'File 4/4 IX Budget Estimates for 1947-48.' [‎3r] (5/128)

Content

The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain for the financial year 1947-48 and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period.

The correspondence is mainly between staff of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, and the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . There is also some correspondence from the Government of India.

The budget estimates cover the following areas of expenditure: pay of officers; pay of establishment; allowances, honoraria etc.; secret expenditure; other charges; and Dubai Hospital. Also included are detailed pay statements for officers and establishment; statement of special war expenditure; and statements of anticipated excesses and savings.

The correspondence includes covering letters; papers concerning a request for estimates of budget excesses under the heads of office allowance, central contract grant, and launch grant (folios 14-27); notification of closure of the Government of India's accounts (folio 47); and requests for confirmation of budget figures.

The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence. The earliest document in the file is a letter on folio 45r, dated 26 August 1938, which forms a reused folio for the copy letter on folio 45v. However, it is the letter on folio 45v (which is upside down) that is the actual filed correspondence item, dated by a Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain receipt stamp of 26 November 1947. The last dated item in the file is a Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain receipt stamp on the last item of correspondence, showing that it was received on 29 December 1948.

Extent and format

1 file (62 folios)

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminates with a set of notes at folios 55-62. Circled serial numbers in ink (red for incoming, blue/black for outgoing correspondence), which occur throughout the file, 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 64; 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 2-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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English in Latin script

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