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Coll 29/12 'Bushire: office allowance of consul-general' [‎158r] (319/603)

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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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6. It may also be observed that while the service of
this clerk is considered as non-pensionable, '-winr to tne
feet that he ha? formerly been regarded as a .sgioordinate of
the London Foreign Ofiice, the benefits o. Scito^tne
iovemment Servants Contributory Provident ^und 1?eve not
Le$n extended to him. There is every e m c ; man in
this position being admitted to a Proviien^ ; a i*d, an^ +
that his pay is provided for in the Budget oi tne 'government
of India he" is presumably no longer a suoorui -aoe tne
t-c reign Office and can now be regaded a s a.person coming
uioccr the control of the aovemor-ueneral in Joui ci 1. I
would therefore request that he.may boa. dm it ,ed y-der the
terms of T Lile 4(1) of the Contributory Provident Fund as
subscriber to the Fund.
7.
can be
If sanction is accorded.to .these propo sals payment
made from within the existing budget lotmenw*
Copy of a memorandum !Io. F.18(15) - y4j anted the
l5th June 1940 from the Under. Secretary to one government
of India in the External Affairs department to the non ole.
t: e 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. m the Persia., xul...
Subiect:- Pay and allowances of the
Consular Clerk, Bushire.
20th
2 .
Refer*
April 1*:
jnce
40.
your
Memorandum ! T o. 537-64
dated the
lerk
be
The position in
of His Majesty 1 !
the
Consular
ears to
regard to the post, of u Y ^ ^
s Tice Consul, Bushi.re, agpe
that it was created by the London Foreign tiiice m
who also fixed the rate of pay tne refer at Bials
o.m. The increase in the pay^pf tne poet in. 1952
r s a Iso presumably sanctioned c,y tne -orji . l ^ j. icej
At
0
the time the JoVemment of India agreed to tne inclusion
the office allowance -rant in tneir budget estimates
infer the Bushire 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. it was not known^tnat the pay
of the clerk was also met from that grant, u. any
case the inclusion of the of :ice allowance ;raz t oi
r ice Consul m the Indian budget roes not .nece only mean
that the clerk ceased to be, an employee of tne Lonaon
’oreign C iiice. further,, tne post of IUs majesty s Vice
Consul, Bushire, also is borne c cadre he
Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Service of
h p timp. heirm ^, — “ - „ ,
officer of the
the
).ldO xS UUllio uii o.
His raiesty’s Govemnent, ^ .fcxugn for
is held by an officer q;.on: ^ndign
who is treated as an
0 - 1 X. • .
o .Ticer
of the
time beirg.it
Political Service..—. --_ r — , _
Government of India for financial purposes
If this post were subsequently filled qy a -
Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Service (as normally it should ), it gould be
anomalous if the Tice Consuls clern w-pe uc o a regaraed
employee of the Gove nt of India. I phe
istances the government of India are o c in ion
that the clerk is still a subordinate of th
Cffice who seem to.be the proper authorities
an7 increases in his pay.
an
ux rcums-
jLjOi.aon Foreign
icr sanctioning
3. As the clerk is not under.the control r _ the
ovemor general in Council, it is regr vc mat he
Ue admitted as e subsc iber to the Contributory
' rovident Fund.
cannot

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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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