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'File 6/6 W B Steele - State Engineer; (2) Group Captain H P G Leigh State Engineer' [63v] (126/362)
The record is made up of 1 file (179 folios). It was created in 19 Dec 1931-15 Sep 1945. 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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The file relates to the appointment of holders of the post of State Engineer to the Bahrain Government. The papers include: papers relating to the appointment of William Benjamin Steele as State Engineer, May 1932 - July 1939; correspondence concerning telephones and charges levied by the State Electric Department, July 1940; papers concerning Steele's leave and retirement, July 1944; papers concerning the search for a relief for Steele, April - June 1944; and papers concerning the appointment of H P G Leigh as State Engineer, July 1944 - January 1945.
The date range of the correspondence in this file (the main body of papers) is 19 December 1931 - 6 January 1945. The final date in the overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (179 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 181; 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 2-180; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/230
- Title
- 'File 6/6 W B Steele - State Engineer; (2) Group Captain H P G Leigh State Engineer'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 4r:7v, 9r:13v, 19r:28v, 31r:31v, 34r:37v, 39r:39v, 42r:42v, 45r:46v, 50r:52v, 55r:56v, 58r:67v, 69r:71v, 74r:78v, 80r:80v, 83r:101v, 108v, 121r:132v, 138r:150v, 152r:171v, 173r:180v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence