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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [‎351v] (717/880)

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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3. Note by Financial Department, 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. (F. 2137/10).
Political Secretary,
I attach a draft reply to the Foreign Office.
In view of the reference made by the Foreign Office to “a general
revision of the 1900 arrangement” an examination has been made in this
Department of the financial effect of this arrangement. It will be seen from
the attached notes that owing to various causes India is at present pa vino- a
slightly larger sum annually than the Foreign Office in respect of Persia (after
taking into account all adjustments made under the terms of the settlement) •
that she is bearing the larger share of expenditure 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. • and
the whole of the expenditure in respect of Muscat. I think therefore that
even if we were called upon to pay something extra in respect of China
(and this perhaps would be open to question), we have nothing to fear from
a revision of the 1900 arrangement.
The detailed statement of expenditure by the Foreign Office in Persia
and Siam m 1908 9 has been retained in this Department for reference
m connection with the Political Secretary’s reference of loth April last
-t optical ooo.
13th August 1910.
W. Robinson,
for Financial Secretary.
memoranda accompanying- 3 .
Effect of general revision of Agreement of 1900.
, Jlle result °f a revision of this Agreement would depend on various
factors, the most important being presumably :
I. Persia :—
Per s lan m /h e p r nH; t tan< ) T™ 8 t0 A at,ses dealt with in the attached note on
son/ethinl n! rl T ) Tv d f P !■ * he ‘ ln " ,,al adjustments, India is spending
Foreign Office t],- 'C'siiatic and Consular Services in Persia than the
in resSct°rf whicFh ^ 6 "fV™ 111 * 6 fibres of 1907-08, the last year
i lespect o± which the accounts have been adiusted The exnenditurp of
the two Governments in respect of that year was as follows - ‘
India :—
Payment to Foreign Office in 1907-08 in
respect of Persia
Actual outlay in Persia m 1907-08-
£
487
66,832
f (= 4,087 1. 10s.
j less 3,6000 in
| respect of
i Chiengmai,
Jeddah,
j Momein, and
l Basra).
Total
- 67,319
red" 0 * receipt from Foreign Office in
UOJ—10 on account of Persia -
16,818

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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.

Extent and format
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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