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Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’ [10r] (19/106)
The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1934-18 Oct 1948. 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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A. 854303/46
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17th March, 194S
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Air to acquaint
you, for the information of the Secretary of State for Commonwealth
Relations, that the question of the continued operation of
meteorological stations, outside India and Pakistan, which were
formerly operated by the Indian Meteorological Department, has
been under consideration in this department.
2 . I am to state that, according to the decisions of the
Partition Council, the Governments of India and Pakistan are
agreeable to maintaining such of these stations as may still be
required by H.M. Government ? until it is possible for them to
be taken over by the U.K. Meteorological Service.
3 . I am to say that of these former Indian operated meteorolo
gical stations, only those at Bahrein and Sharjah are considered to
be carrying out functions for the United Kingdom. There is, however,
already a U. K. meteorological station at Bahrein, and so far as this
Department is concerned, there is no need for the former Indian
station to continue in operation.
A. As regards Sharjah, it is anticipated that it v/ill be
possible to open a station there by about September 1948, and I am
therefore to request that the Pakistan Government may be asked t
continue to operate this station until the U. K. Meteorological
Service is able to take over.
I am. Sir,
Your obedient Servant
The Under Secretary of State,
Commonwealth Relations Office,
Division B,
Downing Street, S.W.1.
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The file contains correspondence and related notes on the provision of accommodation in the Sharjah Rest House for observers of the Indian Meteorological Department; the observers at Sharjah were to be transferred from Muscat. It also contains some discussion over the future of the observatories operated by the Indian Meteorological Department at Bahrain and Sharjah – following the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 – and arrangements for their replacement with observatories run by the UK Meteorological Service.
A statement showing some activities of the Royal Air Force Observatory at Bahrain can be found on folios 16-17.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle and Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), 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. at Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch), officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the 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. (the Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947). The file does not include any correspondence for the years 1936-46.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (51 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. A set of file notes can be found at the front of the correspondence on folio 52.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1986
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- Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:52v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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