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Coll 29/12 'Bushire: office allowance of consul-general' [‎23r] (45/603)

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The record is made up of 1 file (298 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1918-24 Feb 1948. 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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Tel No.
Whitehall 1234
Your Reference Exti * 17WU7
Treasury Reference"^--*.. F.1UQ/03
CHAMBERS,
GEORGE STREET, ^
EXT LONDON, S.W.l.
August, 1947*
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Dear Donaldson,
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In reply to your letter of the 11th August I
confirm Treasury authority orally given ror a
telegram to be sent to Coionei”G-fillOWay conveying
^ «M. Government^ sanction to the continuation of
the Allowances as requested.
This authority covers:-
(a) Dearness Allowance for Ministerial (i.e,
subordinate) staff of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Clerical
cadre serving in Bahrein (including the Trucial
Coast)and Koweit.| for the period ending the
30th September next.
(b) Local Compensatory Allowance to officers of the
I.P,S. and Superior Services for the period
1st April to 14th August in respect of the rise
in the cost-of-living.
(c) Cost-of-living (War) Allowance for officers of
the Superior Services for the period 30th June
to 14th August.
The Foreign Allowances under the Foreign Office
scheme are subject to adjustment in respect of local
cost-of-living fluctuations, and from the date when
the transferred staff are put on Foreign Office
emoluments they should be regarded as eligible for
adjustment of Foreign Allowances in place of the allow
ances hitherto received under (b) and ( c) above.
I am sending a copy of this letter to Gardener of
the Foreign Office.
Yours sincerely,
(J.D.K. Beigntiin^—'
E.P. Donaldson, Esq., C.M.G. ,
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. .

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The file concerns the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in Bushire.

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The file is composed solely 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 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. , the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.

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1 file (298 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 299; 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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