File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [246r] (192/567)
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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From Yiceroy & ForeigD and Political Department^ to
(Copies
circulated)
Dated Delhi^ 31st Marche 1926©
Received 31st March, 1926, 3*15 p^m*
636 3 0
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Lights 0 ^wrence” and
her relief during refit would cost Lighting Service
nearly Rss 4
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
annually on the basis of three fourths
of the actual cost in 1924«25o Advisory Committee
consider the H Lawrence" too expensive for tender© Port
Directorate, Basra, has offerred to tend work for half a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
annually, using the "Nearchus 11 which was originally built for
this work, and now belongs to the Port Directorate© Advisory
Committee urge the acceptance of this offer. Economic
% ^ .
argument is obviously strong, and, as service is now maintained
mainly from dues on ships using the Port of Basra, and as dues
are levied by Irak officers under Irak law, there seems to be
primt facia justification for proposal that tender should be
boat flying Irak flag*> "Lawrence^ moreover, will probably
be required for Royal Indian Navy, vide Army Department telegram,
544 B 0 On the other hand, for boat flying the Irak flag to
tend lights in Persian waters might perhaps rouse serious
opposition on the part of the Persian Government,and pronpt them
to raise the question of British rights to maintain the lights^
and to challenge our prescriptive rights in the Gulf generally.
Are these political objections insuperable ?
Addressed to Secretary of State and repeated to Teheran,
Bushire and Bagdad*
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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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