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File 1093/1915 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Proposed revival of British Consulate at Basra. Portuguese interests in Iraq’ [‎87v] (26/334)

The record is made up of 1 item (164 folios). It was created in 23 Sep 1922-20 Jun 1929. 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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It is difficult to see what objection the
Treasury can have to the scheme, if the High
Commissioner’s figures and estimates are anywhere
near the mark. In 1924 (P. 1898/24) the total upkeep
cost of the proposed consulate was estimated at £1600
a year, as against receipts of £900, Sir H. Dobbs’
present figure of estimated "increase in British
Consular receipts" (if proper consular arrangements
are made) is Rs.21,717. This should just about cover
expenditure .
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If the Consulate is going to pay, or nearly
pay, its way, the question of incidence of cost
between Imperial and Indian revenues^become^ somewhat
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academic. So far as India is concerned, we are still
awaiting a reply from the Foreign Office to this Office
letter of the 15th July, 1925, P. 1103/25, which
represented that the Government of India objected in
principle to paying a contribution to the cost, and
proposed to appoint a separate representative. If,
however, the net cost of the consulate is to be small or
nil, no doubt either (a) His Majesty’s Government will
agree to bear the whole cost, to avoid the danger of being
inconvenienced by a separate Indian representative, or (b)
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the Government of India will sink their prejudice against a
contribution, in view of the very heavy expense in which a
separate representative would involve them.
All this is on the assumption that the Treasury
will be awakened from their stupor.
Secretary. E. & 0, Department.
Secretary, Pinanciai Department,
for information and any remarks.
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Correspondence and other papers concerning the proposed re-appointment of a British Consul at Basra, and how the new post should be funded. Subjects covered include: whether the Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] could also be appointed Consul at Basra (the two places being in close geographical proximity); the High Commissioner for Iraq’s (Henry Robert Conway Dobbs) argument that a full-time Consul is required for the post; discussion between officials from the Government of India and the Foreign Office about who should fund the new appointment; assessments of the importance of British trade in Mesopotamia, including tables of statistical data outlining diplomatic and consular 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 trade between India 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. ; the Government of India’s refusal to contribute to the cost of the Basra Consulate; the transfer of land and property associated with Basra consulate from the Government of India to HM’s Office of Works; a further report written by Dobbs, dated 1928, arguing for the appointment of a British Consul at Basra, enclosing a memorandum written by Charles Wills of the Mesopotamia-Persia Corporation Limited.

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