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File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [‎319r] (337/567)

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.
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.x.especially so,
as no prospective
purchaser, it is
understood, has
yet come forward.
x.Rs.50,000 odd.
On the other hand the Foreign Office
are not likely to be very willing to see brought into
j the discussion the long-standing question (which they
J
j perhaps think to be dead, though they have been
j
reminded of it orally.not long ago) of a contribution
oy them towards the original costof the ,, Lawrence ,, •
The Government of India’s proposal on this point (viz;
that if they are allowed to retain the whole proceeds
of selling the H l[earchus M - instead of handing 0 over
half to His Majesty’s Government who contributed half
the cost of building her - they will waive their
claim to a contribution to the cost of the 11 Lawrence” )
• X •
is generous;but unfortunately it cuts across a
subsequent stipulation by the Foreign Office that the
I proceeds of selling the "Hearchus” should be used to
x
defray the cost of equipping* the” Lawrence” for light
house work - an expense which the Government of India
have assumed will be shared by Foreign Office in
moieties.
/about
£8000
2
Nevertheless it is proposed to lay
before the Foreign Office the Government of India’s
jproposals as they stand - with one modification.
The Foreign Office, or rather the
Treasury, are not likely to agree very readily to
the proposal that they should contribute half the
future '’political” cost of the "Lawrence” even though
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their share would be only f of the whole cost( this
eighth might well be divided again, with equity,
between Foreign Office and Colonial Office, as is
suggested in the draft, but this point will not
appeal to the Treasury): a proposal has therefore
6451
Ifetak a.
3000 G.23
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been

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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.' [‎319r] (337/567), 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_100079404360.0x000028> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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