'File 3/21 I Construction of a Jolly Boat Launch for Bandar Abbas Consulate' [140v] (240/341)
The record is made up of 1 volume (170 folios). It was created in 26 Nov 1934-15 Mar 1947. 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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Correspondence relating to construction of a jolly boat in 1935 and launch in 1947 for Bandar Abbas Consulate. The correspondence discusses, costs, construction materials, place of construction. It includes a hand-drawn diagram for the design of the jolly-boat (folio 5) and a brochure for the Kelvin-Ricardo Petrol and Parafin Marine Engines (folio 56 to folio 99); a copy of The Motor Boat and Yachting (February 1945); technical drawings from the Bergius Co (ff 158-161); large hand-drawn diagrams of the launch (ff 164-166).
Correspondents include: Haji Jasim Taitun, builder of boat; R P Watt, Secretary to 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. ; Captain George Ashmead Cole, 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; Mesopotamia Persia Corporation; Haji Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo, Bahrain.
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- 1 volume (170 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1A, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 190. Foliation errors: ff.1A-C; ff.22A-B. No f.57, f.59, f.61, f.63, f.65, f.67, f.69, f.71, f.73, f.75, f.77, f.81, f.83, f.85, f.87, f.89, f.91, f.93, f.95, f.97, f.99, f.116, f.118.
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