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File 1093/1915 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Proposed revival of British Consulate at Basra. Portuguese interests in Iraq’ [187r] (225/334)
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387.— Sess. 2. A 3
5
No. 5.
Treasury to
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.
.
14,137.
rpi t j /■'i • • r tt ™ 11th September 1900.
lhe Lord . s Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury have carefully considered, in
communication with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Secretary of State
for War, your letter of the 17th July 1900, relative to the recommendations of the Royal
Commission on Indian Expenditure in favour of the transfer of certain annual charges
nom the revenues of India to those of the United Kingdom; and I am directed to
request that you will submit to the Secretary of State for India in Council the following
reply. &
After the necessary correction of the figure given by the Royal Commission for half
the military charges for Aden, their recommendations are that the following Grants be
made by the Imperial Government to India:--
In aid of the charge for 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.
Hall the military charges for Aden _ _ _
Increased contribution to the charge of the Persian Mission
Half the cost of the transport of troops to and from India
dotal
£
50,000
72,000
5,000
130,000
257,000
The modification of these proposals suggested in your letter under reply consists in
the substitution, for the direct contribution in aid of the charge for 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
for the 5,0001. increase of contribution to the Persian Mission, of the followino-* —
Additional grant in respect of the military charges for
Aden (making the total 100,000/.) - - .
The waiver by the Imperial Government of certain minor
payments now made annually by India:—
1. Subsidy to the Eastern Telegraph Company on
account of the Zanzibar-Mauritius Cable -
2. Persian Mission -
3. Establishments in China - - -
4. Consulates at Jeddah, Momein, and Basra
£
£
28,000
10,000
7,ooo
12,500
1,787
31,287
Total
59,287
This sum, together with 72,000/. representing half the military charges for Aden and
130,000/. representing half the cost of transport of troops, makes up a total of 261,287/.,
as compared with the 25/ .000/. recommended by the Royal Commission, beyond
which my Lords are not prepared to increase materially the contribution from Imperial
Funds.
With reference to the above proposals, the Secretary of State for Whr informs my
Lords that he is prepared to make an annual contribution from Army Funds, towards
the cost of the transport of troops and towards the military charges for Aden, of 230,000/.,
to commence as from 1st April 1901. His Lordship, however, points out that the Royal
Commission recommended that the capitation rate, which forms the basis of the contri
bution paid by India for Home Effective Charges, should be revised in five or six years,
and he proposes therefore that the contribution of 230,000/. should remain in force for a
similar period. My Lords concur in this proposal.
There remains to be considered the suggestion that the Imperial Government should
forego the payments now made by India to the extent of 31,287/. per annum, as set out
above.
My Lords fully share the opinion of the Secretary of State in Council that it is
desirable to take the opportunity of putting an end to these payments, so far as circum
stances justify, with a view to simplifying to that extent the accounts between the two
Governments; and, for their part, they readily agree to give up the Indian contribution
of 10,000/. per annum towards the subsidy for the Zanzibar-Mauritius cable.
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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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