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File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [277r] (254/567)
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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warships and other, in the Gulf, of which he could
.'Hake use tnan at any other period), and as he can
now let her devote threequarters of her time to other
service than his, the provision of a despatch vessel
for tne Resident has proved to "be an extravagance.
If it is thought advisable to press our claim
to the point of arbitration it would probably be as
well to secure the evidence of Sir P.Cox and of
Lieutenant Colonel A.P. Trevor, who was officiating
; Resident for the greater part of the war, and was
| Resident after it.
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It would also Toe well to decide exactly how
pn.uch we are to claim; and it seems hardly possible,
as our claim rests on considerations of equity, to
demand more than a moiety of the original contract
price £69,500 and the original estimated cost of
jmaintenance namely £12,250 a year, for the period
February 1920 to October 51st 1925 (when the Government
!°f Indla were relieved of three quarters of the
[recurring cost), and of an eighth part thereafter.
(vide paragraph of the prScis ). It would hardly
to equitable to demand a half of the actual cost of
onstruction, for it could hardljr be maintained that
the Secretary of State would have allowed the‘vessel to
t>e built if he had known it was going to cost £172,000.
p might be equitable to demand sthalf share of the actual
315a 5000 4/25
cost
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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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