‘Payments on behalf of P.R.O. Bushire etc – Absentee statements – cash account’

Content

The file comprises papers relating to the financial operation of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, including the Public Relations Office (PRO) and, for most of the months represented in the file, contain the following:

• cash accounts for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for each month, with a summary of the month’s receipts and payments, followed by lists of the particulars of receipts and payments;
• absentee statements, providing details of absentees, their rate of pay, nature of absence, and details of the officiating government servant;
• detailed pay bills, including those for the Public Relations Officer;
• fully vouched contingent bills, covering petroleum products, costs related to the running of the PRO (rent of the office, reading room electricity and coffee, salaries, cinema running costs), freight charges, Cable & Wireless cable charges;
• treasury vouchers, including advances for remittance to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent in Sharjah, for costs incurred on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and other travel costs;
• travel allowance bills;
• details of payments on Indian military, family and uncovenanted pensions;
• vouchers relating to office allowances, motor launch grants and central contract grants.

Included amongst the paperwork are numerous handwritten notes made by staff at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , some correspondence discussing financial matters in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and some monthly lists, compiled by Cable & Wireless, indicating telegrams sent by the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , including destination, class, word count and cost (ff 24-25, ff 117-121, ff 281-283, ff 480-482).

Extent and format

1 file (546 folios)

Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, starting with papers relating to the Agency’s accounts for April 1946, running through to papers relating to the Agency’s accounts for March 1947.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 546; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1983

History of this record

Date(s)

Apr 1946-Mar 1947 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

AccountsFinancial records

Places

Bahrain

People & organisations

Bahrain Political AgencyPublic Relations Officer, Persian Gulf, Bahrain

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‘Payments on behalf of P.R.O. Bushire etc – Absentee statements – cash account’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1983, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0002ce> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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