File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [158r] (17/567)
The record is made up of 1 item (282 folios). It was created in 24 Mar 1921-4 Nov 1929. 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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The remaining one-fourth of the expenditure incurred on the /
vessel should he debited to the head 29 Political - Miscella
neous 11 * The cost of tiie vessel to be debited to the Persian
Gulf Lighting Service ilind and 29-Political, and credited to
the mi*M* -Gatinates was to be calculated on the actual coat
of the vessel from 20-2-1926 to 13-5-1926 including hireo
3* This method of calculation was, however, altered in the
Government of India, Commerce -department, letter ho*148-3(25),
dated the 30th September 1926 in which the following orders
were issued* "It will be seen that the Govt, of India have
decided that charges on account of the relief ship should be
based on the actual period of her employment as such and that
they should be calculated proportionately on the actual
expenditure on the “Lawrence“ for the official year
in which the relief takes place* 1 am to request that
necessary steps may be taken to recover three fourths of the
cost of the relief vessel “batrava,ti H calculated o n the above
basis from the .Lighting lund and to debit the remaining
one-fourth to the head 29-Political Miscellaneous“o
4* rn view of these clear orders of the Government of India
fixing the amount recoverable from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Lighting
Service Pund I consider that therecovery of hire amounting
to Bs.39,425/- was unauthorised. Even under the new method of
calculation savings did accrue to the in respect
of the period 20-2-1926 to 13-5-1926* If the savings were
insufficient to meet the hire of the a*a* “hetravati” for two
matter should have been r eferred to
months from 1-7-1926 the
the Government of India*
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This part contains interdepartmental correspondence and memoranda relating to lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Notable topics of discussion include the following:
- Changes to RIMS Nearchus and its personnel (referred to as its 'revised permanent establishment')
- Proposed new arrangements for financing lighting and buoying in the Gulf
- Proposed alterations to RIMS Lawrence , to enable it to carry out lighting and buoying work in place of Nearchus and in addition to its present duties
- The sale of Nearchus to the Basra Port Directorate
- The estimated cost of alterations to and the upkeep of Lawrence for the performance of its duties as both the despatch vessel for the 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. and the lighthouse tender in the Gulf, and how this cost should be shared between British Indian and Imperial revenues
- The cost of a replacement vessel while Lawrence undergoes its annual refit
- Plans for all expenditure relating to lighting and buoying in the Gulf to be recovered by dues on shipping using the lights from 1 November 1925 onwards
- The proposed replacement of Lawrence by Nearchus as lighthouse tender in the Gulf.
The principal correspondents are as follows: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; the Director of the Royal Indian Marine; officials 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. , the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Government of India's Marine Department, the Government of India's Department of Commerce, and the Indo-European Telegraph Department ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Section).
Also included are statements of expenditure for Nearchus and a précis of correspondence concerning Lawrence.
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- File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.'
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- 150r:198v, 199ar, 200r:227v, 229r:284v, 285ar, 286r:340r, 341r:434v
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