Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur' [‎58r] (115/118)

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PERSIAN OUtP RESma^lCY
Bahrain.’ '
EXPRESS LETTER.
From
Repgu Bahrain
To
Retaxandum
London.
Repeated
Political Muscat.
No. 1506-S.
Bated the 14th August 1947
Reference your Express Letter No. Ext. 47^
//
dated 29th July 1947. FUTURE OF TELEGRAPH ARRANGEMENTS
AT GW AD UR.
2. Gwadur is at present maintained by the Indian
Post and Telegraphs Department as a combined post and
telegraph office. Its monthly income and expenditure
as shown in enclosure IV of Low’s letter No.F. 15-BPG/47,
dated the 7th July 1947 to Donaldson is approximately
Rs 1252 and Ss 392 respectively. This does not include
the proportionate cost of the carriage of sea mail nor
the cost of maintenance of the Gwadur-Panjgur line viz.
fis 625 per month. Even taking these two items into
account it is probable that the office at present pays its
way. \
3. To take over only the post office at Gwadur would
be uneconomical. To take over the telegraph office as
well would involve the payment of heavy charges for the
Indian Post and Telegraphs Department’s assets, vide
enclosure to Low’s letter quoted above. The installation
of even a small wireless station communicating only with
Muscat would cost an appreciable sum and the pay of an
operator would be much more than that of a signaller of. the
Post and Telegraphs Department. It would also involve
the wasteful scrapping of the present land line to Panjgur.
4. From the political point of view it would be
preferable if Gwadur could be brought under the same
postal administration as that of Muscat. I do not consider,
however, that there is sufficient justification for achiev
ing this at the financial loss that would be likely to
result. I recommend therefore that, subject to the consent
of the Sultan of Muscat, the Government of Pakistan should
be asked to continue the existing postal and telegraph
arrangements at Gwadur.
Sd. A. C.GALLO WAY.
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.
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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.