Coll 29/80 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: percentage charges on Civil works' [‎41r] (82/89)

z - ' No. K 12991/132/234
In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
and address—
not to any person by name
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
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Foreign Office.
S.W.l.
19th December, 1935
Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
Sir,
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With further reference to 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.
letter A»G. H70/35 M.l of the 12th March last
preferring a claim for the payment of an amount in
respect of the adjustment of diplomatic and consular
expenditure in Persia and elsewhere for the year 1932/33
I am directed hy the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to state that his attention has heen drawn to
the proportionally high charges made by the Government
of India in respect of Civil Works. In the- case of
repairs at the 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. at Bushire at a cost of 5,057
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , this charge was 1,430 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , and in the case of
expenditure amounting to 61,153 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. on the construct!
of the new Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. buildings at Koweit, the charge was
17,287 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . In both cases, therefore, the charge
was over 28/ which compares unfavourably with the 11/
administration charge applied by His Majesty's Office of
Works in connexion with similar undertakings^
2. The method employed in calculating these
charges was explained in the enclosure in 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.
letter A.G*366/33 M.l of 19th January, 1933, but the
employment of that method results in charges for
administration which appear to be disproportionately
high.
3. I am therefore to enquire whether a reduction
of/
The Under-Secretary of State,
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.