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File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.' [380v] (459/567)
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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so that if the lighting service is placed on a sell supporting
oasis India will he the loser Toy Rs.61.H3 (say £4,000) per
annum if ’-year scheme instead of the Government of India's is
adopted. ^Ihis assumes that a deficit on the lighting service
would he shared hy the Foreign Office with India and that a ■
surplus would he used for the benefit of the service.
j ^ add, with reference to your statement
that the charging of a fixed sum per annum to the lighting
service, leaving a varying amount remaining on the Indian
hooks as chargeable to India for-political services»would
clearly he an unsatisfactory arrangement^ ^Jroraan
accounting point of view, it- would
.You are aware of the amount of tiroe spent in
this Department (and in India too) in endeavouring go sa.oisfy
the Foreign Office of the correctness of our yearly claims for
a moiety of the expenditure and the recovery annually of a fixed
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agree to shame equally the political cost of the “Lawrence” the
Government of India and the Foreign Office will each he the loser
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hy Hs. 16,961 or £1,100 per annum under the Uths. division.
i scheme.
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Charged to India) (i < 27,
5 scheme.
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and EO. equally, j •( , 56,772.
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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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