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File 266/1908 Pt 1 ‘Diplomatic & Consular Expenditure.’ [‎67r] (138/652)

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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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Jn 1909 - 10 foreign Office repaid 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. <£16.313
in respect of Persia + 43 (in respect of Turkish
Arabia) in adjustment of difference of outlay of the
two Governments in 1907-03 (Pol.268/10) leaving as a
net result:-
India paying (l) in respect
- 16.813 =’50.501 4 - (2) in
6.095 - £4S = £6052. —1
of Persia - £66.832 +- 431
respect of 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.
total: 6656 .553.
Foreign Office paying Cl) in respect of Persia
£30.921 4- 16.813and (2) in respect
of Turkish ArabiaFms. f
India tnus paid £8,761 m ore than Foreign Office
Hie explanation of this difference is as follows:-
ip Financial effect_ ofj Report of Welby Commission.
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According do the figures before the Welby
CormissioniVol.il of Report, pages 403, 404) the
Indian expenditure in connection with Persia and
Turkisn Arabia was apparently c6Q. 700 per ahnun "higher
than the Foreign Office expenditure.
They recommended a reduction of <£5000 per annum
in the subsidy annually paid by 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. to
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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.

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1 volume (322 folios)
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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.

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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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