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Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia [170r] (339/442)
The record is made up of 1 file (221 folios). It was created in Nov 1911-Mar 1917. 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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2039
Written Answers.
10 July 1912
Written Answers.
2040
Mr. BUXTON: The following appoint- I surance Act have been allotted to exist-
ments under Part II. of the National In- I ing Civil Servants:—
Nature of Appointment.
Hank of Officer before
Appointment.
Department to which previously
attached.
Men.
Insurance Officer ...
Chief of Section
Assistant Chief of Section ...
Staff Officer ...
Manager (4th Grade)
Clerks
Assistant Insurance Officer.
Higher Grade Second Divi
sion Clerk
Minor Staff Clerk ...
Staff Divisional Officer ...
Second Class Staff Officer...
Examiner in Office of Official
Receiver
3 Upper Division Clerks ...j
Minor Staff Officer... ...j
Second Division Clerk
(Higher Grade)
Staff Officer...
Senior Realisation Clerk ...
2 Examiners
1 Second Class Clerk
1 Second Division Clerk ...
5 Second Division Clerks...
1 Second Division Clerk ...
1 Second Division Clerk ..
1 Second Division Clerk ...
Sorting Clerk and Tele
graphist
1 Assistant Clerk ...
1 Assistant Clerk ...
3 Sorting Clerks and Tele
graphists
2 Postmen ...
2 Clerical Assistants
2 Second Division Clerks...
1 Minor Staff Clerk
1 Deputy Superintendent ..
2 Second Division Clerks...
2 Second Division Clerks...
1 Second Division Clerk ..
1 Second Division Clerk ...
I Second Division Clerk ...
1 Second Division Clerk ...
1 Second Division Clerk ...
1 Second Division Clerk ...
1 Second Division Clerk ...
1 Second Division Clerk ...
1 Second Class Clerk
1 Third Class Clerk
1 Third Class Clerk
Women.
Staff Officer ...
Claims and Checking
Clerks
1 Principal Clerk ...
6 First Class Clerks
1 Second Class Clerk
Clerks 165 Women Clerks...
... 1 Woman Sorter ...
1 Counter Clerk and
graphist
1 Telephone Clerk ...
1 Shorthand Typist
Tele-
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Board of Education.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Exchequer and Audit.
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.
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Inland Revenue.
Board of Trade.
Foreign Office.
British Museum.
Board of Agriculture.
General Post Office.
Board of Trade.
Prison Commission (Scotland).
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
Board of Trade.
Board of Trade.
Mercantile Marine Offices.
Board of Education.
Local Government Board.
War Office.
Civil Service Commission.
Inland Revenue.
General Post Office.
Charity Commission.
Home Office.
Scotch Education Department.
Office of the Commissioner of Valua
tion, Ireland.
General Register House, Edinburgh.
Principal Probate Registry.
Court of Criminal Appeal.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
General Post Office.
Some further appointments will prob
ably be necessary, and I propose to offer
them to existing Civil Servants wherever
practicable, but it is not possible to fix in
advance the exact proportion of such ap
pointments which will be so filled.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and other papers relating to railway projects in Persia [Iran] and the surrounding region. The papers deal with the proposals for, planning, and progress of, several railway lines, including one from the Mediterranean to India, the Trans-Persian Railway, the Baghdad Railway, and the Nushki and Dalbandin extension from Quetta. The documents discuss the merits and flaws of the proposals, technical issues such as gauge sizes, and the impact of such projects on Britain's relations with Russia, Germany, France, and Turkey.
At the back of the file are a number of official reports on Parliamentary debates within the House of Commons, dating from 10 July 1912 to 25 May 1914, all of which feature railways (folios 128-218). Also at the rear of the file are three maps:
- General Map of Asia with proposed British, German, and Russian rail lines added by hand
- War Office map of the Middle East, showing railways and railway projects
- As above with further rail lines added and details of gauges given.
Correspondents include: Arthur Campbell Yate, army Officer; Henry McNiel; Francis Richard Maunsell, army officer; George Lloyd, politician; Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington, army officer and war correspondent; Lord Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Leader of the House of Lords; Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice (Lord Lansdowne), statesman; Lucien Wolf, journalist and historian; Charles Staniforth, businessman and railway investor; Charles Prestwich Scott, Editor of the Manchester Guardian; Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Director, Imperial Bank of Persia; and Colonel Frank Cooke Webb Ware, former Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Chagai.
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- 1 file (221 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 221; 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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- Mss Eur F112/252
- Title
- Letters and Papers Concerning the Trans-Persian Railway and Other Railways in Persia
- Pages
- 87r:90v, 95r:221v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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