File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [284r] (268/567)
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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Department
Iwith your Marine Department, a
oompromise v/as put to the Foreign
Office embracing terms of settlement
not only of the long-standing dispute
as to the division of the initial and
recurring cost of t.he political
idespatch vessel in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
but also of various connected questions
arising out of the employment of the
[Lawrence" as light-house tender in
*
place of the ITearchus; The offer,,
which was made in my Political
Secretary^ letter P.4237 of Sth
December 1924 to the Foreign Office
(a copy of which was sent to your
Marine Department on 11th December 1924)
was that three-fourths of the recurring
r f M
cost of the Lawrence should be regarded
as a charge to be borne by the Persian
Gulf Lighting service and defrayed
from the revenue accruing from the
light dues to be levied from shipping;
that the cost (Rs.5q,15o) of equipping
the Lawrence in 1923 to perform the
duties of lighthouse tender should be
shared by the Indian and Imperial
Exchequers in accordance with the
arrangement which obtained till 1st
Hovember last in regard to lighting
and
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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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