Coll 29/118(7) 'Disposal of unwanted consular property in Bushire' [88r] (175/234)
The record is made up of 1 file (115 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1948-3 Nov 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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UF 1 \LaKT
SITS
ORIGINAL COST
VALUATION OF
buXU»Xi4GS
AMi PLixUTt
QZ&.M.
5 )th Marcft 1946*
FoT*«r station, polas 9 ovarhaad cables
and other ancillary gear, together with
olacellaneous derelict buildings.
gower Station building is in fair con*
ditlocu Plant axel other gear has bean
wall maintained.
Buildings sere erected during 1914*18
ear.
Too 8 kilowatt Generators by Crompton
Parkinson, 46 c/>jC volts 1,C, 16 7
anps 37$ U«P*k, Lriven by two Crossley
Engines Type K,0A,1 24/26 B,H,P, The
plant is comp lets with switchgear,
cooling apparatus etc, and i s now
Running serving both ofTicial and pri
vate consuoiera by sous miles of over
head cable.
The land wee held on tenancy at Rs,l$
par month but it was not possible to
define the ares included under this
agreement. There is absolutely no
security of tenure since the agreement
has been allowed to lapse.
original coat of Power station including
poles, cables etc, is given as Be»2Q,0C0.
The cost of the derelict buildings is
not known.
The present value of the Power Station
including ell equipment is estimated to
be Re, 20,000 assuming that e purchaser
can arrange a tenancy of the site on
reasonable terms. If dismantled for uee
elsewhere the assets are worth only
Re, 13,000, The derelict buildings have
no value.
It is understood from Tehran Embassy
that an off r of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
3^ ,000 (just
over Rg. Jo.CKju) has been received for
the Power Nation, If the Plant is sold
it is desirable that power should con
tinue to be available for ell consular
properties at present served by the
system*
it. 3, WALTERS
Estate or say or, CAIRO,
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The file concerns the sale of consular properties belonging to the British Vice-Consulates at Bushire and Bandar Abbas.
The file includes description of the buildings and the properties, and a valuation report for the Bahmani Electricity Plant at Bushire.
The file contains correspondence between the Commonwealth Relations Office, the British Embassy at Tehran, the UK High Commissioner in India, the UK High Commissioner in Pakistan, the British Vice-Consulate at Bushire, and the Foreign Office.
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- 1 file (115 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. There are notes at the beginning of the file, on folios 2-7. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 117; 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 29/118(7) 'Disposal of unwanted consular property in Bushire'
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- front, front-i, 2r:116v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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