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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' [‎262r] (528/891)

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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intensity of about 40,000 candles.
The alternative scheme, as indicated by the Committee,
is a lighthouse on shore.
I he first cost and maintenance of a light vessel as
compared with a lighthouse would be, of course, considerably
greater, though the difference would probably not be so marked
in this instance as in England; still, the establishment and
maintenance of a large floating light would be heavy items of
expenditure for a port like Bushire. To obviate this, I would
suggest yet another scheme, which is in effect a simple
combination of the recommendations of the Admiralty and the
Committee of Enquiry, viz: a lighthouse on Ras as Shaghab and a
gas buoy with a large lantern and a high and conspicuous top-
mark outside the 5-fathom line, so that in hazy weather even in
daytime a vessel would not over-run the anchorage.
A lighthouse on Kas as Shaghab should be a braced
cast-iron structure as recommended for Shaikh Shuaib; and I
estimate its cost, complete with tower, lantern, lighting
apparatus, dwellings, oil store etc. complete, at £ 8 , 000 , and its
annual maintenance at £400, inclusive of all Depot charges. The
light on shore should show two flashes in quick succession every
10 seconds, and be a duplicate of that proposed for Shaikh Shuaib.

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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)
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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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