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File 2960/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers' [237v] (469/495)
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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Treasury, 17th April 1909 - - Payment of Salaries in Persian Currency.
(1,1711 14s. 91) a year, as shown in the table, should be accepted as a
charge against British revenues. The actual cost will necessarily
depend on the fluctuations in exchange. It is understood that at Tehran
the value of the rupee in terms of the Kran has been steadily increasing
since the middle of 1908 the rato
fou^aTro? loof KrM,S 355 m the being now about Rs. 100 to
1 Ivrans dbo.- If the course of
exchange should similarly alter at the provincial Consulates, the extra
cost of the concessions granted by the Government of India will he
reduced, or may ultimately disappear.
I have, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State, A. Godlry.
Foreign Office.
Annex.
Table of Extra Expenditure in respect of the Payment in Persian
Currency of the Salaries of non-gazetted Consular Establishments
and Telegraph Staff in Persia.
Consul ite.
Date of
Conversion of
Salaries.
Extra Expenditure per Annum.
Rem irks.
Rs.
A.
P. £
s.
d.
Seistax and Kain’ -
February 19U8
2,772
3
0 = 184
13
0
As reported in March 1903.
1 lie figure? given are,
therefore, only approxi-
iimtelv accurate at the
present time.
Rs.
A.
P.
£
.t.
</.
Kermaxshah
1905 and 1907
954
12
0
= 63
13
0
KERMAX
1907
1,815
14
0
= 121
1
2
A.HWAZ
1906
440
14
0
= 29
7
10
y As reported in December
BUSHIRE - - -
September 1907
4,254
12
0
= 283
13
0
1908.
Bl'xder Abbas
? ditto
614
9
0
= 40
19
5
-
8,080
13
0 = 538
14
5
Meshed - -
—
3,920
13
0
= 261
6
10
'I
Titrbat-i-Haidari -
2,805
8
0
= 187
0
6
-
6,726
5
0 = 448
7
4
J-Not yet sanctioned.
17,579
5
0 =1,171
14
9
Enclosure No. 2.
Foreign Office 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.
.
Foreign Office,
^ No. 14,702. 27th April 1909.
The Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his
compliments to the Under Secretary of State for India, and, by direction
of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned
paper, for any observations it may be desired to offer as to the proposals
of the Treasury.
Description of Enclosure.
Name and Date. Subject.
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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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