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File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [299r] (297/567)
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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Minute Paper
Department.
Despatch 108 of 17th April 1884): that the new
vessel was M for employment permanently as a despatch
vessel" and that"the objects for which she will be
used are wholly political"; that the new vessel (and
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also the old) formed an integral part of the
establishment of the Resident and Consul General at
1.2447/14.
M. 5264/14,
^.5826/14.
345a 5000 4/25
Bushire: and that the cost ( initial and recurring)
should therefore be borne in equal shares by the Home
and Indian Governments similarly to political charges
I generally in Persia, in accordance with the
| recommendations of the Welby Commission. it was
pointed out, further, that " the explanation of the
omission ol this Office to make any similar claim on
the Treasury in the past ( i.e. for a contribution
of a moiety of the maintenance charges, at least
'
| of th e old Lawrence)" seems to be that owing to the
"charge having been classed as "Marine" in the accounts
"of the Government of India, it escaped, by an over-
"sight, inclusion in the statement of Persian charges
"laid before the Welby Commission, which formed the
"basis of that Commission*s recommendation for the
i
| "future division of such charges, and of the financial
"adjustments following thereon".
4 * On the 13th June 1914 the Foreign Office
were furnished with a copy of the Government of India’s
despatch and were addressed, in the sense of the above
quoted notes, with a request that the Treasury's
consent should be obtained for sharing the prime and
maintenance costs of the nww vessel, estimated
respectively at about £70,000 and £12,250 per annum.
On the 3rd July 1914 the Foreign Office
replied that " while it is true that the cost of the
e s t abl i s hm ent
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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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