Coll 29/12 'Bushire: office allowance of consul-general' [‎176r] (355/603)

46 tiile it be a juja.tter of inaiffereucs vuether a supply
intended primarily for the 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. staff i« usee, by Iranians
or not, it LxUst be emphasised that the payments ~ri.de by them
provide a valuable addition to the total receipts, and should
an attempt tu enforce the new rate in Rials result in their
disaffection, G-overnmert would lose a source of income which
has in the past at a rate of Rials 4§' per unit provided
approximately Rials 3C,0GC annually towards the expexisesof
maintaining the electrical installation. Is has already
been explained, trie ^revision of current to Iranian subscribers
does not in any way ada to the expenditure on the maintenance
of the supply, ana, on the principle that hal^ a loaf is
than no bread, there would appear to be am^le justification
for retaining, if possible, the income in Rials which has been
derived in the past and which once abandoned cannot be replaced^
5. There is, moreover, another reason for not alien4ting
the custom of the Iranian subscribers; the protection of trie
line, which carried the current over several miles of country,
ca.inot be ensured without idle goodwill of the local aub-ioritres,
Said especially of the ^olice* Cince, amon^ others, the officials
of the Police Department vould suffer considerable inconvenience
through the cessation of the 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. supply, anu since
moreover this would in the^r opinion be due to mere lack of
consideration on the part of the 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. , they could hardly
be expected to devote much attention to steering for the
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. the full enjoyment of benefits which they themselves
were not privileged to snare; and while indeed they have no clai
whatsoever to share in these benefits, it is clear that if
deprived of them they are both able and ready to diminish
their value to the 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. by permitting, if not by actually
conniving, at damage to the lire* is an example of tae extent
to which the 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. is dependent in this respect on the
goodwill of the local administration it may be remarked that
curing tiie past few days when the Governor of Bushire, who is
himself a private consumer of current from the 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. plant,