Coll 7/22 'Portuguese India: supply of arms and ammunition by British India' [50r] (99/132)
The record is made up of 1 file (66 folios). It was created in 28 Jan 1934-21 Jun 1940. 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 of letter No.1870/18/P.4., dated the
18th January 1936, from the Army Headquarters in
India (M.g. 0.Branch), to the Chief Ordnance Officei
Perozepore Arsenal.
Subject:- Ammunition * Issues to Foreign
Governments.
Kindly issue urgently the following, on
payment, to the Chief of the Cabinet, to His
Excellency the Governor-General of Portuguese
India, Nova-Goa.
Section 0.2 .
Cartridges 3.A. drill .303" 'D'
Mk.VI. No.30,000.
Chargers .303* Cartridges Mk.IV. No. 4,000.
In selecting chargers, care will be taken to
issue only those which are completely serviceable
and in good condition (visually).
2. Necessary Government sanction to the
issue will follow shortly.
3. Completion of issue will be reported to
A.D.O.S.P. in due course.
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The file contains requests made by the Government of Portuguese India for arms and accessories, ammunition, gas masks, and telephonic equipment, to be supplied from Government of India surplus war material. Copies of the outgoing responses from the Government of India Foreign and Political- and External Affairs Departments are also found within the file. There is a small amount of correspondence dated 1940, conducted between the Government of India and the War Office, regarding further requests for ammunition; these were denied due to a change in Government policy on the export of arms and ammunition.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 file (66 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 66; 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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- Title
- Coll 7/22 'Portuguese India: supply of arms and ammunition by British India'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 16r:16v, 19r:21v, 23r:24v, 26r:27v, 30r:30v, 32r:33v, 35r:35v, 37r:37v, 39r:39v, 41r:44v, 46r:47v, 49r:51v, 54r:55v, 57r:57v, 60r:60v, 63r:65v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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