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Coll 29/33 'Powers of GOI in respect of diplomatic and consular expenditure' [3r] (5/60)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 20 May 1924-8 Oct 1936. 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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Finaneial
P.2114/36.
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.
,
Whitehall,S. .7.1.
13th August,1936.
Financial powers of the Government of India in respect
of expenditure on Diplomatic and Consular Services
in Iran and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Sir,
With reference to jour letters Fo.F.195-A/35 and No.
F.238-A/35 of the 22nd -august 1935 and the 26th March 1936,
respectively, regarding the rules relating to office allowances
and other contract grants in Iran and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, I am
directed by the Secretary of State in Council to inform you
that he sanctions the proposal of the Government of India that
temporary overdrafts not exceeding Rs.250 should no longer be
adjusted against the ensuing years grants so long as sanction
is still obtained in respect of excesses over that figure and
unspent balances are not allowed to be carried over. He also
agrees that the small excesses up to Rs.250 may be regularised
by the Government of India according their ex post facto
sanction to an addition to the contract grant for the year
concerned.
I am further to state that the Secretary of State in
Council has no objection to the Government of India sanctioning^
without reference to him, ordinary additions to expenditure
borne entirely by India in respect of the office allowances
and contract grants in the case of the Bahrain and Muscat
Agencies and also the Zahidan Trade
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. He also agrees
with the Government of India that the sanction of higher
authority must be sought as soon as it becomes apparent that a
grant fixed for any
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
or Consulate in Iran or the Persian
Gulf is likely to be exceeded beyond the permissible limit of
The Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India,
Foreign & Political Department.
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The file concerns the possibility of relaxing the restrictions, existing in 1928, of the financial powers of the Government of India in regard to expenditure on Diplomatic and Consular services in Persia. These include salaries, travelling and contingencies.
The file is composed of 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. , and the Government of India.
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- 1 file (28 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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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- Title
- Coll 29/33 'Powers of GOI in respect of diplomatic and consular expenditure'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:29v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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