ملف ١٩١٦/١٣٢٣ الجزء ١ "بلوشستان: الأوضاع المضطربة على الحدود الأنجلو فارسية. الإدارة المستقبلية لولايات مكران وسرهد وقلات" [ظ‎‎٣‎٨‎٠] (٨٩٦/٧٥٨)

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The cost of the scheme for which I now ask sanction is estimated at
Bs. 3 27 327 and I propose that the whole of this should be borne by Govern
ment! Even so, the saving to Government over the estimated cost of the
present organisation for 1922 , -23 would be Its. 21,700 :
Budget estimate for 1922-23 ...••• 4,36,700
Kalat State share 88 > 000
Present proposal .
Savin g
3,48,700
3,27,000
21,700
Nevertheless, it is necessary to calculate what the share of the Kalat State
would be under the proposals put forward in this letter. It was decided in
1913 that the cost of 150 men under a British Officer should be charged to the
Kalat State, and in the 1920 scheme the same basis of calcination was
maintained in principle, though the number of non-commissioned officers, men,
followers, etc., was not fixed in any definite proportion. The idea was that the
150 men were to be used for the service of the Kalat State outside jVlekran.
But under the organisation now proposed with the Corps reduced to 503, I do
not consider that we should he justified in assuming that the Kalat State share
should be more than the cost of the 100 infantry men who will be stationed at
Mastung and Khozdar, or two platoons. The cost of these including that of
the subordinate Indian Officers and clothing and feeding charges plus a
proportionate share of cost of one British Officer, Assistant Commandant and
Adjutant, amounts to Bs. 42,000.
10. In strongly recommending that the Kalat State should not be called
upon to bear this expenditure/I must mention that under the new scheme the
State will have to provide the new Governor with a personal body-guard of 30
men who will he recruited by himself, and be entirely under his orders and not
under those of the Commandant. Their cost to the State is estimated at
Bs. 13,500 per annum.
Moreover, with his brother as Governor and with the authority of the Kalat
State more obviously paramount in the country, the Khan’s expenditure in
gifts and rewards and in the maintenance of the outward signs of chiefship will
be considerable* and it is desirable that this should be so. But what I
particularly deiire to bring to the notice of the Government of India in this
connection is that under these proposals the State will be placed in .a position
of far greater responsibility than formerly in regard to the Frontier of the Indian
Empire with Persia. From my experience of these tracts, I feel sure that
complication and friction arising out of petty differences will be far less likely
to occur when the small chieftains of Persian Mekran realise that they are
dealing with no less a personage than the brother of His Highness the Khan of
Kalat himself. Ejut while the State will properly feel the honour and
responsibility of being entrusted with the care of this portion of our frontier,
we on our part, I submit, should see that the State has no reason to feel that
the burden imposed is such that they are put to financial loss thereby. I
therefore earnestly hope that the Government of India will not call upon the
Khan to bear a share of the cost of the Levy Corps.
11. In conclusion, it only remains for me to express the hope that the
Government of India will sanction these proposals and will issue orders
accordingly as soon as possible.
12. A copy of the statements accompanying this letter has been sent to
the Accountant General, Central Bevenues, Calcutta, for verification and
submission to you direct.
Statement of Proposition for Xtorision of JEstoTiZisli-me