ملف ١٩١٦/٣٨٣٩ جزء ١ "بلاد فارس: - مقدار النفقات - مسألة مراجعة اتفاقية سنة ١٩٠٠" [و‎‎٤‎٢‎٦] (٨٨٠/٨٧٠)

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Foreign Office :—
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Actual outlay in Persia in 1907-08 - 31/118
Deduct advauce by India Office in
1907-0- - - 487
30,931
Payment to India Office in 1909-10 in
respect of Persian expenditure in
1907-08 _ . _ _ 16,818
Total - - 47,749
Excess of expenditure by India over
expenditure by Foreign Office - £2,752
II. Turkish x^rabia : —
In addition India is bearing the larger part of the Diplomatic and
Consular Establishments in Turkish Arabia, which was supposed to have
been shared as a consequence of the recommendation of the Welby Com
mission {see note on Persian expenditure attached). The average annual
outlay by India is about 6,000C, in addition to a special contribution of
1,400L to the Foreign Office in respect of Basra, in the annual subsidy.
The Foreign Office spend about 1,500C a year on Basra and give us a
small contribution towards Baghdad (half of Mr. Gaskin’s salary.)
III. Muscat :—
India bears the whole charges, amounting to about 9,000k
* Note by Political Department :—
Bahrein.
Kashgar.
Note by Financial Department :—
Bahrein :
Total expenditure 1908-09, Rs. 56,002
= 3,700Z. Budget, 1910-11, Rs. 55,970 =
3,700Z.
(Appendix to India Estimates).
Kashgar :
Pay of Special Assistant, Rs. 1,850.
{Punjab Estimates, Cashmere : Esta
blishment and other charges.)
IV. China : —
As regards China the arrangement from 1834 to 1875 was that India paid
one-third of the charges. From 1876-89 India paid a fixed contribution
of 15,000k a year. As a result of the Foreign Office Conference in 1891
the contribution was reduced to 12,500k, a rate which was to continue in
force till 1899-1900. The Welby Commission considered that the interest
of India in the China trade had thus always been officially acknowledged,
and that it must be borne in mind that “ India depends for a considerable
proportion of her revenue on the opium trade with China. One-third of
the divisible charges they stated would amount to about 20 , 000 k a year, but
they recommended that the decision of the Foreign Office Conference should
be maintained for a period of five or six years, the contribution then to be
revised. The payment of 12,500k a year in respect of China was, however,
one of those which the Imperial Government agreed to forego in lieu of the
contribution of 50,000k a year from them towards the expenses of the India
Office, which was recommended by the Welby Commission. At present,
therefore, India may be regarded as contributing 42,500k towards expenditure
in China.
The outlay of the Foreign Office in China in 1910-11 is estimated at
89,500k' ::: ' approximately. In 1900-01 it was 72,200k i; ' If India were to pay in
# See figures overleaf. . ^ . j.xj
t Should be 18,568Z.; the excess of Indian expenditure m Turkish Arabia is understated
above ; the correct figure is 6,816Z., not 6,000Z. {see page 15).
15583. B
The total excess outlay falling upon
India in respect of Persia, Turkish
Arabia, and Muscat, thus amounts to
about 17,750kf There may also be
Diplomatic and Consular expenditure
in connection with some other places
outside Persia which is borne entirely
by India. The Political Department
would be in a position to say whether
this is the case.*