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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [372r] (760/880)
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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to us under this arrangement to challenge any item of
expenditure either as unnecessary or undesirable. But it
might conceivably be appropriate to decline at the outset
to be liable for any snare of expenditure falling under •
certain classes - say, for example, Secret Service
expenditure %o maiHatiH maintain the good will of tribes or
people on the Russian side of N.W.Persia. I do not say
that this is an ideal example. Mr. Shuckburgh could
probably suggest better. But the question whether we
ought to insist from the outset on any exclusion of classes
of expenditure is of course arguable.
(3) . The political effect of the war and
its results on Persia ana surrounding countries and India
would have to be considered in order to see whether there
is ground for disturbing the haltjl and half basis.
(4) . The extent to which Diplomatic and
Consular expenditure is being shared in otner Asiatic
countries than Persia by the India and Home Exchequers
ought, I think, to be considered in arriving at any
settlement regarding Persia* For example (a) igre axe
the whole cost of such expenditure at Muscat and
ying t
nrem.
scope or tne Weiby _
given some particulars as to expenditure on it in my
printed note of 1911).
(c) The Foreign Office pays the t lion’s share of #
Biolomatic and Consulate expenditure in Siam. Siam being
next door neighbour to Burma it is not clear why we should
get off so lightly.
(d) China . We are in effect contributing £12,500 a
year towards Hi pi omat i c and Consular expenditure in China*.
Technically this cohtribution was abolished as par* ot tne
settlement* arrived at on the Weiby Commission s ^ e ? or ^
but this was one item of relief which we accepted in li u
of a contribution of £50,000 pr©poiea by^tne uommi^ion
towards the cost of the India Of.Diplomatic an
Consular expenditure in China nas greatly
1900 and the Foreign Office would like us to contribute
more towards it. An argument on ** T n di^g
our contribution ijas based principally, I think, a
interest, in the sale of Opium in China. Jnis has
practically ceased. Sir L Hirtzel thought thau we
should be well advised not t 0 > rais€ the ^Question of
revising the arrangementsmelaence °£ itior
Consular expenditure in Persia until we ®^ tl0
to tVmt our interest in the sale of Opium in unma
had . 8 qui ted i B^ppe ar e d. On the other hand, W we have
probably become more interested than we were Before m -he
peace of the Burma-China or India-Tihe^ fron^xer.-.
(e)
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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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- File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:36v, 37v:54v, 55v:101v, 105r:118v, 120r:124v, 127r:129v, 135r:135v, 139r:160v, 162r:416v, 417ar:417av, 417r:431v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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