File about taxation for street lighting in Jerusalem

Greek Bureau of the Russian Foreign Office

File about taxation for street lighting in Jerusalem

Held by Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire (AVPRI)

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Reference	RU-AVPRI/142/391/ff1-10
Title	File about taxation for street lighting in Jerusalem
Dates	1906-02-22-1906-02-22
Dates Start	1906-02-22
Dates End	1906-02-22
Level of description	Item
Extend and medium	1 item, fol. 1-10

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Repository	Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire (AVPRI)
Name of creator(s)	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Imperial Russia (MI)

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Description

Report and copies of reports in Constantinople; tax for street lighting and sweeping out of Jerusalem walls; governor demands to pay it since 1 March, before approbation by consulates and announcement. Owners of buildings out of the walls pay big taxes, habitants inside the walls have a privilege. Local authorities want to take fines from Russian subjects without consul's mediation, question about jurisdiction for foreigners who possess houses, local officials demand bakshish. Sender: Russian consul general in Jerusalem A.G. Yakovlev Recipient: Nicholas Genrikhovich Hartwig, director of First (Asian) department of the Russian foreign ministry.

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Language of material

Russian

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Sources

http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/file-about-taxation-for-street-lighting-in-jerusalem?sf_culture=en

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