File 860/1916 Pt 3 'Persia: Shiraz consulate accounts' [‎538r] (457/494)

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particular items ot expenditure are adjustable here as
appertaining to Colonel Goteh's Meal on prior to his
assumption of charge of the Shiraz Consulate. The debit
for them is therefore being withdrawn from London and the
vouchers have been retained for the purpose.
3. I attach for your information a copy of the marginally
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Telegram to Major Trevor, No. 700-D, dated } cited correspondence
1916.
23rd December
Extract from letter from ---do--- No. 541,
dated 18 th March 1917.
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which further
Memorandum to - — do---- No. 697-Est.B. dated) explains tue
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position as regards the Shiraz, accounts. As the status
of the Consulate remains unchanged, provision in the
India estimates hce only been made under heads which were
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audited and adjusted in the India books prior to the
Consulate's temporary closure, and any expend!tut e
outside these heads, viz: under "Salary of head clerk",
"Postage