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File 80/1913 Pt 1 'Arabistan: telegraph line' [41r] (86/392)
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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In any further communication
on the subject, please quote
No. \N/
and address—
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Foreign Office
Inint^iate.
£530
£150
£380
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March £7th, 1916.
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Sir:-
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Y^ith reference to my letter of the 10th of
October, 1914, relative to the incidence of the
cost of reconstructing the Arahistan Telegraph lines pJ
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to state
that it appears from the statement enclosed in
your letter of April 30th, 1914, P.912, that the
payments due this year amount respectively to Five
hundred and thirty pounds due from 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.
to the Foreign Office and One hundred and fifty
pounds due from the Foreign Office to your Depart
ment .
The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's
Treasury are anxious to adjust this account oefore
the end of the current financial year, ano I am
therefore to request that you will move the
Secretary of State in Council for India forthwith
to transfer to this Department the balance of the
above payments, viz. Three hundred and eighty pounds.
A Receivable Order for this amount is
enclosed Tierein.
(
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
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.
.
= VV. REGISTRY.
C.r**"-r to 5rs
30 MAR 1916
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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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- 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