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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [105r] (209/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. It was written in English and French. 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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3
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2 , 129 , 503 , 770-65
Enclosure I to S. No. ( 3 ).
Despatch from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 21-E., dated the 26th January 1939.
Copies to D. 0. T. and India (No. 11 ).
I have the honour to refer to Sir Reginald Hoare’s despatch No. 357
of the 28th July, J934, in which details of railway finances up to the 20 th
March, 1934 were given. Further details of funds made available for rail
way construction and expenditure up to the end of Shahrivar, 1317 (22nd
September 1938) were published in the vernacular in the fortnightly Journal
of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce of the 7th November, 1938.
2 . From the attached translation of the figures published it will be
seen that expenditure up to the 22nd September, 1938, amounted to Rials
2,127,175,767-65 which, at the official rate of Rials 80 to the £, amounts to
£26,589,697. To this sum has to be added the £3,416,628 drawn from
sterling reserves which brings the total up to £30,00$,325.
3. The revenue collected by means of the Sugar and Tea Monopoly Tax
did not suffice for the Rials expenditure and loans from the Banque Mellie
IraH_ and the Agricultural Bank. The loans amounted to Rial
367,708,281-85 and assistance out of Government funds amounted to Rials
422,384,951.65, these two figures representing some £9,876,165.
4. Since September last two bills for credits for the railways have been
submitted to the Majlis. The first was for £500,000 for the railway and
for work at Bandar Shahpour, and was voted on the 2 nd October. The
second, for £300,000 for expenditure by the Railway Administration in
foreign currency, was submitted to the Majlis on the 15th January, but so
far as is known has not yet been voted.
5. A copy of this despatch is being sent to the Department of Overseas
Trade and to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External
Affairs Department.
Enclosure II to S. No. (3).
Details of the Sugar and Tea Monopoly Tax and expenditure on the
Railway from the date of the inception of the Tax in 1304 (May
1925) to the end of Shahrivar 1317 (22nd September, 1938).
(Translation from the Tehran Chamber of Commerce Journal of 7 th
November 1938.)
Rials.
Income ,—
From inception of the Tax to end of 1316 (20-3-38) . 1,225,961,654-25
First 6 months 1317 (21-3—22-9-38) .... 82,967,818-60
Interest up to 1312 (20-3-34) . . 16,894,982-70
Interest on advance to Shemshak Mine 16,944-50 16,921,927-20
Profit on sterling operations in 1308-1311 1,763,310-45
Refund of expenses up to 1316 (20-3-38) 2,572,713,65 4,336,024 -10
Nett Revenue from all railways up to Mordad 1314
(23-8-35) 9,223,113-00
Total Revenue from Monopoly etcetera 1,339,410,537 • 15
Assistance from Government Funds .... 422,384,951-65
Loans from Banque Mellie 1314-16
(21-3-35—20-3-38) . . . 297,708,281-85
Loans from Agricultural Bank 1314
(21-3-35—20-3-36) . . . 70,000,000-00 367,708,281-85
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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.
At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).
A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (158 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; these numbers are written in pencil 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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- front, front-i, 2r:7r, 8r:11r, 12v:14v, 16r:16v, 20r, 23r:32r, 34r:41v, 42v:48r, 50v:55r, 56r:61r, 63r:65r, 68r:69r, 71v, 75v:77v, 79r:81v, 82v:85v, 89r, 91r:91v, 92v:93r, 94v:96v, 97v:101r, 102v:108v, 115r:118r, 124r, 125r:130v, 132r:134r, 136r:139r, 141r:141v, 145r:146v, 149r:151r, 152r:153v, 154v:159v, back-i, back
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