File 50/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying; General Arrangements' [‎62r] (128/396)

MINUTE.
On file 4898/11 belcw, the Secretary of
State in Council approved a letter to the
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Foreign Office, dated, the 25th January, setting
out for the information of the Treasury the
maximum, estim.ate for a complete scheme of
Lighting and Buoyage in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. -
complete, that is, not in the sense that it
was the entire scheme recommended by the expert
Committee of 1909, but because it comprised
so much of their scheme as had been determined
by 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. , Foreign Office, and
Admiralty to be immediately required.
Our explanations have generally satisfied,
the Treasury, except that they have maintained
the objections to the light vessels in the
Shatt-al-Arab and Bushire, as to which we had
consulted, the Government of India, whose reply
S3Ur, H now been received. It will be seen jrom
^ V, f j tvt, 1 . 'i x
the drafts that it is proposed to keep the
lioht vessel in the Shatt-al-Arab, but to
dispense with it at Bushire.
The Treasury have accepted the outsioe
estimates for the tender (£30,000) and the
depot (£22,000) j but as regards the latter at
any rate we may hope to effect a saving.
the tender, it will be seen, an estimate is
being prepared by the Director of the
Indian Marine in India 'F
With regard to the draft letter to the
Trinity House, it may be remarked that the
Government of India evidently desire a good
deal of assistance from, the Trinity House, see
the Viceroy's telegrams of the 2nd and 9th
February,
10874. 1.1033. 2000.—5/1911.