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Coll 29/64 'Isfahan: consulate appointments' [‎30v] (60/116)

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The record is made up of 1 file (54 folios). It was created in 29 May 1930-8 May 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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menial staff be imieillately raised «ts fell ews; with effect
as fr fljjn Ht|veCTber 1st 1941 :-
present ea^ea. preposed wages
per month
H
gatekeeper rials 200 rials 350
farrash 2 ?0 3:30
the reason for the difference In the proposed wages
of these taro Government servants Is that the fari'aeh Is
s yountl man newly engaged, while the atekeeper Is an old
manwho has spent hie whole life la ear service*
5 . hen new premiae* *r# found for the ^Ice Consulate,
s further ’addition to the staff will he necessary,
as ocopoesd ir peragrap? of -r Consul-.-, Mr; despatch '
7 Isfahan# T have the honour to propose that I he
authorised to engage this ne$ rrusn at 1 figure net greater
than ^iovn In the revised scale (b) above, and to report
the engagement when made*
cLftjt/buLj^
3£Q
^ f>.yn.
5* V : regards the clerical staff, which haa only very
recently axp&ndrd, I hesitate to prepoeC hard azid fast new
sslsrlea for them, untiKtrlal has been m^s of them and
their capncUles repealed; T give below the present salaries
ihlch they sre receiving, and the proposed provisional
salaries which they should receive .from the date on which
th# Increases heroin recommended become valid
present salary proposed salary
Aeasuntant rials lo;\- 1300.- per month
T-»c«l.stor laoc.- h 16 C 0 .- w
Glork * XS’G.- 1300 .- , M
of the shove only the accountant was previously employed
hare, and the other two, being y^ung mn axtd newly engaged
are clearly not affected by the aonviderution named in
paragraph 1 of this despatch, "hit t should be -lad to be
authoriced to increase their apiaries at my own discretion
without the need of prior reference, within the limits
giv^p in paragraph 4 (a) above, reporting any increase
when actually made*
7. It seems to me probable that in spite of the change
in the pound sterling - rial rate, a further Increase in
the cost of living here will e^on occur*
r I have the honour to be,
Sir,
v our obedient servant,
I Sgd.j E. P. Wiltshire
. hVtee Consul

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The file concerns appointments at the British Consulate at Isfahan.

The file contains correspondence related to:

  • appointment of Lancaster, as Acting British Vice-Consul, 1930
  • 1940 reopening of Consular Post at Isfahan, after closure in 1933
  • appointment of Mayers as Vice-Consul, 1941
  • purchase of a new bicycle for the use of Isfahan Consulate, 1941
  • increase of salaries of staff at Isfahan Consulate, 1941
  • appointment of J R Robbins as Vice-Consul, 1944.

The file is composed of correspondence between Foreign Office; 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. ; Government of India; British Consulate at Isfahan; British Consulate at Shiraz; and the British Legation at Tehran.

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1 file (54 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 58; 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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