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Coll 29/80 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: percentage charges on Civil works' [19r] (38/89)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 20 Dec 1935-10 Nov 1944. 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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Reference Paper.
political Department.
Letter No.
Rec.
193 .
"eferred to Accountant-General,
.> Financial Secretary,
4thday of
Dec emb er
193 6.
On looking at this question again it seems to
me that the proper reply to the Foreign Office is that
the ’’percentage charges” in the D. & C.accounts hear no
relation whatever to the W% administration charge of
the Office of Works. The former really represent the
costs of supervision (apart from the pay and allowances
of the Assistant Engineer in Charge) and the labour of
the works undertaken together with \% addition to the
cost of repairs for accounting and audit (see A.6.366
of 1933, copy now attached) while the 11^? represents a
part of the cost of the Office of Works’ Engineer plus
something for headquarters expenses. The Office of
Works include both material and labour in the cost of the
works.
On this.reading the amounts of the "percentage
charges" are not by any means excessive, since
expenditure on ^ost maintenance and repair works is
chiefly in respect of labour and not of material.
An explanation on these lines will admit of a
reference in the reply to the Foreign Office to the
fact that a moiety of the pay and allowances of the P.W.D.
Assistant Engineer is charged to them separately, which
seems advisable in the light of the Financial Secretary’s
comment. It will, moreover, avoid any mention of the
comparative figures given in the Government of India’s
letter which the Accountant-General considers to be
unreli able.
.
The heading "percentage charges" is obviously
misleading, and it is proposed to suggest to the
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5000 11.34
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The file concerns expenditure for Diplomatic and Consular services in Persia.
The file covers percentage charges on Public Works in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and percentage charges for special and ordinary repairs to consular buildings.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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, and the Office of Works.
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- 1 file (42 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 44; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3656
- Title
- Coll 29/80 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: percentage charges on Civil works'
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:43v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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