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File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’ [155r] (314/368)
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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2.
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e/b.
From
To
The Assistant Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign Department.
Major P. Z^ Cox, C. I* £•,
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.
,
B U S H I R E .
Dated Simla, the A ay 1905,
Boat establishment.
Sir,
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
Ho. 72, dated the 5th February 1905, recommending the follow
ing proposals
(a) The entertainment of the following menial establishment
in the Koweit Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in lieu of that provision
ally sanctioned in this Department letter Ho. 3936 -e/B.,
dated the 19th Hovember 1904*.-'
1 Kawass Bashi on Rs. 16/- per mensem.
2 Kawasses on Rs. 15/- each per mensem.
1 Hakoda on Rs. 20/- per mensem.
2 Boatmen on Rs. 15/- each per mensem.
1 Boy on Rs. 12/- per mensem.
1 Door keeper on Rs. 12/- per mensem.
1 Sweeper on Re. ic/- per mensem.
1 Bhisti on Rs. 10/- per mensem
The appointment of a Sweeper on Rs. 10/- per mensem for
the Koweit Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Dispensary, and
that the grant for Medical contingencies of the Koweit
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
be raised from Rs. 25/- to Rs. 180/-
per annum.
(b)
(c)
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/L/PS/10/69
- Title
- File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’
- Pages
- 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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- Open Government Licence