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'File 4/49 II Foreign Office Account.' [229r] (457/512)
The record is made up of 1 file (254 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1949-4 Nov 1950. 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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Letter No.(XF I320(14/49) dated the 7th July 1949 from
Foreign Office, Lonflor u 2 ’
A statement of receipts from Post Office in detail
for the quarters ended, December 1948, March 1949, and June
1949 together with a summary thereof submitted below.^ This
statement, if approved, may be forwarded to Foreign O^ice
with a covering letter. D.F.A.
As regards instructions in the second paragraph of the
p.u.c., we shall forward monthly statement of Post Office
receipts 'to F.O. May hand over a copy of the p.u.c. to
the Shar.-jah Accountant, who is here at the moment, for
necessary action.
s/PA.
Intd. K.Y.M.
13/7
Intd. H.G.J.
Issued letter No.F^56 dat ed 1 3-7-49 to F.O.
( 2 - '
Letter No.XF1320(14/49) dated 25th July 1949 from Foreign
office, London.
I remember Sharjah Accountant took with him a copy
of S.24. May' remind Shar jah to submit the required
statement. D'.F.A. Intd. K.Y.M#
Statement of this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for July 1949 submitted below,
with a covering letter to F.O. D.F.A* Intd.K.Y.M.
Intd.A.R. 7/8/49
Intd.H.G.J•
Issued letter No.1995 datecTToth August 1949 to Sharjah
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
Issued letter Mo.F.63 to FLO.London*
(£?)
F.O. Query Nos.1-5 dated 1st March, 1949*
Original returned to F .0. with answers.
CSo)
Copy of Query Nos.1-5 dated 1-3-49 from F.O. with
office copy of answers to them.
(37)
F.O. Queries 6-9 re:September 1948 Quarter Accounts
Query No.6: Noted instructions for future guidance.
Query No*7 : It is seen that this item refers to
an expenditure on repairs o r typewriters incurred by the
Sharjah
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. The information required by F.O. viz., the
manufacturers* name and the numbers of the typewriters are
not available with us. D.F.A. to Sharjah Office.
Query No.8 : Now that Sharjah Office are maintaining
their own accounts, a separate X form will be furnished by them
with their quarterly ac'count s in future in the usual course.
Query No*9 ? a) Trial Balances As we have not been
maintaining ledgers in this post in the past, there is no
question of submitting ’’Trial Balance" at all. This will be
furnished from our September 1949 quarter account onwards,
as we have now introduced ledger system*
b) Bank Reconciliation: A separate^
account under this Head will have to be opened in our leger
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The file relates to the operation of the Foreign Office Account of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain. The papers contain references to the kind of expenditure that came under this head, including expenditure on other posts in the region that were funded by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain. The papers consist of correspondence from 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. , Bahrain and his staff; correspondence from the Foreign Office Finance Department; correspondence from 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. ; correspondence from staff of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah; statements of deposits received from the Bahrain Post Office into the Foreign Office Account with the Eastern Bank Limited, 1948 - February 1950; quarterly statements of account of Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Foreign Office Account - B, for the quarters ended June 1950 and September 1950; and related correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (254 folios)
- Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminates with a set of notes between folios 225-255. Circled serial numbers in ink and crayon (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) refer to entries in the notes.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; 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. An additional sequence, which uses the serial numbers in the file (described under Arrangement), with the addition of supplementary numbers (including a, b etc. numbers) to create a false foliation, is also present in the file between ff 1-224; the supplementary numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are located to the left of the main foliation sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1158
- Title
- 'File 4/49 II Foreign Office Account.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:119v, 121r:142v, 144r:187v, 189r:202v, 204r:211v, 213r:255v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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