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File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [‎349r] (396/567)

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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In any further communication on
this subject, please quo^e
^ No. E 3667/2/34
and address,
not to any terson by name,
but to—
“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
London, S.W. i.
Foreign Office. S . W • 1 ♦
2nd May, 1924*
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Sir,
• 1^1
i/Mr
'T '
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
50,160
With reference to your letter No. P.1207 of March
26th, relative to the employment of R.I.M.S. "Lawrence”
for the additional duties of lighthouse tender in the
Persian Gull in the place of the "Nearchus", I am directed
by Mr. Secretary Ramsay MacDonald to state that the Lords
Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury are prepared to
agree that the Nearchus” shall be scrapped forthwith,
provided that, while the cost of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting
Service is borne wholly by the government of India and the
Imperial Government, no greater sum shall be debited to
Imperial Revenues on account of the maintenance of the
lighthouse tender than has been debited in previous years
on that account.
2. With regard to the proposal that the non-recurring
cost (amounting to fifty thousand one hundred and sixty
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. ) of adapting the “Lawrence” should be shared by His
Majesty’s Government the Lords Commissioners cannot agree,
on the information at present before them, that His Majesty’s
Government should bear any part of the non-recurring
expenditure Resulting from the change, except in so far as
funds may be available from the sale of the "Nearchus”.
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The Under Secretary of Stat
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
CUaJ',
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. .

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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.' [‎349r] (396/567), 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_100079404360.0x000063> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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