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File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [‎257r] (214/567)

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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No. 381-3.M.
GOVERNMENT OP INDIA.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
DELHI, the 18th DECEMBER 1925.
Prom
Rai S. N. Banerji Bahadur, B.A.,
ASSISTANT SECRETARV TO THE GOVERNMENT 0
To
The Director, Royal Indian Marine.
Sir,
As you are aware It has Been decided that th
expenditure connected with the limiting and buoying of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. should be recovered by dues levied on shipping
using the limits, and that, according to information received
from the High Commissioner for Iraq, such dues are being
levied at Basra and Abadan from the 1st November 1925.
2. All expenditure incurred in connection with the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service since the 1st November 1925
should therefore be met from these dues. Certain formalities
have , however, to be gone through for the opening of a
special account in the Imperial Bank of India, Bombay, for
receipts and expenditure connected with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Lights and also in regard to the accounting and auditing
thereof, and until these are settled it will not be possible
to make any disbursements from this specie! account. In the
circumstances the Government of India have decided that with
effect from the 1st November 1925, disbursements to
Establishments and other expenditure should, as a temporary
measure,continue to be met from the general revenues, the
Payments being treated as "Advances Repayable" on the books
of the Controller of Marine Accounts, Bombay. The amount
so...

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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:

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.' [‎257r] (214/567), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/661/5, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100079404359.0x000075> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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