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‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’ [‎24r] (47/110)

The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 10 Dec 1917-22 Jul 1946. 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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Copy cf a letter No.:F.90-H/30 dated the 11th May 1931 from
the Under Secretary to the Government or India in the
JToreign and Political Department, Simla to the Hen* ole the
Political Keaident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
Personal messages to His Majesty
the King-Emperor * y
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I am directed to refer to the ocrrebpcnaence euaing
with the letter from the Government of/India in the Foreign
and Political Department, Nc#J\371-G/29, dated the 24th
December 1929, regarding the procedure for dealing with
messages of a purely personal and private nature addressed to
His Majesty the King Emperor.
2. I am to state that it has been pointed cut to the
Government cf India that the interval which at present
elapses between the receipt in India cf a loyal message for
submission to His i!ajesty and its acknowledgment is somewhat
excessive particularly in view cf the fact that such messages,
when received direct at Buckingham Palace, are acknowledged on
the same day. 7ith a view, therefore, to reduce delay, His
Maj esty's Government have asked that the IcIj. owing procedure
should be adopted
iVhen messages (by telegraph or otherwise) are
received from Ruling Princes having salutes of 11 guns $nd
over, the names only of these princes should be telegraphed
immediately on receipt cf their me. sages direct tc the India
Office by the local authorities concerned (viz, the local
Government, Agent tc the Governor General, or Vsident). In
the case cf its Majesty's Birthday, as many names as possible
should o n t ie raphed on the evening of the anniversary. The
names of the senders would then be communicated by the India
Office to Buckingham Palace for the necessary action in
accordance wita paragraph 1(c)(1) of the Memorandum cf which
a copy was forwarded with the letter referred tc in paragraph
1 above. The full text cf t ie messages should oe forwarded tc
the Government of India for transmission tc England and the

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Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of India, and received by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain via 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. . The instructions include details of: acknowledgement of memorials, dependent on whether the sender is entitled to an eleven-gun salute; form and manner of petitions; method of submission of petitions; circumstances under with a petition may be withheld; transmission of memorials and petitions by provincial governments.

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1 file (52 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (f 53) mirror the chronological arrangement, but only cover that portion of the file’s correspondence dated 1939-1946.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; 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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