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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' [92r] (188/891)
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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I am instructed by the Directors of the British India Steam
Navigation Company to inform you that they have ordered and
despatched to Busreh via Bombay, to be fixed in position on the
Outer Bar of the Shatt-al-Arab, an Automatic Acetylene Gas Buoy,
with a Lantern of 305 candle power, which will give a light of
nine miles radius.
Arrangements are also being made to ship from here, as soon
as we can find a steamer which will carry Calcium Carbide, two
tons of that material for generating acetylene gas for lighting
the Buoy, and it is expected that shipment of this Carbide can
be effected by a steamer sailing from here in December or January
next for Busreh.
I am also instructed to advise you, for the information of
the Secretary of State, that the estimated cost of the Buoy,
Lantern and Lighting Material delivered at Busreh is as follows
Buoy £468-15-0
Lantern 124-15-0
Two tons Carbide ... 35- 0-0
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Total £628-10-0
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to which will be added the cost of moorings, the cost of fitting
the whole plant in position, and any Customs Duty which may be
charged by the Turkish Customs, and which, under present
regulations, may amount to 11 $ of the invoice value.
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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.
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- 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.
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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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