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Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate' [‎55r] (109/196)

The record is made up of 1 file (96 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1922-2 Oct 1946. 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.
communication with the capital, the need for economy and the
fact that the direct participation of British capital in the
enterprise of the Caspian littoral is not great, admittedly
render such an appointment unnecessary for the time "Heing.
■Rut the provinces are still of sufficient importance to
render the retention of the Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. indispensable. Apart from
seeing to various matters of routine, the Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. submits
valuable commercial and general reports to the legation, and I
hials 7 oq consider the payment of his salary (at present only seven
hundred hials a month) and of the small incidental expenditure
which his employment entails to be amply justified.
5. The following comparative table shows the savings
on the office allowance at present being effected
Office
Allowance:
Hials:
Now
paid:
Hial s*.
Saving
Rials
Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
8,400
8,400
Gatekeeper
1,980
1,980
-
Three ferrashes.
5,940
1,980
3,960
Total wages:
16,520
12,560
5,960
Heating and lighting.
1,125
560
765
Telephone.
240
240
-
Newspapers.
280
40
240
Conveyances.
75
-
75
Gratuities.
1,110
615
495
Sundries.
200
200
-
Uniforms.
2,000
1,000
1,000
21,550.
14,815
6,555
This table also illustrates the nature of the expenditure
and shows that the amount spent on items other than wages
Hials is now the very low figure of itials two thousand four
2,455.
hundred and fifty five per annum.

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The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Resht.

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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. , the Government of India, the British Vice Consulate at Resht, the British Legation at Tehran, the Stationery Office, the Office of Works, and the Imperial Bank of Persia.

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1 file (96 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; 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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