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the correct cost of the stores was Rs.74,£16-11-9, and
^ when reminded of it by this Office enquiry he deprecated,
on political grounds, preferring the larger claim on the
Idrisi.
The Foreign Office then asked this Office to
refund the amount they had paid, alleging that India should
have secured payment from the Idrisi at the time of supply,
and that India should bear any loss involved. They added
that if there was any argument, the Colonial Office were
responsible for relations with the Idrisi.
The Colonial Office also said that they had no
funds to meet that charge, and that, while supporting the
Political Resident's views as to the unwisdom of making the
larger demand, the question was one for settlement between
India and the Idrisi direct*
The facts of the case have now been stated by the
Political Resident in his letter of the 9th May to the
Colonial Office# He did not ask the Idrisi for payment
when the stores were supplied because he had been advised
by the Colonial Office at about the same time that the cost
of certain similar stores would be recovered from a subsidy
which it was proposed to pay the Idrisi, and he thought
that the cost of these stores would be similarly adjusted.
He admits that the lower figure of cost was taicen through
an oversight, but points out that India had advised him at
various times that the cost was Rs.39,570.1£.l, Rs.3£,517.9.1
Rs. 36,569.4.0 and Rs. 74, 216.11.9.
It will be observed that the amount advised to this
Office originally was Rs.35,505.5.3 and the correct amount
was Rs.73.520.12.10.
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