Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general' [78r] (155/561)
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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3. In these circumstances, and since 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.
are the Department of His Majesty's Government primarily
concerned with ensuring that there shall continue to he
suitable British representation in the Arab btates of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Lord Zetland will no doubt be anxious to proceed
as quickly as possible with the necessary arrangements for
providing adequate accommodation outside Persia for 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.
, There appears to be some danger that the
necessarily complicated questions of finance, which have been
raised in the Government of India's letter, may hold up the
arrangements which have already been planned to provide
accommodation for 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.
at Bahrein, The task
of reconciling the financial desiderata of the Government of
India with those of His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom is, in the opinion of Lord Halifax, one which will
have to be undertaken by your Department, in consultation with
the Treasury on the one hand and the Government of India on the
other, and since it may be some time before a final agreement
is reached between the financial authorities concerned, Lord
Zetland will presumably wish to make such arrangements as may
be possible to ensure that measures are at once taken, 4 without
awaiting the result of the.firfaftcial discussions, for the
construction of the n^w buildings required at Bahrein or
elsewhere to be started without further delay,
4. The cost of building the new
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 Bahrein,
it will be remembered, was originally estimated at Rs 12
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
,
and it was proposed that the cost should be shared equally
between the Government of India and His Majesty’s Government
in the United Kingdom, each of whom would pay Rs 6
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
. The
proposal
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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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