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File 2960/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers' [36r] (65/495)
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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April lant (6721V23VK), I aitected by the i^orde
COMieeionerB of hia ^aji^ty’a ^ren^ury to recuaat you
to infora Mr. S' eret&ry Bulfour tiriat # on the underataiKUn^
tuat the booretary of btate for India in douncil a^preea to
aocept a moiety of the expenditure inrolred aa a clmr t 5 e
f^ainat Indian revmuee, "They a< Motion (i) the extension,
on tiie basis laid doTO in Treasury letter db697/17 of the
brd December laat, to fAetin& f loctil and rent allowaiioee,
of the arran^eu^nt for the paymwit during tue ear of a
portion of the salaries of Consular officers in Persia
at the rate of bb arane to the £; and (ii) subject to
tiie exception below, the grant to theee officers ^ a
^,r ■ ooiaia, i^>on tiic basis laid down in the above quoted
letter, of a war bonus of 30ft upon the portion of their
emoluments paid at tlmt rate - the continuance of this bonus
to be reconsidered in six months* time. Effect may be
given to this authority as from the let January last.
It appears possible that trie rise in prices may
have been appreciably less marked in the port towns on
the coast of Persia than in towns in the interior. AcoordingT
n, heir bordshipe would prefer towndt specific inforaations
as to conditions at Bushire (or other coast towns at wuioh
consular officers paid from Imperial funds my be stationed^
oelore reaching a decision upon the mtoitiit of war bonus, if
any* to be gruited in such towns.
Ulider Jecretary of ot&te.
Foreign efiice.
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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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