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File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’ [‎164r] (332/368)

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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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Enclosure No. 1.
No. 1575 E.-A., dated Simla, the 13th May 1904.
From—The Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Depart
ment,
To—W. C. Macpherson, Esq., C.S.I., Chief Secretary to the Government of
Bengal.
I am directed to request that, if His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor has no
objection, the services of Civil Assistant Surgeon Daudar Rahman Khan, M.B.,
may be placed at the disposal of the Foreign Department for deputation to
Koweit, to hold charge of a Post Office, to perform such sanitary and medical
duties as may he required of him, and to be the local representative of the Indian
Government under the orders of 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
2. The Assistant Surgeon will receive the pay of his grade, plus a local
allowance of Rs. 100 a month, Rs. 30 a month sumptuary allowance, and
Rs. 12 a month house-rent. He will also receive an outfit allowance of
Rs. 150. He should be directed to proceed at once to Bushire; but, before
leaving India, he should be directed to visit Bombay en route, so as to allow
of his obtaining general instructions from the office of the Postmaster-General,
and learning the simple departmental procedure which he will have to follow.
When the Post Office is opened at Koweit, the Postmaster-General, Bombay,
will depute the Superintendent of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to see on the spot that the
Assistant Surgeon understands the work which he will have to undertake.
3. A postman, to perform the work of packer and stamper, will be deputed
to accompany the Assistant Surgeon to Koweit, and the necessary office furni
ture, seals, forms, &c., will be supplied by the Postmaster-General, Bombay,
who will arrange to have them despatched by the steamer by which the
Assistant Surgeon may travel. An allowance of Rs. 3 a month has also been
sanctioned to cover the cost of office contingencies.
4. The Sheikh of Koweit will arrange for a house to be placed at the
disposal of the Assistant Surgeon, who should report himself to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, before proceeding to take up his
appointment at Koweit, in order that he may there receive instructions in
regard to his attitude generally, and to the duties other than postal and medical
that he will be expected to perform.
5. Arrangements will be made for the supply at Bombay of a simple
medical and surgical outfit sufficient to enable the Assistant Surgeon to begin
professional work in a small way.

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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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