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APPENDIX III.
Royal Naval Expenses provided out of the Royal Indian Marine Budget.
(A)
m
CC)
m
(E)
(E)
Contribution
towards
expenses
of H, M.’s
Ships em
ployed in
Indian
Seas (Ad
justed in
Home
Accounts
under 49-
Marine).
Fuel
Depots in
the Persian
Gulf.
Repairs to
His Majesty’s
Ships
of War in
Indian
Seas.
Coal and Oil
Fuel supplied
to His
Majesty’s
Ships qf
War in
Indian
Seas,
Allowance
to Naval
C.-in-C. on
the Indian
Station,
'N, / \
Total,
1928-29 ..
13,67,120
87,110
1,02,010
2,76,020
10,000
18,42,260
1929-30 ..
13,33,480
1,08,250
80,480
3,13,510
10,000
18,45,720
1930-31 ,,
13,47,110
55,140
1,36,440
2,54,640
12,500,
18,05,830
1931-32 ,.
13,52,870
40,390
1,11,500
2,14,540
7,5Q0
f7,26,800
1932-33 ..
13,48,000
37,000
75,000 :
2,30,000
10,000
17,00,000
Grand Total ..
67,48,580
3,27,890
5,05,430
12,88,710
$0,000
89,20,610
Average per annum for last 5
years.
13,49,716
65,578
1,01,086
2,57,742
10,000
)
17,84,122
Notes on expenditure referred to in columns (B), (C), (D) and (E).
Upkeep of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fuel Depots .—This expenditure is incurred under arrangements
arrived at in 1891.
Although the Depots are maintained by the Royal Indian Marine for naval purposes, the
Admiralty, under Article 1771, K. R. and A. I., charge Indian revenues for any work required
to be done in connection with such depots..
The Admiralty has an oil fuel contract with the Anglo Persian Oil Company, and India has
to make one to supply the subsidized vessels, but India’s is invariably at a higher rate than the
naval contract, no doubt because she is a smaller cons uiner. It is considered that the naval
contract rates should apply. Quite recently some new oil barges had to be constructed for the
use of the Royal Navy in the Persian Gulf—really a political concern—and the expend]tore
was met out of the normal Marine budget, It is considered that these Depots should be banded
over to the Admiralty in toto, or alternatively, administered by India on Admiralty behalf,
but as Royal Navy Depots.
Repairs to Senior Naval Officer's Vessel—The agreement under which repairs to this vessel
are paid for by the Government of India is extremely vague, but m practice involves her entire
maintenance in first class order, including the provision of all fixture items of stores.
Though the Government of India are still paying Rs. 18 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees towards naval expenditure
in the East Indies, the Navy has practically ceased to use India for refits since 19.11. At pre
sent, therefore, India receives but little of the return, she has a reasonable right to expect
on her subsidy.
It is considered that all Royal Navy vessels that can be refitted in India without mcon-
.vepitnce to the Service should be refitted in the Bombay Dockyard.
Fuel Expenditure of Pennon Gulf Sloops.-The question of fuel expenditure, among other
things, was raised by the Flag Officer Commanding in December 192fi when it was submitted
that certain items of expenditure over which he had no control might be removed from he
Marine Budget. It was held to be unjust for the small Marine budget to be bwden# yth ‘ h e
expenditure of fuel by naval vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and that any
Commanding w'as able to make in any depariment of his administration of the Indian Marine
might at once be seized as a first charge towards the former.
Sami Commander-m-CHef’s Allouw,we.-This allowance was fixed in 1866 to cover hotwi
rent, shore accommodation, etc., in return for the discharge of his duties m 1“ ^
Present day conditions are different to those o ' 1865; the Naval Commander- n-anrf now
no official residence in India but Admiralty quarters in Ceylon and when, not there, lives m n,B
Flagship.
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