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File 252/1910 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying; the B.I.S.N. Co's buoyage system taken over by Govt of India' [64r] (132/891)
The record is made up of 1 volume (444 folios). It was created in 1907-1916. 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 .
Whitehall Houee,
29/30 Charing Grots, ¥.W,
21st January, 1911*
The Secretary,
British India • .Cc.
9, Throgmorton Avenue, 1*C*
Dear Sir,
In connection with, the huoy shipped to Bombay, we beg
to send you herewith the following documents:-
Three copies of the ocean
Bill of Lading
A document confirming the goods which a ship has received.
.
Three copies of the Packing List.
Three copies of our Invoice*
We would call your attention to the charge of £ 4 - 12-6 for
Insurance. Our forwarding Agents in Dew York billed our Head
Office with these charges instead of invoicing them in the
amount of freight and shipping charges to be collected at des
tination. However, jddck ikx xkxx. it will be satisfactory to
you*
We also wish to point out that the charges mentioned in
the
Bill of Lading
A document confirming the goods which a ship has received.
are not in accordance with the quotations
given to our Head Office through our Pcrw&rding Agents. The
quotation made was 22 s/Sd* per ton on pieces up to two tons,
weight or measurement ship’s option, and 40s/- on pieces up to
three tons, ship’s option, an allowance of one-third to be made
off the measurement of the largest piece. They charged 885 c*
feet at 37 g/ 6 d. per ton. The gross measurement of the largest
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, plans, photographs, indentures and tables relating to the lighting and buoying of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The discussion in the volume relates to the transfer of the responsibility for lighting and buoying from the British India Steam Navigation Company to the Government of India, and the planning, costs of construction and the diplomacy associated with this.
Included in the volume (ff 303-310) is the 'Report of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyages of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. Key locations identified for lighting are: Muscat, Little Quoin, Jezirat Tanb, Sheikh Shuaib, Kubbar Island, Ras Al Arz, Fasht ad Dibal.
The volume is part 1 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part of the year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (444 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 252 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Lighting and Buoying) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/168-169. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the loose spine with 444; 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/10/168
- Title
- File 252/1910 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying; the B.I.S.N. Co's buoyage system taken over by Govt of India'
- Pages
- 25r:28v, 30r:33v, 38r:38v, 50r:53v, 55r:55v, 62r:65v, 71r:71v, 92r:95v, 99r:99v, 108r:108v, 132r:133v, 139r:139v, 431r:432v, 440r:441v
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- British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
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