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File 636/1907 'Turkish Arabia: Bagdad Consulate. Mr Gaskin (Commercial Asst). Detention by Turkish authorities (1914-1918). Settlement of accounts.' [96r] (202/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (303 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1904-28 Mar 1929. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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U
No. 21 or 1916.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
POEEIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
WAR.
To
The Right Honourable AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,
His Majesty's Secretary of State for India,
\
Delhi, the 31st March 1916.
Sir,
We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 74
(Political), dated the 9th July 1915, enquiring whether the Government of
India were prepared to accept as a charge
to Indian revenues the expenditure*
incurred on account of advances made in Decemher 1914 by the United States
Consular officers in Turkey to certain members of the staff of the late British
No. 99 (Political), dated the 27 th August 1915 .
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.
at Baghdad, as also of your
No. no (Political), dated the 22 nd October 1915 . subsequent despatches marginally cited
intimating that you have accepted claims amounting to £172 10s. 6d. and
£42 19s. 5d., respectively, as charges upon the Indian Exchequer.
2. After due consideration we desire to express our readiness to accept
as a charge to Indian revenues the expenditure incurred in connection with the
maintenance and travelling expenses of His Majesty's late Vice-Consul at
Kerbala and the staff of the late British
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.
at Baghdad. But in res
pect of the sum of £18 18s. 8d. representing the expenditure incurred on
behalf of Mr. J. C. Gaskin, late Assistant for Trade and Commerce to His
Britannic Majesty’s Consul-General at Baghdad, we would suggest that, as a
moiety of Mr. Gaskin’s salary is chargeable to Imperial Revenues, His
Majesty’s Government should bear half the expenditure in question, viz.,
£9 9s. 4d. and, in the event of your agreeing, we would request that this
amount may be recovered and credited to Indian revenues.
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Tour most obedient, humble servants,
(Signed)
HARDINGE of PENSHURST.
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G. R. LOWNDES.
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The correspondence discusses the appointment of John Calcott Gaskin as Commercial Assistant to the British Consul at Bagdad in 1906, and the decision for his salary to be paid jointly by the British Government Treasury and the Government of India.
Following the outbreak of The First World War the correspondence discusses Mr Gaskin's internment in Aleppo and arrangements that were made through the US Consulate in Aleppo for continued payment of his salary until he was able to return to England in 1918.
The later correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Accountant General at the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , and the Foreign Department of the Government of India discusses the amounts paid to Mr Gaskin during his time in Bagdad and Aleppo, including outstanding monies due to him, and the decision to grant him furlough on his return to England before commencing an appointment in Mesopotamia [Iraq].
The volume is part 1 of 1. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (303 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 636 ( Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. ) consists of 1 part comprising one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 303; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 636/1907 'Turkish Arabia: Bagdad Consulate. Mr Gaskin (Commercial Asst). Detention by Turkish authorities (1914-1918). Settlement of accounts.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:23v, 25r:67v, 70r:84v, 89r:128v, 132r:300v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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