Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎139r] (279/396)

Copy of a letter jmo. 1183, dated damp Birjand, ttie
11th SeptemlDer 1930, from Eis Britannic liajesty's
Consul, Sistan and Kain to the foreign Secretary to the
(government of India, foreign and Political Department,
Simla.
orant of Compensator^ 7 Allowance in lieu
of Customs exemption to the Officers and
Establishments in Persia and Persian (iulf.
I have the honour to refer to (government of India,
oreign and Political Department memorandum Eo.f*29-E/29,
ated the 23rd Hay 1930, conveying sanction to the grant,
to the officers and establishments in Persia and the
Persian u-ulf, mentioned therein, of compensatory allowances
for meeting the enhanced cost of living due to the with
drawal of customs privileges and increased customs duties.
2. In my letter Eo. 244, dated the 14th April 1929, I
had only recommended those officers and establishments who,
prior to the withdrawal of customs concessions by the
Persian Government, enjoyed the privileges of importing
articles of general consumption and other necessaries of
life free of customs duty, but from practical experience,
it has been found that, not only those who enjoyed the
privilege of importation of articles from India free of
customs duty, but also those who had not this privilege
before are very adversely affected by the enhanced cost of
living, owing to very heavy duties on foreign goods. The
increased cost bears even more heavily on those who were
omitted from the scheme, since such members of the staff
are in receipt of comparatively low pay and no compensation
3* In view of the fact that the (Government of India,
have sanctioned in the above quoted memorandum, the grant
of compensatory allowance, on the recommendation of the
Bon f ble the Political Eesident in the Persian (Gulf, to all
officers