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'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence' [‎114r] (223/534)

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The record is made up of 1 file (265 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1944-3 Jul 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Department.
EXPRESS LETTER (AIR MAIL).
[N.B.— This is an ORIOINAL message sent by AIR MAIL tchich provides a means of communication more
expeditious than the ordinary mail and is cheaper than the telegraph. It is intended to be treated,
on receipt, with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed. To save time and to obviate
formalities it is drafted in the form of a telegram. It is atUhenticaied by the signature of a
responsible officer of the Department.]
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. ,
No. 376-S. » .
Dated
the 4th April 1946.
To
Repeated
Foreign, New Delhi,
y Political, Bahrain.V"
Political, Sharjah.
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Indian Locust Delegation to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
Your Express Letter No. D.1394-G/46 dated 15th
March lb46.
2. To prevent avoidable delay, it is preferable for
payments to be made in lump sums 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.
Bahrain according to the requirements of the Political
Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , who will countersign all bills and
vouchers of the locust delegation.
3. 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. Bahrain and the Political
Officer Irucial Coast have therefore been instructed
accordingly.
3d. GEOFFREY PRIOR.
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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for Secretary to the Political
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . (%natere)
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s. 44.
MFP—1015 S&P—(M-1870;—9-2-39—20.000.
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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and Sharjah, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Government of India at New Delhi, Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd. and other suppliers, on arrangements and expenditures for sending an anti-locust delegation from Karachi to Oman for four months in 1946 and on supplies requested for the anti locust campaigns in Oman and Kuwait.

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1 file (265 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file (folios 250-267). The notes refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red crayon or blue, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1; then 2-18; 19 and 19A; 20-150; 151 and 151A; 152-190; 191 and 191A; 192-199; 200 and 200A; and carries on until 268, which is the last number given, on the inside of the back cover. The following folios are missing or skipped: 6, 8, 21, 99, 167, 187. There are two other foliations sequences, which are incomplete.

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