File 2908/1907 Pt 2 ‘Bahrain: quarantine arrangements’ [‎169r] (87/112)

172 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. a-month =
Contingencies
Total
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
2,064 a-year.
600 „
2,664
EASTERN SANITARY REFORMS,
CONFIDENTIAL.
[February 19. J
Section 1,
[6764]
No. 1 .
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 Foreign Office.—{Received February 19.)
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. , February 17, 1909.
WITH reference to correspondence ending with your letter dated the 14th July,
1908, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to transmit
herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, copy of a letter
from the Government of India in which proposals are made for putting the quarantine
arrangements at Bahrein upon a proper footing at an estimated cost of 333/. initial
and 178/. per annum recurring.
In view of the importance, on political and commercial grounds, of maintaining
the efficiency of the present system of quarantine in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Viscount Morley
would recommend, for Sir E. Grey’s consideration, that the proposals of the Govern
ment of India should be accepted, on condition that the cost is divided equally between
the British and Indian Exchequers.
It is understood that Dr. Theodore Thomson of the Local Government Board, who
has been informally consulted on the subject, is of opinion that the measures advocated
by the Government of India should be adopted.
I am, &c.
(Signed) A. GODLEY. .
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Government of India to Viscount Morley.
My Lord, Fort William, December 3, 1908.
WITH reference to the correspondence ending with our despatch dated the
21st May, 1908, on the subject of quarantine in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , we have the honour
to forward, for the consideration of His Majesty’s Government, correspondence relative
to the question of putting the quarantine arrangements at Bahrein on a proper
footing.
2. Your Lordship, in a telegram dated the 8 th May, 1907, approved of our action
in moving the Sheikh of Bahrein to issue a Proclamation prescribing inspection by the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Assistant Surgeon, and arrangements were made accordingly, as reported in
our telegram dated the 25th June, 1907. Major Cox now proposes that regular
quarantine be enforced at Bahrein under our direct supervision, and has submitted an
estimate of the necessary expenditure which, he considers, should be met from British
revenues. The estimate comprises an initial outlay of 5,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. approximately
(apart from the cost of the stove which has been sanctioned separately) and a recurring
annual charge of about 2,664 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , viz. :—
Quarantine allowance to Assistant Surgeon
Quarantine guards—
1 chief, at 25 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 1
4 guards, at 18 „ J
Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
75 a-month.
The Sheikh has agreed in principle to the imposition of quarantine at Bahrein,
but is unable to meet the cost in the present state of his Exchequei. .
3. We consider it desirable that the quarantine arrangements at Bahrein should
be in keeping with those at other ports in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the estimate appears
[2170 £— 1 ] B
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