Coll 29/41 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: half-yearly statements of petty increases' [201r] (404/425)
The record is made up of 1 file (211 folios). It was created in 6 Apr 1926-17 Dec 1947. 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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03*30
^o.72-A/27.
• W
P
214 7 j
From
To
The Foreign secretary to tne Government of India,
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.
,
London*
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Dated New Delhi, tne J/JX April 1928*
Half yearly report on petty increases of expenditure
on Diplomatic and consular Services in Persia*
Sir,
In continuation of Foreign and Political Department letter
No•72-A*, dated the 18th October 1927, i am directed to report the
following increases of expenditure on Diplomatic and consular
Services in Persia sanctioned by the Government of India during the
half year which ended on the 31st March 1928
Kerman* Expenditure of Krans 1260 (one thousand two hundred and
sixty) equivalent to
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
336 (three hundred and thirty six)
incurred in March 1927 on account of the replacement of a cast horse
of the Kerman consular escort*
Sistan and Kain*
(1) An expenditure of Ks 150 (
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
one hundred and fifty)
was incurred in connection with the disinfection, replastering of tne
walls and renewal of the flooring, of tne sistan Consular Escort
stables consequent on tne death of two escort horses from tetanus*
(2) Es 450 (
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
four hundred and fifty) sanctioned on account
of furniture and carpets for one reception room and two bedrooms
in the Vice-Consulate at Birjand*
Tehran*
An additional expenditure of kran 30 (thirty) per mensem
consequent on the increase of the pay of tne two grooms employed
hundred
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The file concerns expenditure on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Persia and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file contains:
- half-yearly reports on petty expenditure on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Persia and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- statements showing excesses and savings under Contract Grant
- Government of India requesting sanction of Secretary of State for certain items of excess expenditure
- special measures in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on outbreak of war, in 1940, such as recruitment of clerks and interpreters, supply of radio sets
- increase of pay at Shiraz and Sharjah agencies, in 1943
- expenditures for liveries for servants, recruitments, office allowances, cars and motorcycles
- expenditures for Victory celebrations, in 1944
- regularization of excess expenditure incurred between 1942 and 1945 over the fixed sanctioned Contract Grants.
The file is composed of correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran, 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 Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the Treasury.
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- 1 file (211 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 212; 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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- Coll 29/41 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: half-yearly statements of petty increases'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:212r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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