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File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’ [‎85r] (174/368)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (180 folios). It was created in 1904-1914. 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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No. 258, dated Bushire, the 24th January (received 2nd February) 1909.
From— Captain A. P. Trevor, I.A., First Assistant Resident, in Charge Current
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Calcutta.
J c0rresp0nd . ence enclin o with my letter No. 2917,
dated the 4th October 1908, on the subject of the crew required for the steam
launch Lewis 1 elly y I have the honour to forward a copy of letter cited
No. 10, dated the 5th January 1909, with ^ Wl ^ which the Political
two enclosures. ' Agent, Koweit, submits a proposition
. , . statement for the revision of his establish
ment m order to provide for the pay and allowances of the crew of the launch.
2. The pay and aliowanoea proposed for the crew by the Director of the
Jo^iT j la “ . Marln e. Bombay, m his letter No. 45541, dated the 16th July
ofiy- 1C f A "T 19 forwal ' ded with Foreign Department letter
No. 287o-E.B., dated Simla, the 29th August 1908, was as follows ;—
1 Seacunny
4 Lascars A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. , 1st class, each
1 Engine Driver, 1st class
1 Stoker, let class
3 Stokers, 1st class, each
1 Bhandary, 2nd class
Pay per
mensem.
Rations.
Tots! per
mensem.
Es.
Es.
Es.


.
. 30 jo/tts 10
40



. 20 „
10
120



. 100 „
20
120


. 20 „
15
35


.
. 20 „
10
90
0


14
• 4 )
10
24
Total
. Rs.
429
The whole crew with the exception of one 1st class Lascar A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. , who was engaged
locally, was sent up with the steam launch on the pay and and allowances
shown above. But on arrival at Koweit the men showed signs of discontent
owing to the dearness of living at that place. I therefore considered it
£ afl ™able to place them on the same footing with the crew of the Bahrein
> steam launch, and the proposihon statement which is now submitted is the
the 1 b C t ° rresp0ndellce whioh has P assed between Major Knox and myself on
J *
3 The extra expenditure proposed amounts to Rs. 50 per mensem which
IS mariA nn no frtll/viTTc, . A
/L-p ™
Hrfv! i Lx
i Ov. i(M kIj*
^ J
Increase of ration
money to Seacunny .....
Rs.
. 10
Ditto
do.
4 Lascars A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. at Rs. 5 each
. 20
Ditto
do.
3 Stokers at Rs. 5 each
. 15
Iwfa) ' y
V
Ditto
do.
Bhandary .....
. 5
Total increase
. 50
.h
r l 4. I trust that the Government of India will be pleased to sanction the
proposed revision which I consider necessary in order to ensure satisfactory
working of the steam launch. I am requesting Major Knox to postpone
paying the proposed enhanced rate of ration money until the proposal is
sanctioned. r
5. A proposition statement in duplicate is submittted. In order to save
time a statement showing the present scale has been sent to the Comptroller,
India Treasuries, Calcutta, for verification, and that officer has been asked to
send it direct to Foreign Department after being duly verified.

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The main contents of the volume are exchanges of letters about government expenditure on the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , primarily between British officials at the Foreign Office, 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. and Treasury in London and Government of India officials at the Foreign Department in Calcutta and Simla. They discuss cost estimates and actual expenditure in relation to the approval of Government of India proposals for the expansion of the cadre of the Indian Political Department in order to fill Consular posts in Persia, 1904-1905 and 1909; the establishment of a new Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait (spelt Koweit), 1904-1907 and the purchase of the steam launch Lewis Pelly , built at the Government Dockyard in Bombay, for the use of 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. at Kuwait, 1906-1907, 1909-1912 and 1914. The volume also contains a sea chart of Kuwait Port, by the Marine Survey of India in 1905.

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1 volume (180 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 339 (Koweit Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. expenditure: steam launch) consists of one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 182; 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.

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