'SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS AND MEASURES OF THE VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDLESTON, VICEROY AND GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. I. JANUARY 1899-APRIL 1904. II. DECEMBER 1904-NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV. PERSIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF.' [‎86v] (177/386)

not taken up tut the house occupied by the Consul was taken on lease for
21 years.
Qg ■yygig recognised l)y tlie Government of India m 190o tliat more
suitable accommodation was required by
Bushire 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. building. 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. at Busbire to
enable him to perform the social and official duties required of him. The con
geries of buildings which made up 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. were scattered. The Town
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. , where the office was located, was situated at a distance from the
Resident’s domicile at Sabzabad, which circumstance, though the two buildings
were connected in May 1905 by telephone, caused delay in the despatch of
the increasing amount of public business. These and other inconyemences
were accentuated by the growth of British interests at Bushire. The Govern
ment of India admitted the force of the Resident’s arguments and sanctioned
the construction of a new Consulate-General and Offices. The estimate and
plans were under consideration when Lord Curzon left India.
24. It has already been mentioned that in Lord Curzon’s despatch of 1899
it was proposed to substitute a British
consulate building at shiraz. Officer for the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shiraz
in consequence of British interests at that important town being inadequately
represented. It was also then proposed that the Resident from Bushire should
reside at Shiraz and exercise his Consular functions from there during the sum
mer months. The question of providing suitable accommodation was at once
proceeded with. A site was purchased in 1900 for Bs. 4,700 and the building
was complete for occupation in the spring of 1902, at a cost of Rs. 40,000
including the cost of furniture.
25. One further important measure was undertaken to add to the well being
of Consular Officers in Persia. It had been discovered that allowances attached
to the different appointments varied, and that the dwellings were in some cases
scantily furnished and in other cases not furnished at all. The question of
suitable allowances to compensate for the additional expense of living in Persia,
the grant of adequate sumptuary allowances and the supply of a reasonable
amount of furniture to Consulates were under the consideration of the Govern
ment of India wffien Lord Curzon left India. In another way, too, effort was
made to diminish the disadvantages attaching to service in Persia. Officers
stationed in remote localities in Persia or in localities which though com
paratively easy of access such as Ahwaz and Kermansbah, were far removed
from stations from which leave was ordinarily reckoned, necessarily lost con
siderable time when proceeding on or returning from leave if such leave was
to be reckoned from the date of departure from, or return to, the post in
Persia. In 1904-05, special leave concessions were granted, permitting officers
to count the leave as commencing or terminating from the date of reaching
certain fixed points according to the route followed.