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File 266/1908 Pt 1 ‘Diplomatic & Consular Expenditure.’ [27r] (58/652)
The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1908-28 Feb 1911. 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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Thisjocument is the prope rty of the Secretar y of State for India in Council.
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.
,
14th July 1911.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to
invite the attention of Sir E. Grey to paragraph 2 of your letter of 10th
December .1906, No. 36,866, and to paragraph 1 of Sir A. Godlev’s reply
of 19th March 1907. ‘
It was proposed in your letter, in accordance with a letter from the
Treasury of 31st October 1906, and in pursuance of the recommen
dations of the Welby Commission, to include non-effective charges in
the scope of the annual adjustments made in respect of Persia. While
agieeing that this proposal would be in accordance with the spirit of
the existing arrangements between the two Governments, the letter
from this Office stated that “ as the Indian officers detailed for duty in
^ lersia spend only a portion of their time in that country, it is
“ lm P ossib l e t0 state accurately the amount of the non-effective charges
“ borne by India in respect of service in Persia, and it would require
very great labour to provide even an approximate estimate.” More
over, it seemed probable that “ the charges borne by India on this
i( account are increasing by at least as great an amount as those borne
by the Foreign Office; and the exclusion of such charges, both from
‘ the Imperial and the Indian claims, would apparently not involve any
‘‘loss to Imperial revenues.” Accordingly the Secretary of State in
Council expressed the hope that the proposal might be withdrawn, and
this was done.
A communication has now been received from the Government
of India ( c °Py enclosed) suggesting a method by which an approximate
estimate of leave and pensionary charges could be arrived at without
difficulty. The method is that in use when additions are made to a
Government establishment in India to provide for work for an outside
authority which has to be done under the supervision of the controlling
officers of the establishment-the cost of the addition being charged
to the authority in whose interest the work is done. Examples are
Political Agents appointed at the cost of various Native States, and
Government of India Opium Agents in Native States and their establish
ments. The practice is to charge the authority concerned, in addition to
the pay of the officer, with a contribution payable during the period of
loan and calculated to cover the liability for leave allowances and pension
estimated to be incurred during that period. The contribution is
assessed at a fixed proportion of the pay drawn, ranging from one-fourth
in the case of the higher officers to one-fifth and one-sixth in the case of
subordinate officers.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
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The file contains papers concerning expenditure by the Government of India and the Foreign Office on diplomatic and consular services, mostly relating to Persia [Iran]. It also includes some correspondence relating to expenditure at the Koweit [Kuwait] Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. from 1904-1905 (the year in which the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. was established) to 1908-1909.
It includes statements sent to 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. by the Government of India Foreign Department comparing the expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Persia each year for the years 1905-1906 to 1909-1910, and other 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 Government of India.
In addition, the file includes 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 Foreign Office, and between the Treasury and the Foreign Office, relating to the annual adjustment of accounts 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 in respect of diplomatic and consular expenditure in 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 (322 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 266 (Diplomatic and consular expenditure) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/130-131. The volumes are divided into three parts, with part 1 comprising one volume, and parts 2 and 3 comprising the second volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 156-162; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/130
- Title
- File 266/1908 Pt 1 ‘Diplomatic & Consular Expenditure.’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head , tail, front-i, 2r:323v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence