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'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [131v] (267/610)
The record is made up of 1 volume (301 folios). It was created in 1922. 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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228
Financial
Administration
Theory.
1 150,000,000, krans, which might be further increased after 5
or 6 years to 235,000,000 krans.
The annual civil expenditure would krans. £ i
approximate . . . 120,000,000 4,000,000 fep
Charge on Mebts already c[ e f ra
contracted , . 15,000,000 83,333 0 f al
Military expenditure . . . 90,000,000 3,000,000
krs. . 235,000,000 £7,500,000
A new and elaborate paper organization for the Finance
Department was drawn up by the third Majlis on the with
drawal of the Belgians from the Finances in 1916 by which the
department is divided into the following branches:—
1. Department of Minister of Finance. —General control
and supervision in execution of laws regulating the financial
administration, economical control of Finances and prevention
of waste of public money, signature of all documents authoriz
ing payments, submission of national Budget and any financial
measures to the Majlis, signature of tax rolls prepared by
Revenue Assessment Department (2), convening of Supreme
Council (8).
2. Revenue Assessment Department. —Assessment of pro
vincial taxation and forwarding of tax rolls to provinces, fur
nishing of Department of Treasurer General (3) with details
and totals of yearly revenues, administration of crown lands
and of Mint.
3. Department of Treasurer General. —Collection and cen
tralization of all revenues and income, payment of all authorized
expenses at Minister’s order, submission of monthly account to
the Accountants Department (4).
4. Accountants Department. —Centralization and maintenance
of all accounts, preparation of national Budget, of annual
report on state of Persian finances.
5. Customs Department.—General administration of Customs,
submission of monthly accounts to Accountants Department
(4), payment of credit balance to Department of Treasurer
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1 £5,000,000 at estimate of 30 krans per £1.
2 Exclusive of debts to Russia. The amount varies according to the rate
of exchange. The present rate of 30 krans to £1 is abnormally low with the
result that although the public debt is much greater than in 1914, the annual
sum in krans required for interest on it is less.
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Military report compiled by Captain LS Fortescue of the General Staff of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and printed in Calcutta at the Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922.
The volume begins with a statement defining the geographical area covered by the report. The report is divided into ten chapters, plus appendices, each concerning a different subject, as follows:
- Chapter 1: History
- Chapter 2: Geography
- Chapter 3: Climate, Water, Medical and Aviation
- Chapter 4: Ethnography
- Chapter 5: Administration (including a table of provinces with administrative details (folios 123-30)
- Chapter 6: Armed Forces of the Persian Government
- Chapter 7: Economic Resources
- Chapter 8: Tribes
- Chapter 9: Personalities
- Chapter 10: Communications
- Appendices: Glossary of terms; Weights, measures and coinage; Bibliography; Historical sketch (Chapter 1) continued from June 1920 to the end of 1921
At the back of the volume (folio 302) is a map to illustrate the report.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (301 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a contents page (folio 5) and list of illustrations (folio 6) at the front of the volume and an index at the back (folios 270-300). All refer to the volume's original pagination. The index also includes map references of all places marked on the map.
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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 303; 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.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:301v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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