File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’ [88r] (180/368)
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. 1509-Est. (A).
rh
From
To
The DEPUTY SECRETARY to the
GOVERNMENT of INDIA
in the Foreign Depart.uent t
MAJOR P. Z. COX, c.i.e.,
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.
.
Fated Simla t the 11th May 1909.
Sir,
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of Captain Trevor’s letter
No. 258, dated the 24th January 1909, regarding the proposed revision of the
pay and allowances of the crew engaged for the Koweit
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
launch.
2. In the circumstances explained, the Government of India are pleased
to sanction an expenditure of Rs. 479 a
month, as detailed in the margin, on
account of the emoluments of the crew,
with effect from the date of their arrival
at Koweit, and up to the 31st March
3909. With effect from the 1st April
1909, however, the Government of India prefer to allot an annual grant for
this purpose, as in the case of the Bahrein
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
launch, the details of dis
bursement being left to you. I am accordingly to convey sanction to an
annual expenditure of Rs. 5,750 on this account. The establishment employed
under this authority will be non-pensionable.
1 Seacrniny ...
Pay.
Rs.
... 30
Ration
allowance.
Rs.
20
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
... 20
15
... ICO
20
4 Stokers, 1st class, each
... 20
15
1 Bkandary, 2nd class
... 14
15
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
J. B. WOOD,
Feputy Secretary to the Government of India.
Foreign Office Frew—No. 196—12-5-O0—47.
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- Content
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)
- Arrangement
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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- File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:179v, 181r:181v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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