'PRINCIPAL DESPATCHES AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO PERSIA CONNECTED WITH THE SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND MEASURES OF VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDDLESTON IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. JANUARY 1899 TO NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV-PART IV. PERSIA.' [‎10r] (24/136)

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Ktiorassan trade is partly due to the fact that our goods now reach Central
Asia by Batoum and Baku and the Trans-Caspian Railway. The “ Noyoe
Vremya ” writes very mournfully about this.
Such are the principal changes which have taken place , m Persia of late
years; hut before summing them up with a view of examining the present
state of affairs and submitting proposals for improving our position, I think
it may be desirable to state briefly what are our present establishments in the
country, and what amount of money we spend on them. I append a sketch
map which will give some idea of the political geography.
The Diplomatic and Consular staff is as follows :—
At Tehran, the capital, we have a Minister with three Diplomatic Secre
taries, two Oriental Secretaries, a Surgeon and a Vice-Consul. The total cost
of the Legation is estimated at £16,640 a year, of which India pays £7,000.
At Meshed, to the north-west, we have two officers of the Indian Political
Service, who are also Consul-General and Vice-Consul, and a Surgeon. The
total cost of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. is estimated at £8,600 a year. This is paid by India.
At Asterabad, further west, we have a native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. , cost £48 a year.
This is paid by Her Majesty’s Government.
At Resht we have a Consulate, cost £750 a year. This is paid by Her
Majesty’s Government.
At Tabriz, we have a Consulate-General, cost of which is estimated at
£920 a year. This is paid by Her Majesty’s Government.
To the west of Tehran, at Kermanshah, on the Baghdad road, we have a
native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. , who costs £24 a year. This is paid by India.
Midway between the two seas at Ispahan, we have a Consulate costing
£750 a year. This is paid by Her Majesty’s Government. There is also a
native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. , who costs £24.
Purther south again at Shiraz, we have a native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. , costing £160 a
year. This is paid by India.
To the east of Shiraz, half-way to the frontier of India, we have a Con
sulate at Kerman, who costs £500 a year. This appointment is provisional.
Half the cost is paid by India and half by Her Majesty’s Government.
The Consul at Kerman is now in Seistan, where it is proposed to keep a
Consul in future.
Pinally, along the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , we have—
At Mohammerah a Vice-Consulate, which costs £490 a year. This is paid
by Her Majesty’s Government.
At Bushire a Resident, who is also Consul-General for Pars, with three
Assistants, one of whom is Vice-Consul, and a Surgeon. The cost of the
Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. is estimated at £7,700 a year. This is paid by India.
The political work on the coast between Bushire and the Kalat frontier
is in the hands of the Director of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Telegraphs, who gets an
allowance of £120 a year. This is paid by India.
The Resident at Bushire has also under his orders native Agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Bahrein,
Shargah and Lingah, and they cost about £240 a year.
This completes the statement of our diplomatic, political and Consular
establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It will be seen that we employ
twenty-one British officers, and that the total cost is about thirty-six thousand
nine hundred and seventy pounds (£36,970). Of this total, as far as I can
make out, Her Majesty’s Government pay £12,876 and the Government of
India £24,094.