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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [426v] (871/880)
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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the same proportion as in 1900-01 she would pay 15,500L (72,200Z.: 89 500L : :
12 500Z) or an increase of approximately 3,0001. a year. This would be on
the assumption that India has still the same proportionate interest in China as
she had in 1900. The recent arrangements which have been made, however,
in negotiation with the Chinese Government for the reduction and final
cessation of the exports of opium from India to China within seven years
from the present date has materially altered the situation so far as the trade
in opium is concerned. In the circumstances there does not appear to be
any strong ground, if any ground at all, for increasing the present contri
bution to the Imperial Government in respect of China.
Figures referred to above.
Diplomatic and Consular
Salaries, &c.
Buildings, say
expenditure in
1890-91.
China:—
£
- 46,800
8,000 (approximately)
Total
- 54,800
Salaries, &c.
Buildings, say
1900-01.
£
- 65,200
7,000 (approximately)
Total
- 72,200
Salaries, &c.
Buildings, say
1910-11.
£
- 69,000
- 20,500
Total
- 89,500
(See Estimates for Civil Services for those years: 1890-91, pages 34 and
433; 1900-01, pages 25, 26 and 416; 1910-1J, pages 29-32 and 464.)
It would seem, therefore, that we have nothing to fear from a revision of
the 1900 Agreement, but on the contrary would have a reasonable claim to
additional contributions from the Foreign Office in respect of Persia and
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 possibly to a contribution in respect of Muscat.
W. R.
B.—Present incidence of Expenditure in Persia and
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.
.
1 .—Financial Position in 1907-08.
The financial position in 1907-08, the latest year in respect of which an
adjustment of expenditure has been made 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
Foreign Office, was as follows —
£
The payments by India in Persia in
1907-08 amounted to -
In addition India paid to Foreign Office
in 1907-08 as part of the standing
advance in respect of that year
The Government of India’s 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.
(according to
Budget estimate) was
66,832 (Pol. 268/10).
4 (Included in annual
> payment dealt with in
487 ) Pol. 571 a/08.
(Appendix to India
/Estimates for 1907-
*6,095 J 08.
73,414 *
* This stun should be increased by 1.400Z., on account of the annual contribution of that
amount paid by us to the Foreign Office, in respect of Basra. For more accurate figures see
page 15. W. R , 27th February 1914.
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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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