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‘Payments on behalf of P.R.O. Bushire etc – Absentee statements – cash account’ [472v] (950/1098)
The record is made up of 1 file (546 folios). It was created in Apr 1946-Mar 1947. 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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vil ttiha best of iry knowledge and belief , the payments
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I certify 1
"e-eive below, which t^xceea the
balance of the perranent aamuco, ca:d will he paid ■-•ji receipt ^f^the
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be i rwaided as soon as the amount have boon paid. I nave, aal&r
as possible, obtained vouchers for other suk*» mid an resT.sns^oie
tp i: t they have been destroyed or so defaced lr mult flawed what they
cannot be used again. All work bills are annexed. fa+ + ^« i »
(2) -eitified that all the articles detailed in the vouchers attached
to the bill and in those retained in my office have been accounted.
for in tha stock register. .
(3) Certified that the purchases billed for nuve been received in
-odd order y that their quantities are correct and their quantity
that the rates paid are not in excels of the accepted and the market
rates avd that suitable notes of payments have been recorded against
the indnatB and invoices concerned to prevent double payments.
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above Rs.So/- in
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PI. pay to
R. Bakhsh
Signature and designation of
the Drawing Officer,
This certificate if. required when proper store^ accounts of materd^S
and stores purchased are required to be m?intain&d.
Pay
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Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
( 4 . 0 ) f 0r ty six and annas four only,
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b 7 pace for pre-audit enfacement in respect of bills
submitted for pre-audit.
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- Content
The file comprises papers relating to the financial operation of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, including the Public Relations Office (PRO) and, for most of the months represented in the file, contain the following:
- cash accounts for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for each month, with a summary of the month’s receipts and payments, followed by lists of the particulars of receipts and payments;
- absentee statements, providing details of absentees, their rate of pay, nature of absence, and details of the officiating government servant;
- detailed pay bills, including those for the Public Relations Officer;
- fully vouched contingent bills, covering petroleum products, costs related to the running of the PRO (rent of the office, reading room electricity and coffee, salaries, cinema running costs), freight charges, Cable & Wireless cable charges;
- treasury vouchers, including advances for remittance to the 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. Agent in Sharjah, for costs incurred on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and other travel costs;
- travel allowance bills;
- details of payments on Indian military, family and uncovenanted pensions;
- vouchers relating to office allowances, motor launch grants and central contract grants.
Included amongst the paperwork are numerous handwritten notes made by staff at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , some correspondence discussing financial matters in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and some monthly lists, compiled by Cable & Wireless, indicating telegrams sent by the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , including destination, class, word count and cost (ff 24-25, ff 117-121, ff 281-283, ff 480-482).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (546 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, starting with papers relating to the Agency’s accounts for April 1946, running through to papers relating to the Agency’s accounts for March 1947.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 546; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1983
- Title
- ‘Payments on behalf of P.R.O. Bushire etc – Absentee statements – cash account’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:23v, 26r:116v, 122r:280v, 284r:295v, 298r:366v, 366br:366bv, 367r:376v, 378r:386v, 388r:426v, 428r:479v, 483r:545v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence