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. . , i i. t won Id su^^sst si reconsideration of
t„ establish a Vice-Consulate at tto pomt, b t I h;s ^ Yezd and his
their view. A Vice-Consul at Rmto Am ^ ^ ought t o be able to do much
winters in working up the tiade o centre with a branch hank. ihe A ice-
good. Yezd is an important commercial ^ t ■ J . tment of tbe ir political duties,
Consul might also perhaps relieve tbe Tekg pi ^ to Bahrein I have nothing
W sav" T,:: !T^^n Bahrein is so indirect, that this seems to me
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1 should have thought that full if rmation as and” also
could have been procured through the English and ^ ^ ^ hag ^
that the Consul-General at 1 alneez m g j m p 0r tance. both as the point
done. But the north-western corner of Vf^d to the Armenian question on the
where our Trehizond trade enteis, an( wi - wa t c h on Russian proceedings.
Turkish frontier, and as a post from which t, 0 ^ ee P a f , "Afip"here though he will
On the whole, therefore, I should be disposed to send a man there, mou 0
probably be followed by a Russian. immme the position of our Consul-
I have also recommended that we should imp JL- h Representative in
General at Tabreez. The grounds for this are obvious. The centre
this important place, the head-quarters of the heir apparent, “ d ® eti
gets 6B0/. a-year pay, and 2701. office allowance. The Bu f ^ ttbe Turkfsh
2 000/. a-year pay and has a large staff of Secretaries and Mun. .. ^
Consul-General has 1,020/. pay and allowances, and is helped by a A ice-consul and
Attache. Even the Erench Representative, who is not a Consul-General, and has very
small interests to represent, gets 1,200 a-year in pay and allowances, and has the aid
of a Vice-Consul. All the foreign Representatives have free houses. It ma^ be
argued that we ought not to attempt to rival the Russian Consul at this pomf.
think this is open to question, hut, in any case, it seems to me unjust to onr Repre
sentative, and unwise in our own interests, to place him in a position ot such marked
inferiority to all his colleagues. Air. AVood urges that he should be. allowed a
personal assistant or confidential clerk. If the Vice-Consul is appointed in the first
place to Tabreez, which will attract less attention, and spends part of his time there, a
confidential clerk will perhaps he unnecessary. But the danger is that he will spend
too much of his time there.
AY T ith regard to the limits of the new Consular districts, I cannot as yet give a
precise answer in all cases. The limits of the Seistan Consulate, for example, must he
fixed hereafter, when experience has shown ns the best line of division to the north
ward. The powers of the Kerman Consulate should extend to the Kerman territory
ruled by the Persian Governor-General at Kerman. The limits of a Vice-Consulate
at Bampur I cannot state with accuracy. The Consul on the Karun should have
charge of the country down to the sea. and westward to the Turkish frontier, and
eastward to the eastern border of the Bakhtiaris, and northwards to the northern
border of Luristan. The Ahce-Consul at Kermanshah should have charge of the
Kermanshah and Hamadan districts, and of the country northwards to the border of
Azerbaijan. The Vice-Consul in Urumia should perhaps he appointed simply Vice-
Consul at labroez, whecne he can he deputed to act under the Consul-General’s
°ideis. the A ice-Consul at Bunder Abbas should have charge of the Gulf ports at
east of Bushire, which form a Persian Governorship, and of Yezd and of Liyristan.
^ W01 ^ 01 ^ ^ ie precise limits of the several districts in communication wixh the
officers on the spot.
All, oi about all, the Consulates in Persia should have a small guard of Indian
troopers, say six men, as at Aieshed. . These should be picked men, if possible from
ancer regiments, and the non-commissioned officers should he trained surveyors
As to the cost of the additional appointments which I have proposed,’ ! feel it
d , lfflcult , t0 m f ke 1 a satisfactory estimate, because the English and Indian
ways of looking at such charges are so essentially different. The posts under the
suTofCev TwirtT' a «T iderable Scale > and cosfa constderabi:
mot money, those under the Foreign Office are maintained on a very moderate
footing, and cost comparativelv little Eor examnlp rv i ; er ^ moae f at ®
Tabreez costs altogether 920/ a-year while + th ® Cons [ llat e - General at
8 , 600 /. a-year, Wlnle the Consulate-General at Aieshed costs
I believe the sumptuary allowance of the Consul-General
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