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File 50/1914 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Lights and Buoys; Expenditure' [‎87r] (177/423)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (208 folios). It was created in 1912-1922. 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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Pol. 1599/11.
It was further explained that a lighthouse
tender, an essential part of the scheme, might have
to. be provided at an estimated cost of o(),000Z.
initial, and 5,COOL annual recurring. Particulars
of the expenditure are printed as Appendix III.
In a subsequent letter dated the 18th November
1911, it was recommended that in addition certain
buoys should be laid at an estimated expenditure
of—
Initial - - _ 2,800
Annual recurring - - 210
Particulars in Appendix IV. A further communi
cation was promised as to the lighthouse tender.
Question of the Light vessels in
the Shatt-al-Arab, and at Bushire.
The Lighthouse Tender and the
Depot at Koweit.
Pol. 4591/11.
* Cost of liglit-vessel—9,500/!. initial,
and 650Z. annual recurring.
t Cost of light-buoy—600/.. initial, and
40/. annual recurring.
Pol. 3616/11.
Pol. 1538/11.
Telegrams to Viceroy, 19th October
and 16th November 1911.
Pol. 1599 and 4591/11.
IP In a letter dated the 28th October 1911, the
Treasury drew attention to certain points in con
nection with the scheme, but expressed their
readiness to bear a moiety of the charges connected
with the provision of the acetylene gas buoy in the
Shatt-al-Arab, and of the lighthouses at Musandam,
Tanb Island, and Sheikh Shuaib Island. They
questioned, on the other hand, the necessity of the
light-vessel- proposed for the Shatt-al-Arab, and
urged the substitution of a light-buoy f for a light-
vessel- at Bushire, in view of certain observations
made in Admiral Slade’s letters to the Admiralty and
the Government of India, dated the 11th Ma)" and
6th August respectively, which seemed to indicate
that less expensive proposals might suffice.
Correspondence is still proceeding with the
Government of India as regards the suggestions
made by the Treasury, also as to the provision and
cost of the lighthouse tender.
Another item of expenditure that must apparently
also be provided for is that of the depot which the
Committee recommended should be located at
Koweit for gas-works, the storage of buoys, &c.
In Mr. Hood’s estimates a capital sum of 22,000L
was entered on this account, but presumably the
expenditure will be considerably less in view of
the more restricted character of the lighting and
buoyage proposals now under consideration. In
any case no allowance need be made in respect of
the maintenance of the depot, since charges on this
account are included in the estimates given in
Mr. Hood’s Report of the cost of the several lights.
Summary of maximum possible 12. Assuming, for the sake of completeness, that
expenditure. the lights and buoys recommended in the letters of
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. of the 15th September and 18th
November 1911 (see paragraph 10 above) were all
provided (without the adoption of the Treasury
suggestions), that a lighthouse tender w r ere procured
at a cost of 30,000L initial, and 5,000L annual re
curring, and that a depot were equipped at the full

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This file contains papers relating to the construction and maintenance of buoying and lighting facilities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , primarily for the Quoin Island Lighthouse. The letters are exchanges between the Government of India and British Authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and mainly discuss the cost and logistical arrangements for the construction of the permanent navigation equipment in the Gulf.

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1 volume (208 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 210; 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.

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