‘Foreign Office budget for the year 1949-50 and six monthly expenditure etc.’

Content

The file comprises papers relating to the accounts (actual expenditure and estimated budget) of the Political Agencies at Bahrain and Sharjah:

• a copy of a circular written by Ernest Bevin, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 18 July 1946, requesting returns from overseas agencies of their expenditure for the period April to September 1946, and enclosing specimen forms (ff 3-7, with duplicates at ff 10-14);
• a copy of a second circular from Bevin, dated 30 April 1948, acknowledging the difficulties and delays in receiving accounts of expenditure for 1946, and stressing the need for accurate and prompt accounts for the period 1948-1949, with a revised form for returns enclosed (ff 8-9);
• compiled budget estimates for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, and for the Sharjah and Dubai Agencies, for the financial year 1949-50 (ff 16-26);
• further specimen forms for annual returns of expenditure, listed under various subheadings (public information services, consular establishments, diplomatic establishments, commercial diplomatic establishments) (ff 31-37);
• the annual return of expenditure and receipts for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain for the period 1 April to 30 September 1948, with financial estimates for the subsequent eighteen months (ff 39-50).

Financial figures are given in a mixture of British sterling and Indian rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , with conversion rates indicated (for example, 1 pound sterling being equivalent to 13.26 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , f 39).

Extent and format

1 file (50 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; 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.

Condition: Water damage to the file notes (f 51) has obliterated a large portion of the handwritten notes on this folio.

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/15/2/1821

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Jul 1946-30 Nov 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Colonial administrationAccountsForeign offices

Places

BahrainSharjah

People & organisations

Bahrain Political AgencyPolitical Agent, Trucial CoastSecretary of State for Foreign Affairs

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‘Foreign Office budget for the year 1949-50 and six monthly expenditure etc.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1821, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x00022c> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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