Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the twenty-sixth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Bombay Medical Board; and James McAlister, Assistant Surgeon, Residency in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the amount of medical stores expended by McAlister, and the concerns of the Bombay Medical Board that this exceeds what is justifiable.The item contains a table of contents (f 678), and the title page (f 677) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 26’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 677 and terminates at f 681, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, memoranda and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns the salary and allowances to be paid to Claudius James Rich, the Resident at Baghdad.The main subjects are:The plan to consolidate the residencies at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussora [Basra, sometimes referred to as Bussorah], and the implications of this for future expenditureThe salary and allowances received by Rich’s predecessor, Sir Harford JonesThe question of whether the current situation in Bagdad demands higher levels of expenditure than previouslyCalculations of the salary and allowance payments to be paid to Rich in arrears and in the future.The primary correspondents are: Claudius James Rich, Resident at Baghdad; and John Elphinstone, Civil Auditor and Accountant General, Government of Bombay.The title page (f 5) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 31, Season 1814/15, Draft 20’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, November 1812’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 5, and terminates at 54, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Folio 5a contains fragments of seals that have become detached from folio 5.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency at Bushire and the Adviser to the Government at Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, regarding various matters: expenses and registration fees for Royal Navy ships, immigration regulations and wages for Indian workers, and the raising of a steel barge sunk in Manama, needed for war operations.There is a letter from the Political Agent, in English with Arabic translation.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation is in circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. The numbering starts on the front cover with 1 and 1a, and ends inside the back cover with 90.An earlier foliation system, using uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of rectos, runs through some parts of the file. The following folios are fold-outs: 28, 65, 67, 69.
Abstract: The memorandum provides a brief outline of the development of the 'half and half arrangement'; the principle by which British expenditure in Persia was divided between the British (UK) and British Indian Exchequers. It notes situations where the question of this division has emerged between 1901 and 1914.At the front of the memorandum (folio 144) is a covering letter dated 21 June 1916 from Sir Arthur Hirtzel, Political Department, India Office, addressed to Sir Thomas William Holderness, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India.The author of the memorandum is H W Garrett.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 144, and terminates at f 149, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of a report relating both to the cost of the South Persia Rifles and to the overall political expenditure in Persia. Specifically, the file is concerned with how such costs should be shared between the Government of India and the Treasury.The report is mostly comprised of a note by William Robinson, Secretary to the Financial Department of the India Office, which is dated 15 September 1917 and written in response to the Viceroy's Financial Department's telegram of 8 June 1917. Robinson's note is followed by a shorter note by Sir Stephen George Sale, Legal Adviser, India Office, dated 4 October 1917.Robinson's note responds to assertions made by the Comptroller and Auditor-General in India [Sir Reginald Arthur Gamble] that the existing arrangement between the Government of India and the Treasury in relation to the incidence of expenditure on the South Persia Rifles (also referred to as the South Persian Rifles in this file) is unfair to the Government of India.Robinson summarises the existing arrangement, which is based on the understanding that diplomatic and consular expenditure in Persia should be shared equally between the British Indian and Imperial Governments. Robinson goes on to recount that this arrangement has in practice been applied to various other kinds of expenditure, including the costs of the South Persia Rifles and the allocation of subsidies and loans to the Persian Government. Robinson concludes that the half-and-half principle, as applied both to the costs of the South Persia Rifles and to the subsidies and loans, is both reasonable and legal. In his note, Sale opines that if Robinson is correct in concluding that neither case should be classified as military expenditure then both should be regarded as civil expenditure undertaken for the purposes of the good government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 122, and terminates at f 125, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file consists of a note from the Political Department, India Office, on the division of charges relating to Persia between the British Home Government and the Government of India.The note recounts how charges have been divided between the two since the Report of the Indian Expenditure Commission (better known as the Welby Commission) was published in 1900. The Welby Commission proposed a principle of equal division, which was put into practice from 1900 onwards. In 1917 the issue of Persian charges was re-examined in relation to the costs of the South Persia Rifles and the Seistan Levy Corps respectively (the cost of the former was divided equally, whilst the latter was deemed chargeable to Imperial revenues).The note goes on to cite other cases that have recently required consideration: relief measures in Persia and the construction of the Bunder Abbas-Kerman road and telegraph line. In both cases the Secretary of State in Council proposed that the expenses be divided equally.The note concludes with a quotation from a note recorded by the former Secretary of State for India [Joseph Austen Chamberlain] on 22 June 1916, accepting the principle of half charges.