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File 2960/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers' [15r] (23/495)
The record is made up of 1 item (250 folios). It was created in 3 Dec 1908-5 Dec 1918. 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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Memo., No. 464, dated BusLire, the 13th April 1918.
From—The First Assistant Resident (in the absence of the Deputy Political
Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
),
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, Simla.
With reference to Foreign and Political Department telegram (S. D.)
No. 569-Est. A, dated 11th March 1918, I submit herewith three state
ments showing estimates of dollar exchange compensation of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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.
for the period from 15th February 1918 to 31st March 1919.
Estimates on account of the dollar exchange compensation from 15th Febru-
ary 1918 to 31st March 1919.
Minor and detailed heads.
Actuals from
15th February
1918 to 31st
March 1918.
Estimate from
1st April 1918
to 31st March
1919 atRs. 230
per 100 dollars.
Total
E ST A Bills H MEN T, iJUsHIRE
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.
.
Rs.
♦
Rs,
Rs.
Native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
, Shargah
135
1,236
1,371
M. E. Rae, Major,
First Assistant Resident.
(In the absence of the Deputy
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.)
Estimates on account of the dollar exchange compensation from 15th February
1918 to 31st March 1919.
Minor and detailed heads.
Actuals from
15th February
1918 to 31st
March 1918.
Estimate from
1st April 1918
to 81st March
1919 at Rs.
230 per 100
dollars.
Total.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
• ••
915
8,052
8,967
Clerks
0«f
230
2,196
2,426
Medical.
Sub-Assistant Surgeon
110
948
1,058
Office allowance.
Dragoman
...
135
1,236
1,371
Menials ...
• • •
105
1,625
1,730
Grand Total
• ••
1,495
14,057
15.552
L. Haworth, Major,
Folitical Agent and Eis Britannic
Majesty's Consul, Mashat.
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This part contains correspondence relating to the salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers, mainly those employed in Persia.
The correspondence mostly consists of: letters from the Foreign Office to 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. , including enclosed Foreign Office correspondence; draft letters from 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. to the Foreign Office; correspondence by telegram between 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. and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal 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. correspondence. The enclosed correspondence in letters from the Foreign Office largely consists of correspondence between the Foreign Office and the Treasury, and between the Foreign Office and HM Minister, Tehran.
The correspondence mostly relates to the payment of exchange compensation allowance or temporary salary increases, to HM Legation Tehran, and to diplomatic and consular staff in Persia generally (due to the high prices and the low rate of exchange caused by the First World War), and the Secretary of State for India in Council accepting a moiety of the cost as a charge on the Indian Exchequer. The file also includes some correspondence relating to the extension of exchange concessions to Maskat [Muscat], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Shargah [Sharjah].
Most of the correspondence dates from 1916 to 1918, but the file also includes copies of correspondence from December 1908 to June 1909, regarding the payment in Persian currency at a fixed rate of exchange of the rupee salaries of non-gazetted consular establishments and of the telegraph staff in Persia (folios 236 to 250).
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- File 2960/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers'
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- 4r:7v, 9r:64v, 65ar, 65r:226v, 231r:250v
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