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Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’ [48r] (95/106)
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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S.39087.
Sir,
' • THSAPURY CHAMBERS.
t / (10th July. 1934
/ - ^
I have laid before the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty’s Treasury Mr. Brigstooke's letter of the 7th June 1934,
(191562/32/iVY. ) requesting sanction for the provision as a
charge to Air Vote 8, 1934, Subhead D. Part I Item No.3
"Expenditure on Arabian Coast Section” of the Egypt-India Route,
of certain services additional to the rest house’ at Shargah which
has already been completed at a cost of £9,250.
These services are as follows:-
• ..1:1. I
1. Shargah.
(a) Generating Plant £3,500
(b) Floodlights, defence lights, and
obstruction lights £2,000
(c) Bulk petrol installation £ 550
(d) Water Supply and Distillation Plant £1,000
(e) Accommodation for Indian
Meteorological Staff
(f) Minor improvements to accommodation
including strengthening of defence wiring
and contingencies
700
250
£ 8.000
Items (a) and -(b) and (f) are already in hand.
2. Bahrein.
Installation of W.T. equipment and
provision of control line to
aerodrome £ 500
These comprise all the new works services involved in
the transfer of the air route to the Arabian side of the Gulf.
The Air Council propos e that the accommodation for the
Indian Meteorological Staff should form an integral part of the
rest house, and that the Indian Meteorological Department, which
has indicated its willingness to pay a suitable rental, should
be charged £70 per annum for the accommodation provided.
In reply I am to request you to inform the Air Council
that My Lords sanction these proposals and the consequent
increase in the total estimate of the service from £15,000 to
£18,000 on the understanding that -
(a) any additional expenditure drring the current year
is met from savings under the subhead or the Vote,
and
(b) the Air Council are assured, after consultation
u' in m with the £ olitioal Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
that
• ' '* their proposals in regard to the provision of
accommodation for the Indian Meteorological Staff are
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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)
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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.
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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 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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- 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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