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'File 9/30 Naval & Shipping: Persian Gulf Lighting Service' [‎32r] (63/154)

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The record is made up of 1 file (75 folios). It was created in 8 Nov 1945-23 Aug 1948. 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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(deceived under 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. printed letter No.Ext.8529/47
dated 4th March 1947).
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. ,
WHITEHALL,
Ext. 8529/47 LONDON, S.W.1.
£ March ? ' '1947
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to refer to
the proposed transfer to H.M.G-. of direct administrative control
and consequent expenditure in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and in Muscat and to state that H.M.G. would at the same time wish to
take up with the Government of India the question of the future
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service.
2. The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. buoys and lights were originally established
by British efforts and were maintained by the British-India Steam
Navigation Company at their own expense. The Secretary of State
understands that in about 1911 the existing buoys and lights were,
at the suggestion of H.M.G., taken over by Government at a valuation
estimated in advance as £1,000, to be divisible equally between
British and Indian revenues. (Of this estimated sum, however, only
£855 was paid, the remainder being deducted on account of buoys found
to be missing on their being taken over from the B.I.S.N. Company.)
It was at the same time arranged that the cost of future administration,
which was to be performed by the Royal Indian Marine should also be
equally divisible between British and Indian revenues. In 1925 &
further •hange in administration was decided on, the service being
thenceforward run b the Government of India on a self-supporting
basis, funds being obtained from dues charged on all vessels calling
at Basra and Jbadan, H.M.G., however, made a grant of £5,00J a
year for 5 years to cover any deficit that might arise during the
first few years of the fund’s existence as a .self-supporting service.
3. Lord Pethick-Lawrcheunsorstands that the present position is that
the Government of India is responsible for the operations of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service, the administration being carried out
by the Nautical Adviser to the; Government of India acting v/ith
the assistance of a non-official dvisory Committee of Shipping at
Bombay; while the port Director, Basra, carries out, on behalf of
the Service, the maintenance and upkeep of its lights and buoys, as
well as the collection of port dues at Basra and Abadan.
4. In view of recent developments a review of the present
arrangements now seems in any *#ase to be desirable. The development
of the operations of the Arabian-4meriean Oil Company in Saudi Arabia,
the Koweit Oil Company at Koweit and Petroleum Concessions Limited
in Qatar have given rise to increasing oil tanker traffic not
calling at Basra or Abadan, and it will be necessary to provide ior
suitable contributions to be made by the respective Companies otherwise
than by the collection of port dues at Basra and Abadan. It is
understood that arx^angements have in fact been made with the
Arabian-American Oil Company and the Bahrein Petroleum Company ior
contributions covering recent years, but that these arrangements are not
regarded as altogether satisfactory and will need revision tor the
future.
5. In connection with the proposal that they should now assume direct
administrative control in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , H.M.G. consider it appropriate
that they should themselves take ov«r from the Government of India
responsibility for the control and administration of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
The Secretary to the Government of India,
External Affairs Department,
New Delhi.
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the workings of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service. The majority of the file is made up of brief quarterly reports containing information on oil tankers passing through Muscat and any shipping not travelling on to the Shatt al-Arab from Muscat. These reports were submitted by Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited and Khan Bahadur Nassib bin Mohd & Sons, then forwarded by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat, to the Government of India, External Affairs Department.

Further correspondence covers a number of matters, including: the question of introducing a levy for services provided by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service; the matter of financial and administrative responsibility of the Service; the report that the Persians are thinking of taking over all lights on the Persian side of the Gulf; and the proposal to erect a lighthouse at Ras Al Hadd. This correspondence comes from: the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. ; the British Embassy, Baghdad; the Port Directorate, Basrah; and the Admiralty.

Included in the file is a list of all navigational aids maintained in the Gulf by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service (folios 34-36).

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1 file (75 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.

At the rear of the file are internal office notes (ff 73-76).

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 77; 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 2-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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