GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: For Consuls from Minister of Foreign Affairs

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: For Consuls from Minister of Foreign Affairs
Reference
430-002-09-014
Description
  • Series # - 430
  • Box # - 002
  • Folder # - 09
  • Item # - 014
  • Description - 27 instructions for Consuls: Consul will: 1. Announce himself upon arrival at post; 2. Have same privileges as granted to other Consuls in that country, abstain from interfering in the affairs of that country; 4. will charge fees based on listing (for example Noting a Protest for $1.00); 5. who to correspond with; 6. write Official Despatches as noted and if private, how to notate that; 7. inform of anything of national interest; 8. not to engage with Consuls of other nations on political matters; 9. prohibited from export and import of illicit commerce; 10. how to handle subjects and citizen's individual concerns; 11. how to certify documents; 12. transmit his official signature; 13. who cannot be granted a passport; 14. allowance to appoint Vice-Consuls; 15. how to account for postages paid; 16. claiming property of subject who die intestate; 17. handling of wage withholding complaints; 18. abstain from interfering with subject's property cases; 19. attend the trial for any subject; 20. handling of shipwrecked vessels; 21. caution vessel captains of laws; 22. be respectful of the country he resides in, dates the flag is to be hoisted, including November 28 the day when Great Britain and France concurred in a joint declaration recognizing an independent State; 23. identify any Consul exemptions and local regulations; 24. acknowledge these instructions; 25. no one is to make himself odious to the authorities; 26. a consular uniform; 27. instructions may be altered. Signed Walter Murray Gibson.
ID
ark:70111/51Tp
Level
Record
Parent ID
ark:70111/51LJ
Start Date
1883-01-01
End date
1883-01-01
Covering Dates
1883 January 1
Language
English
Closure Type
Open
Open/Closed
true
Closure Status
Open document, open description