مجموعة ٢٨/٢٩: "مشهد: مخصصات المكتب والمباني القنصلية" [و‎‎١‎٧] (٣٤٣/٣٥)

existing wall in the area marked B in the plan but the ®ost
of this work can be met from my current grant for repairs
under "office Allowance"* The old wall is in a very bad
state and had it iiot been for the pending negotiations would
in fact have been due for partial reconstruction two years
ago.
4* Except for the inconvenience which the increased traffic
is likely to cause us the exchange is not disadvantageous to
Grovemment, and I have accordingly ttait the honour to recommend
that it should be approved on the above terms. The Municipal
authorities are most anxious to begin work on the new street
as early as possible, and I should therefore be grateful if
sanction could be communicated to me by telegeara, if possible,
not later than the middle of April, so that the necessary
alterations may be carried out during the summer months
which are the most suitable for building operations.
5. On the occasion of a similar transaction in 1929(vide
Foreign and Political Department Memorandum Ng.F.376-A/29
of 14th December 1929) sanction was accorded separately to
the sale of a small area of land on our main frontage and to
the erection of new buildings at an approximately equivalent
cost. It may perhaps be considered desirable for accounts
purposes to follow the same procedure in the present instance.
6. I am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s
Minister in Tehran, under Printed Letter No.15(206/1/14).