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Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate' [56r] (111/196)
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* The following economies might also he effected,
and I either propose to put them into effect or suggest
that your Department should do so.
(a) the supply of all works of reference and
periodicals from the United Kingdom should cease.
(h) the separate supply of stationery should cease.
His Majesty's Legation supplying from time to
time such small requirements as 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.
may
have.
(c) the disconnection of the telephone should ^e
effected if, after the next memher of the
Legation visits Keaht, the telephone is reported
to he unnecessary.
7* beyond this point, I do not consider that further
econo lies can ^e effected. A gatekeeper and office attendant
is essential, and as the ferrash looks after the garden his
employment is necessary in order to maintain the amenities
and value of the property. It might he oossihle, however,
to dispense with his services if the property were sold. So
long as these two menials are retained, they must have new
year gratuities and uniforms, hut these are very small items.
A certain minimum of expenditure on heating and lighting is
unavoidable, the telephone is usually considered an
essential element in modern life (though it may nrove
possible to dispense with a telephone in this case) and
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.
must obviously he a^le to study the local press.
8. The remaining item of expenditure is the
maintenance of the property. For facility of reference
I give the following rough sketch plan of the premises:
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The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Resht.
The file covers:
- expenditure of the Vice-Consul
- supply of maps to the Vice-Consul
- office allowance, paid jointly by Government of India and Foreign Office
- lease of Consulate buildings to the Imperial Bank of Persia from January 1934
- death of 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. acting Vice-Consul, and consequent closure of the Vice-Consulate in August 1935
- sale of the property, in 1936
- proposed establishment of a career Consulate in 1942.
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)
- Arrangement
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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3584
- Title
- Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:21v, 23r:59v, 61r:97v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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