Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general' [36r] (71/561)
The record is made up of 1 file (279 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1927-1 Mar 1949. 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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5® Having thus disposed of the
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.
question I am
now to turn to the general problem. It is true that the cost
in actual cash of the Foreign Office proposals (based on
certain assumptions as to the extent of representation con-
sildered necessary for Indian interests in Iran) does not
greatly exceed that which would fail to be borne by the
Government of India under the proposals made in their letter
of the 12 th of November 1937. It is necessary to remember,
however, that in assessing the financial effect of any pro
posal not only the amount payable but also the return received
for that payment must be taken into consideration. The
Government of India* s offer, as is implied in paragraph 10
of the letter of the 12 th of November 1937, went very much
further than they considered could be justified on the ground
of Indian interests in Iran and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, but was put
forward with a view to securing two points of principle to each
of which considerable importance was attached, namely -
(a) a definition, limitation and stabilisation of
India 1 s financial commitments in Iran and the
Gulf, and
(b) the naintenance of the existing system of
administration and control over policy.
It is evident that under the Foreign Office proposals the
GovJernment of India fail to secure either of these objectives.
Any increase in expenditure on the Arabian side of the Gulf,
even though occasioned almost entirely by the expansion of
Imperial int»ej.ests on ^hao littoral, would fall wholly on
Indian revenues. In addition, the Government of India, to whom,
as
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The file concerns the incidence of Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file includes:
- Memorandum on the contributions made from Indian and Burma revenues , 1938
- revision of the incidence of Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Persia in 1923-24
- transfer of the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Bushire to Bahrain: Government of India's proposals for future incidence of diplomatic and consular expenditure, 1937-40.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Viceroy, the Foreign Office, 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. , the Government of India, and the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (279 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 280; 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.
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- Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general'
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- front, front-i, 2r:280v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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