'Second Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf' [150r] (2/6)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 8 Nov 1912. 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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144
B. 187a.
lheUment iS the Pr0PCrty 0f the Seer ^ of State for India in Council
SECRET.
SECOND MEMORANDUM
on the
LIGHTING AND BUOYAGE OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
(In contmuatton of the Memorandum, 1911. B. 187.)
Charts
(L)
yhart to accompany the Report of a Committee on Lighthouses for
the t ersian Gulf, dated 29th April 1909." (Pol. 3620/1909 •
copy sent to Foreign Office and Admiralty 1st September 1909.)
(L.) 1 crsian Gulf Mouth of the Shatt -al-Arab River" the tracinq that
accompanied the letter of the Director of the Royal Indian Marine
to the secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department
No. 3270, dated the 15th May 1911. {Pol. 4013/1911 ; copy sent to
Foreign Office and Admiralty, li )th August 1911.)
Scope of the Memorandum.
Modifications in
India Office
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scheme.
Letter of Treasury to Foreign Office,
6th June, 1912.
P. 2306/12.
Viceroy's telegram, 5th February 1912.
P. 416/12.
Viceroy's telegram, 15th May 191w.
P. 1838/12.
1. It may be useful to explain, in continuation
of the printed departmental Memorandum of the
28th December 1911, the present position of the
scheme lor the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian
(xidi, adopted as the result of the local enquiry
held in 1909. A convenient starting point is the
" summary of maximum possible expenditure,"
described in paragraph 12 of that Memorandum in
the following words; " Assuming, for the sake of
" completeness, that the lights and buoys recom-
" mended in the letters of the
India Office
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of the
" U'th September and 18th November 1911 {see
" paragraph 10 above) were all provided (without
" the adoption of the Treasury suggestions), that a
" lighthouse tender were procured at a cost of
" 30,000L initial, and 5,000i. annual recurring,
" and that a depot were equipped at the full
" capital cost of 22,000L, the resulting expenditure
" would amount to initial 102,400L, annual
" recurring 7,TOOL"
2. The " Treasury suggestions " above referred
to were that a light vessel proposed for the Shatt-
el-Arab should be dispensed with, and that a liglited
buoy should be substituted at Bushire for a light-
vessel. After some correspondence the Treasury
withdrew their objection to the Shatt-al-Arab light-
vessel, but, as regards Bushire, it was decided
that a lighted buoy (at the outer anchorage m
addition to that for the inner anchorage) would be
sufficient.
In another important respect the scheme
described in paragraph 1 was modified, viz , m
the elimination of the spare light-vessel ( CC)S ^
9,500L) that had been included as part ot the
equipment of the depot (cost 22,UOUL)
s. 186. a
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This file is a memorandum written by John Edward Ferard of 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. 's Political Department regarding the development and improvement of lighting and buoyage facilities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (including the installation of lighthouses, lighted buoys and dioptric lanterns).
The memorandum is a continuation of a earlier memorandum that was produced on 28 December 1911 (IOR/L/PS/18/B187) and provides an update of developments that had taken place since the previous memorandum was written.
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