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Coll 29/22 'Compensatory allowance in lieu of customs exemption to officers serving in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [186r] (373/396)
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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and freight charges for English stores, etc. are extremely
light compared with tne charges in a place lire he sired.
Social conditions also differ from place to place. In
Kerman, for example, when I was tne re, there were not
many visitors from the outside world. In Meshed on tne
other nand, now thai the overland mororin ; route from
India is "becoming popular and especially now tnat a weekly
aeroplane service nas b en introduced between Mesned
and ie.hran, visitors are frequent, and I apprehend that
the Consul-'General at Meshed in future will have a good
deal more of entertainment than ne had before and at a
very great increase of cost. It seems to me that if
entertainment allowances were properly graded originally,
they should form an obvious basis for calculating the
concession if such is sanctioned. I do not think that
salary is a reasonable basis except where there is no
sumptuary allowance. I suggest therefore for the
Consul-Ceneral in hesned an increase of his sumptuary
allow'ance by 33 1/3 per cent. bhis will, so far as nis
appointment is concerned, involve/ an additional
expenditure in the current year of 166/lO/B x 12 - Rs.2,000
as I understand that I am not entitled .to Customs exemption
having xgxx# served in Persia before. 1 propose that this
be net from the amount which will be saved under the head
"Pay ani Allowances to thejaub-Assistant Surgeon'* should
that appointment remain vacant for the rest of tne year
as 1 have suggested in a separate communication. I
enclose the necessary proposition statement.
3. It should be expressly laid down that such
increase as tne Government of India may be good enough to
sanction should be paid only on production of a certificate
signed by tne officer concerned to the effect tnat he
has not enjoyed Customs exemption during the month for
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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