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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [353v] (721/880)
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. Actual result at September 1900.—The actual result as regards
September 1900 was as follows :—
Excess of Indian expenditure
India paid in Persia and Turkish A
rabia
- 30,037
(approximately, see above.)
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.
paid the Foreign Office
2,400
The Foreign Office paid in Persia
32,437
- 21,966
(approximately, see
Deduct receipt from
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.
above.)
2,400
Net payments
-
- 19,566
12,871
This agrees very closely with the theoretical result worked out above.
4. Disturbing factors between September 1900 and 1907-08.—The causes
which led to a reduction of the excess payments by India from 12,871k at
September 1900 to 8,761k 0 in 1907-08 are somewhat obscure, and are being
investigated in the Financial Department. The disturbing factors appear
to have come in during the years from 1900 to 1905-06, but they have not
been satisfactorily traced.
Expenditure at Basra.
We pay the Foreign Office 1,400k a year in respect of Basra, the
contribution of 6,000k a year to the Foreign Office in respect of Persia and
the minor Consulates agreed upon in 1900 having included 1,400/. in respect
of Basra.
According to the Foreign Office estimates for 1910-11 their estimated
expenditure on Basra in that year is—
£
Consul - - - _ _ 850
Office expenses - - - 646
1,496
W. R.
4. Letter from
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 Foreign Office.
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.
, Whitehall, S.W.,
8th September 1910.
n With reference to the concluding paragraph of Sir R. Ritchie’s letter
of 19th March last, and paragraphs 2-5 of your reply of 3rd May, No. 10,693,
I am directed to state that the payment made each year to this Office by
your Department in respect of diplomatic and consular expenditure in
Persia has always been regarded by this Department (as will be seen on
reference to the annual claims) as being the net result of t'wo transactions,
viz : —
(1) An adjustment in respect of the expenditure by the two Governments
in the previous year but one ; and
(2) A standing advance of 4,087/. 10s. by this Office to the Foreign Office
in respect of the current year.
It has, of. course, been recognised by this Department that the sum of
4,087/. 10s. just mentioned is made up of various items, of which only
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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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