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‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’ [97r] (197/260)
The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1937-27 Aug 1949. 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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Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
RAPHIC ADDRESS (ALL BRANCHES)
GRAY
CODES USED
BENTLEYS COMPLETE PHRASE
BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE
HEAD OFFICE
122 , LEADENHALL STREET, LONDON , E C.3.
TELEGRAPHIC address GRATUITY, LONDON.
BRANCHES
BU SR EH
AMARAH
KUT
KHORAMSHAHR
ABADAN
AH WAZ
BANDAR SHAH POU R
BUSHIRE
BUNDER ABBAS
BAHREIN
KOWEIT
DUBAI
SHARJAH
MUSCAT
RAS TANURA
EL KHOBAR
RAS EL MISHAAB
LINGAH
IN REPLY PLEASE QUOTE
No , acs/49/161.
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Bahrain, 2nd February, 1949.
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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.
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Bahrain ,
Dear Sir,
With reference to your payment of our Dubai Office D/^ 68
of 1947 for Rs,ll2/L2/- on 26 January 1949, for which you hold
our official receipt No.005796, we have to advise that this was
paid to us by 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.
on 14 June 1947, and we accordingly
enclose our cheque No.399498 for Rs.ll2/L2/- to settle this
duplicate payment. Please acknowledge receipt. t? ‘
Ve also take this opportunity of referring to oiyr letter
ACS/48/1267 of 7 October 1948, which detailed our outstandings
against you up to the end of 1947, totalling Rs o 509/£/-, afeter
allowing for C&F/L/47/240 paid to us on 20 January 1949, and to
which should now be added, of those 1948 items also outstanding :
D/N 48/1530 of 4. 5.1948
M 30. 6.1948
" 5. 5.1948
" 11.11.1948
" 25.10.1948
f /l/48/l93
C&Fj
5748/
L&/'i2bh
C&F/L/48/556
48/3614 " 15.12.1948
48/3733
" 29.12.1948
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Rs.14-12-0
55- 6-0 . .
94- 0-0 (A/c Major G.N^ju_a>
6-14-0 Jackson M.B.E.)
26 - 7-0
2 - 4-0
1 - 8 - 0 , *
this makes a total due to us of Rs.710-5-0, and we look forward to
hearing from you thereon.
V'
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Yours faithfully,
Enel: cheque,
WJH:J.
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Correspondence, timetables and other papers relating to the activities of the shipping agent Gray, Mackenzie & Company, in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider Middle East region. Correspondence and papers relating to other transport operators are also included in the file: Imperial Airways (ff 18-23); Nairn Transport Company (f 13).
Papers issued under a number of different company names or letterheads are stamped ‘Gray Mackenzie & Co. Ltd.’ These include: the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (dissolved in 1937 and replaced by Gray, Mackenzie & Company); Mackinnon Mackenzie & Company; and the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited (BISNC).
Amongst the routine correspondence (accounts, travel and transport arrangements, changes in office personnel), the file also includes:
- details, including timetables, of steamer services operated in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and wider region by Gray, Mackenzie & Company, BISNC, Peninsular and Oriental (P&O);
- a photographic postcard of the BISNC vessel Dwarka (f 57);
- a brochure for the new BISNC vessels Dumra and Dwarka (f 73), with photographs of the vessel’s first- and second-class facilities;
- baggage labels, issued in May 1948 by BISNC to employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (f 77-78).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (126 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 116-127) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- 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 128; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-61; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1560
- Title
- ‘File 16/50 Correspondence with Messrs Gray, Mackenzie & Co., Ltd.’
- Pages
- 7r:7v, 9r:9v, 13r:13v, 17r:17v, 24r:24v, 34r:34v, 39r:39v, 41r:42v, 45r:45v, 47r:47v, 53r:53v, 55r:56v, 58r:59v, 62r:62v, 65r:66v, 68r:68v, 70r:70v, 79r:80v, 90r:90v, 95r:100v, 103r:105v
- Author
- Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited
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