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File 50/1914 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying' [6r] (16/266)
The record is made up of 1 volume (129 folios). It was created in 1912-1923. 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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I&lftyn any further communication
Qot this subject, please quote
No - a lO
and address,
not to any verson by name,
but to—
| “The Under-Secretary of State,”
I Foreign Office,
London, S.W.l.
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Foreign Office.
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In reply to your letter x^o* ±. • 0^5^ o.^ Giie
i.btli ultimo, relative to expenditure incurred in connection
with a depot at i 1 ao for'tne Persian Ouif Lights and
.buoys service, 1 ani c. irected tne xarquess burton ox
Kedleston to state that he has obtained the sanction of
the Lords Gommissloners of his majesty’s treasury to
Viscount Peel’s proposal that one half of tne expenditure
thereon of one thousand four hundred and twenty five
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
should be accepted as a charge on Imperial funds.
1 am,
oir,
Pour obedient servant.
P*VED~
the Under
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India Office
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This file contains letters relating to the construction of a lighthouse depot on Abadan Island, in Persia. The papers are exchanges between British authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Trinity House in London, and the British Government of India. The bulk of the papers relate to the replacement of the former site of the depot for its new location at Fao at the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (129 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 131; 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/10/442
- Title
- File 50/1914 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:47v, 51r:111v, 114r:116v, 123r:123v, 125r:125v, 129r:130v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence