of the resultant
expenditure fran Imperial revenues subject
to the payment by the Government of India
of the other half. I am accordingly to
express the hope that the G. of I. will
concur in the proposals and will be
prepared to accept as a charge upon Indian
app^OVED joint POLITICAL f
, / C^AL FINANCE COMMITTEE.r evenuea a moiety of the expenditure
2 2 huu 1934 involved. J. G. WALTOK,

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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.

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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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