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Coll 29/28 'Meshed: office allowance and consulate buildings' [54r] (109/343)
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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Copy of an Express letter No. 1613/V62,dated 8 tli Nayejnber
1934, from Britconsul, Kh.orasan,Meshed, to Eorejign, New Delhi.
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‘ T / T O
Special works to he carried out at the / f
Consulate General buildings at Heshed.
Beference your Express Letter NO.E.275-.A/34 of 25th October
1934.
2. Having just resumed charge at Meshed I have gone into the
matter of the Special repairs referred to, in detail, and think
it necessary I should apprise the Government of India of the
true state of affairs.
3. Bor a period of some years during the acute financial
depression, at the time when very large sums were relinquished
under the Meshed budget by my predecessor, practically no xs^xxa
repairs were carried out to the roofs of the buildings at
Meshed. In fact only superficial repairs were done to stop
actual leakage of water into the interior of the buildings.
Having now had some years experience of the conditions in East
Persia, I am convinced that savings under this heading were
false economy and have le$,d to greatly increased expenditure in
the long run. While obvious leaks in the roofs were stopped to
avoid personal discomfort to the inhabitants* the whole
superstructure became sodden, year after year, owing to neglect
of replastering the outside(an annual necessity) with the result
that the beams and wooden ceilings above are now completely
rotten.
4. So bad was the state of the buildings that I was
compelled on assuming charge at Meshed to undertake immediate
repairs to the most dangerous portions. Owing to the financial
stringency I was loth to apply for additional funus and during
the past two years have carried out extensive repairs, which
were really beyond the normal repairs for v/hich provision is
made in the Office Allowance, and I had hoped, by studying the
greatest economy and by spreading the remaining repairs over
two or three years to complete them in the same manner without
applying for extra funds, and I duly explained my plans to
Major Gastrell and asked him to continue slowly repairing.
Unfortunately
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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.
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- 1 file (170 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 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
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- Coll 29/28 'Meshed: office allowance and consulate buildings'
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- 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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