'File 4/30 Pre-audit of bills and mis. correspondence with A.G.C.R.'

Content

The title of the file is 'Pre-audit of bills and mis. [miscellaneous] correspondence with A.G.C.R'.

The file contains miscellaneous correspondence between the Office of the Accountant General Central Revenues (AGCR), and staff of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain; and related documents, such as pay bills and certificates. There is also some correspondence from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave).

The correspondence covers: a request for the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. accounts; payment of travelling allowance to members of Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff; payment for supply of goods to the Government of Bahrain; and papers concerning staff pay, leave, advances, and dearness allowance.

The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence; the last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 164, dated 11 May [1945].

Extent and format

1 file (164 folios)

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, and terminates with a set of notes between folios 153-164. Circled serial numbers in ink and crayon (red for incoming, blue/black for outgoing correspondence) refer to entries in the notes.

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 166; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-164; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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/15/2/1149

Former external reference(s)

English Office files: 4/30

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Dec 1944-9 Apr 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

Government of India, Accountant-General, Central Revenues

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