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File 80/1913 Pt 1 'Arabistan: telegraph line' [17r] (38/392)
The record is made up of 1 volume (192 folios). It was created in 25 Jun 1912-27 Nov 1919. 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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March 25th, 1919.
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With reference to my letter of March 26th 1918,
and previous correspondence relative to expenditure
in connection with Arabistan Telegraph lines, I am
directed hy Mr.. Secretary Balfour to transmit
a Receivable Order for the sum of Three hundred and
fifty pounds representing the difference between the
amounts of Five hundred pounds due from the India
Office to this Department and One hundred and fifty
pounds due from this Department to 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.
in respect of this service for the year 1919.
As it is desirable that the transaction should
take place before the 31st instant I am to request that
instructions for the transfer of the sum of Three
hundred and fifty pounds may be given at an early date,
I am,
Sir.
Your most obedient /
The Under-Secretary of State,
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.
.
humble Servant, * rgg
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- Content
The volume comprises one part discussing the Arabistan telegraph line: correspondence, notes and telegrams regarding repairs to the Line, and arrangements made with the Persian Government regarding their modernization after the destruction of the tract between Bander Rig [Bandar Rig, Iran] and Borasjun [Borazjan, Iran].
The volume contains the 1913 agreements between the Telegraph Department of the British Government and the Persian Minister of Post and Telegraphs for the reorganization of the Arabistan Telegraph Lines and the prolongation of the Telegraph Conventions until 1945, minutes of meetings at the Foreign Office; statements showing yearly payments made or to be made for the Line from 1914 to 1945; and statements showing the estimated and actual cost of its construction.
The volume also contains a map of the Arabistan Telegraph Line (folio 15).
The principal correspondents are 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 Indo European Telegraph Department, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and His Majesty's Minister in Tehran.
The volume comprises part 1. This includes a divider which gives the subject and part number, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (192 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 80 consists of three volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/325-327. The volumes are divided into 4 parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising the first two volumes, and parts 3 and 4 comprising the third volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 194; 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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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/325
- Title
- File 80/1913 Pt 1 'Arabistan: telegraph line'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:14v, 16r:184r, 185r:193v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence