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File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [‎324r] (347/567)

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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Draft Paper.
Department.
6G7 8 5000 9/23 [(5440*]
unconvinced
of the sale of the "Nearchus”
(I am to observe that though she
j months no firm offer of purchase
has yet been made), they will waive
their claim to a contribution from
Imperial funds to the capital cost
of the w Lawrence”. The Secretary
of State for India hopes that The
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
will accept this offer, which
appears to him to be an exceedingly
! generous one, and so bring to a
| close a long-drawn out controversy.
| IV• R ecurring cost of t he^ Lawrence '
| as ■political despatch vessel .
If the proposal in section I
above is adopted, one fourth of the
annual cost of the ’'Lawrence" will
i
remain allocable to political service
and I am to request that The Lords
i
I Commissioners of the Treasury may
I be moved to accept a moiety of this
| annual expenditure (approximately
/M y*/b (til (
on an average.as deb itable to
Imperial Revenues. The Secretary of
State is aware that in making this
suggestion he is reverting to an
issue on which Their L 0 rdships have
taken a decided line; he must
I repeat, however, that he remains

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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.' [‎324r] (347/567), 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_100079404360.0x000032> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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