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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [‎332r] (676/880)

The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1914-4 Jun 1928. 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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Imperial interests in Persia, including those of Iraq. And this new ratio should,
we suggest, be nearer a third than a half.
11. In alluding, however, to a new ratio of division, we do not intend to imply
that the present practice of dividing Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Persia
in definite proportions is satisfactory, or should be retained. Our intention is to
urge that the basis of any new arrangements should be on the postulate that the total
expenditure debitable to Indian revenues should be definitely less than that resulting
from the present system. As regards the actual procedure to be adopted, we have
been forced to the conclusion that the present arrangement is bound to operate in
equitably when, as has been in the past and may hereafter often be, there is a conflict
of interests. We, therefore, consider that it would be more convenient from the
point of view both of His Majesty’s Government and of India if an effort were made
to reduce the number of items of divisible expenditure as far as possible.
The interests of India are mostly in Eastern Persia, and we would suggest that
we should take over the whole responsibility for ordinary diplomatic and consular
expenditure in the Eastern Consulates, namely, Meshed, Sistan, Kerman and
Bandar Abbas, which seems to be the utmost that can with any propriety be called
a preponderatingly Indian sphere. In addition, we would not object to taking over
a portion of the ordinary diplomatic and consular expenditure on the Legation at
Tehran and on the Consulate at Bushire. As to these, we would suggest that
a fair arrangement would be to charge Indian revenue with a third of the cost of
each. We recognize that we have interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , but we cannot
admit that these are equal to Imperial interests including those on account of Iraq.
As regards the Tehran Legation, we are prepared to accept a portion of the expendi
ture, if our main proposal is approved, on the ground that the Legation, being
at the capital, represents Indian as well as Imperial interests.
12. It has not been possible to make a proper comparison of the actual financial
effects of the proposal set forth above in the absence of reliable figures of expendi
ture incurred by the Foreign Office on Persian Consulates in recent years. In the
last pre-war year for which we have figures, namely, 1913-14, the Indian poition
of the expenditure would have been on this basis Rs. 5,70,000 out of a total of
Rs 13 38 000 In the succeeding years up to 1917-18, the expenditure debitable to
India would similarly be Rs. 6,87,000, Rs. 10,29,000, Rs. 9,08,000, and Rs. 8,38,000,
out of Rs 15 , 21 , 000 , Rs. 23,88,000, Rs. 25,10,000, and Rs. 23,14,000 respectively.
This is less than the present half-and-half division would result m, but m each
case comes to somewhat more than the basis of one-third which we have suggested
above We need hardly add that it is impossible to ensure by this method that
the total expenditure debited to India should bear a constant ratio to the total
expenditure incurred, and it is difficult in any case to say how and m what direc
tions the post-war expenditure on the different Consulates will vary from the pre
war expenditure. We venture however to recommend to Your Lords ip s con
sideration the method which we have suggested, based as it is on a fu recognition
of India’s interests in Persia, and trust that you will be able to negotiate with
His Majesty’s Treasury arrangements on these lines. _
13. No reference has been made in this despatch to the following subjects :~~
(a) Lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
(b) Military garrisons in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
(c) Arms Traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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The volume contains papers mostly relating to expenditure incurred in Persia, and the issue of how this expenditure should be divided between the Imperial and Indian Exchequers.

The papers mainly consist of correspondence 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 following: the Foreign Office, the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, and the Treasury; as well as 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. Minute Papers, Reference Papers, and other 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. papers and notes.

The volume mostly concerns diplomatic and consular expenditure, specifically: the question of revising the existing arrangements under which, following the recommendations of the Welby Commission of 1900, the cost of this expenditure in Persia had been shared roughly equally between the Indian and Imperial Revenues (between the Indian Political Department and the Foreign Office); the proposals of the Foreign Office that Indian Political Department posts in Persia should be transferred to the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service, and thus come under the responsibility of the Foreign Office, with the Government of India paying a yearly contribution towards the posts; and the objections of the Government of India to the Foreign Office’s proposals.

The volume also includes papers regarding: the cost of troops from the Indian Establishment employed in Oman and Persia during the First World War; and the projected contribution from Indian Revenues of a moiety of a loan of £2,000,000 to the Persian Government under the ‘Curzon Agreement’ [Anglo-Persian Agreement] of 1919. In addition, it includes some papers relating to expenditure on diplomatic and consular establishments in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , Muscat and China, as well as Persia.

The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (430 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

The subject 3839 (Part 1, Persia, and Part 2, China) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/626-627. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 430; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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