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File 266/1908 Pt 1 ‘Diplomatic & Consular Expenditure.’ [296r] (596/652)
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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The answers to the questions raised by the Foreign Office in the letter of the 22nd April
1907 forwarded with the Secretary of State's despatch No. 117-Political, dated 20th
September 1907 are—
(1) Gain by exchange on local transactions which is recorded in the accounts under a
revenue head was omitted, through a misunderstanding, from the statement of
expenditure. It has now been entered in the revised comparative statement of
the expenditure of the Government of India in Persia in 190£-1906 as a minus
figure against the heading “ Loss by Exchange on local transactions.' 1
(2) The gain or loss on remittance transactions does not affect the divisible expenditure
as they are the result of a conventional method of exhibiting the transactions in
our accounts where they appear under a Debt head.
(8) The increase of Rs. 40,700 for supplies and services at Arabistan is mainly due to
the charges on account of the deputation of Major Morton on the Karun River
Irrigation Scheme which amounted to Re. 29,300. In consequence of the orders
of the Government of India communicated in Foreign Department letter
No. y 20S0-E.A., dated 5th June 1907, that the expenditure up to the 5th July
1905, only was to be divisible in moieties, the sum of Rs. 18,862-11-2 has now
been deducted from the divisible expenditure of 1905-1906. The increase of
Rs. 40,700 is then reduced to Rs. 22,882 of which approximately half is on
account of Major Morton's deputation and the other half represents newly sanc
tioned charges mainly for the new Vice-Consulate at Ahwaz which was started
iu September 1904. The principal items are (1) Rations and purchase, feed and
keep of horses and camels for the Escort sent in October 1904 (Rs. 7,000), (2)
Tour charges (Rs. 2,900), (3) House-rent at Rs. 100 for entire year against
three months in previous year (Rs. 9C0), and (4) Purchase and repair of tents
(Rs. 700).
(4) The charges shown against the Shira? Consulate are Rs. 806-8-4 for the pay of
two gardeners and three sarbazes sanctioned in the lore’gn Department letter
No. 68-E.A., dated 8th January 1902 ; Rs. 238 for travelling allowance of the
Escort from Bushire, and Rs. 5C0 for up keep of the
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.
buildings and
grounds. The expenditure is controlled by the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian
Gulf, and in previous statements was shown against Bushire.
I sul mit a revised comparative statement for 1905-1906 including the gain by exchange
previously omitted, and excluding all charges in respect of the Robat Escort. The outlay by
the Government of India on the Consular Guatds at Tehran, Tabriz, Shiraz and Ispahan is
that brought to account in the year 1905-1906 and necessarily includes arrear payments for
the year 1904-1905 which did net enter the accounts of that year.
The Controller, Military Accounts, Northern Circle, has been advised to refund through
the Account Current the claim on the Foreign Office for the pay of the Salutri and larrier of
the Ispahan Guards referred to in paiagraph 3 of the Secretary of State's despatch No. 56-
Politieal, dated 17th May 1907.
I take this opportunity to submit the revised statement for 1906-1907. Those heads
Only are shown under vhich charges occur in the figures for that year or the year 1905-1906,
The deduct entry of Rs. 18,362-11-2 in the original statement for 1906-1907 on account of
over charges in 1905-1906 for Major Morton's deputation'should be omitted now that the
expenditure in 1905-1906 has been revised.
J. A. Robertson,— 21-1-1908.
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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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