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Coll 29/28 'Meshed: office allowance and consulate buildings' [46r] (93/343)
The record is made up of 1 file (170 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1922-9 Jan 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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Tromt
• The AdclI. Deputy secretary to the Oovernsaent of India
in the Foreign and Politic<a Department*
Tbt- Hie Hajeety^ Coneul-Qeneral for
Xhoraean*
Memorandum Ho* F.275-V^d.
Bated Be* Bel hi. the March 1936.
Special repairs to the Consulate
General buildings at Meshed,
Reference currempondence ending with your telegram
Mo, MS, dated the 4th March 193&,
2, The OoTcrnment of India aro pleased to accept
the surrender of In 3#QQGA (
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
three thousand) in
the grant •Political 1 for 1934-36 referred to in the
telegram under reply,
3, As regards your request for the augmentation of
the budget allotment on this account by £s, 3 t 000/- during
1936-36» the QoTerntaent of India regret that it ia now too
lata to make any modification in the budget estimates for
next year. It is requested that every effort should be
made to meet the excess expenditure by reappropriation
from within the budget grant at your disposal during
1935-36, failing which an application for an additional
gxant to the extent necessary may be submitted in due course,
Meanwhile you are authorised to proceed in 1935-36 with the
works already sanctioned.
3d. V. Harahari Rao,
Addl,Deputy Secretary to the Government of India,
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- Content
The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Meshed (Mashhad, Iran).
The file covers:
- office allowance and pay, in 1923
- proposal to transfer the Consulate outside the town, in 1928, rejected by the Government of India for financial reasons
- report of fire broken out on 14 October 1929 in the Consulate building, and repairs needed
- supply of fire extinguishers
- encroachment made on Consulate property by a neighbour
- appointment of Attaché, in 1932
- estimates for special works to be done in 1934
- office allowance increase, in 1935
- street-widening scheme affecting Consulate property, 1936
- claim from Iranian Authorities for asphalting footpath in front of Consulate, in 1938
- replacement of motor lorry, in 1939.
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 Meshed (Khorasan), the Viceroy, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Office of Works.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 171; 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/12/3585
- Title
- Coll 29/28 'Meshed: office allowance and consulate buildings'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:171r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence