‘Miscellaneous 16/10 Eastern Bank Ltd: Correspondence with ––’

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Routine correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and successive managers of the Eastern Bank Limited in Bahrain (H Barden, D Ham, M Gunn, C W F Skrimshire).

Correspondence received from the Eastern Bank includes: notices of credits to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. current account; notices of credits to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. medical allowance, coming from the ‘Bahrain Government Consolidated Fund’; account balance statements; notifications of opening hours and bank closures, either for public holidays or for the closing of the bank’s books. Copies of correspondence sent by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. includes: covering letters, the originals of which were sent with cheques to be cashed (disposed of) at the Bank.

Exchanged correspondence covers: queries regarding interest payments on the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. current account; arrangements regarding duplicate keys for the Eastern Bank’s safe, which were held at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; the issue of drafts for Iraq and India ‘at par’ (i.e., at equal value); correspondence relating to the applicability of the Negotiable Instruments Act (1881) at Bahrain; the shipping of Eastern Bank specie to the Saudi Arabian Government via Hassa (also spelt Hasa) [al-Aḥsā’], including a letter in Arabic from the Amir of Hassa, ’Abdurllah bin Jalawi [Saud bin Abdullah bin Jiluwi Āl Sa‘ūd].

The file also includes:

• copies of annual reports for the Eastern Bank for the years 1928 (ff 79-80), 1932 (ff 170-171), 1935 (ff 236-237) and 1937 (ff 248-249);
• copies of Eastern Bank reviews of the past year, reprinted from The Times Company Meetings, dated 30 March 1933 (ff 166-167), 21 March 1935 (ff 232-232), 21 March 1936 (ff 239-240), and 19 March 1938 (ff 250-251);
• a booklet detailing the activities of the Eastern Bank Trustee and Executor Company (India) Limited (ff 214-225);
• personal correspondence dated 1935 between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. (Percy Gordon Loch) and the Manager of the Eastern Bank in Bahrain (C W F Skrimshire) relating to the mooring of Skrimshire’s yacht Viking (ff 226-230, f 234).

While the file’s papers date from 15 May 1926 through to 19 March 1938, the notes at the end of the file refer to correspondence dating between July 1933 and December 1940.

Extent and format

1 file (259 folios)

Arrangement

The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 252-260) approximately mirror the chronological arrangement.

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 261; 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 present in parallel between ff 4-260; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic 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/15/2/1503

Former external reference(s)

English Office: File 16/10

History of this record

Date(s)

15 May 1926-31 Dec 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Financial administrationBanking

People & organisations

Eastern Bank Limited

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