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 157, and terminates at f 157, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: A letter containing the estimate of expenditure of the establishment of HM Minister at the Court of Persia [Iran]. The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Ministers to Persia, James Morier and Henry Ellis, to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, of 30 November 1814 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/152), which was received on 13 March 1815.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The file consists of a memorandum produced by Leonard Day Wakely (Secretary to the Political Department of the India Office) on the question of the administration of Aden. This incorporates Aden proper, the Aden Protectorate, and the territories of Yemen and Asir [ʻAsīr] governed by the Imam of Sanaa and the Idrisi.It provides a history of the administration and control of Aden; highlights the friction and confusion caused by the continued use of temporary arrangements made during the First World War; and asks by what authority Aden should be administered, and on what revenues the expenditure should fall. The pros and cons of transferring the administration to the Imperial Government is discussed, along with financial responsibility, and proposals made by the Government of India and Colonial Office. It includes a table showing the expenditure at Aden and its divisions between Indian and Imperial revenues from 1910 onwards.The memorandum was originally drawn up for the Secretary of State (Viscount Peel) in July 1923. A note has been added noting progress on the settlement one year later.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 36, and terminates at f 38, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of correspondence regarding the expenses of the East India Company’s Persian Mission. The bulk of the correspondence dates from the years 1826-29, but there is also a letter dated 30 July 1823. The correspondence consists of letters between: the Court of Directors, East India Company; George Swinton, Chief Secretary, Government of Bengal; Andrew Stirling, Acting Chief Secretary, Government of Bengal; and Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald (John Macdonald Kinneir), British Envoy at the Court of Persia [Iran]. Topics include:· The failure of the Persian Mission to keep within the limits for expenditure set by the Government of Bengal· The efforts of Macdonald to justify the expenses incurred by the mission· The involvement of the mission during the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828), and in particular the role played by Captain John Campbell, Second Assistant to the Mission· The question of the number of staff henceforward needed by the mission.The correspondence also contains a ‘table of allowances sanctioned by government to the mission for one month and disbursements made by the treasurer for items independent of the mission’ (ff 229-230), and an extract of a resolution issued by the East India Company Territorial Department regarding the allowances to be assigned to Residents and Commissioners (ff 256-7).The title page (f 207) of the item contains the following references: ‘P. C. 779’, ‘Draft 348’, and ‘Examiner’s Office, December 1829’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 207, and terminates at f 257, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file consists of a memorandum produced by the Financial Department of the India Office containing a summary of the civil and military administration charges for Aden c 1900 onwards. It details the capital expenditure incurred by the Government of India; the question of settlement; the consequences of the administration of Aden being transferred to the Imperial Government; and India's annual contribution. It includes a table showing the expenditure at Aden and its division between Indian and Imperial revenues from 1910 onwards.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 31, and terminates at f 35, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The memorandum examines the increases in expenditure — borne by both the Imperial and Indian Governments — on British consulates in Persia.Physical description: Condition: the folios have suffered physical damage which has obscured some of the text.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 53, and terminates at f 54, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: A memorandum explaining the deadlock between the India and Foreign Offices regarding the expenses of the Zanzibar Agency. With quotations from correspondence, the text gives an outline of the principal events since 1861 to document a historical disagreement between the departments over the principle of which department should pay for work carried out by the Zanzibar Agency relating to the abolition of the East Africa slave trade. Written by Arthur Naylor Wollaston, 16 December 1874.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 73, and terminates at f 79, as it is part of a larger volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-168; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.