Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [274r] (547/669)
The record is made up of 1 file (333 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1947-16 Apr 1948. 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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FOREIGN SERVICE REGULATION No. 2
GRADES AND SALARIES
1. The grades and salaries of members of Branch A of the
foreign Service are as follows: —
Grade 1 .
£3,500.
Grade 2 .
£2,500.
Grade 3.
£2,250.
Grade 4.
£ 2 , 000 .
Grade 5.
£1,700.
Grade 6 .
£ 1,200 rising by annual increments of £50 to
£1,700.
Grade 7.
£800 rising by annual increments of £30 to
£ 1 , 100 .
Grade 8 .
£485 rising by annual increments of £30 to
£625.
Grade 9.
Comment: —
£275 for first two years then £325 rising by-
annual increments of £30 to £385.
Grade l^will consist of the Permanent Under-Secretary
of State and the Heads of the major Missions.
Grade 2 will consist of the Political Deputy Under
secretary of State, the Heads of the other leading
Missions and the Legal Adviser.
Grade 8 will include certain Heads of Missions and other
Deputy Under-Secretaries of State.
Grade 4 will include Assistant Under-Secretaries of State
in the Foreign Office, the Heads of certain Missions,
the Minister (Deputy Head) at certain major
Missions and the holders of the most important
commercial-diplomatic, consular and oriental secre
taries’ and inspectors’ posts.
Grade 5 will consist of Heads of some minor Diplomatic
Missions, of the holders of other important com
mercial-diplomatic, consular and oriental secretaries’
posts, of other inspectors’ and of Minister-Counsel
lors’ posts.
Grade 6 will include Heads of other minor Diplomatic
Missions, Counsellors, the majority of Consuls-
General and the Second Legal Adviser, who is on a
salary scale of £l,300-£ 1,700.
Grade 7 will consist of First Secretaries, Consuls and the
Assistant Legal Advisers, who are on a salarv scale
of £900-£ 1,200.
Grade 8 will include Second Secretaries and Senior Vice-
Consuls.
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The file concerns conditions of employment at the British Consulates in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file is compiled when, after Indian Independence, the Foreign Office was planning to take over certain posts previously administered by the Government of India.
The file contains:
- conditions of employment of the Indian Political service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. officers, ministerial officers, and menial staff, in 1947
- administration and control of British relations with the Arab States in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. after Indian Independence, 1947
- booklet containing Foreign Service Regulations, 1943 (ff 229-304)
- memorandum on the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , containing in an appendix Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. structure, staff duties, list of officers
- transfer of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. administration
- application of the Premature Retirement Rules 1937 to officers of Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. serving in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- correspondence with officers on appointments, conditions of employment, and applications for leave.
The file is composed of correspondence between Commonwealth Relations Office, the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, and the Secretary of State for India. The file includes extracts from The London Gazette.
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- 1 file (333 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 334; 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.
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- Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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