Coll 29/2 'Bushire Residency: question of transfer to Bahrain' [‎323r] (650/902)

They are both fairly senior officers and usually married, and
provision mist be made for taeir families, and it must be
borne in mind that, if 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. is transferred to Bahrain,
the Resident and his staff will be living in the worst climate
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and should certainly be provided with
commodious and cool houses. The book value of the present
Secretary’s house is about £ 5000. If w&s, however, built many
years ago when all materials and labour were about half what
they are nowadays, and it is merely an adapted Persian house
to which certain alterations and additions have been made to
fit it for occupation by Europeans. It has cost no less than
£ 7000 recently to put a new roof and carry out some minor
alterations to the exceedingly v/ell-built and commodious house
provided for His Ma.iesty*s Consulate Basrah; it has cost
£ 8000 to construct a Vice-Consulate at Hama dan, exclusive oi
the cost of site, while the cost of the Kerraanshah Consulate,
inclusive of site, tbs £ 12,200. Houses in a hot climate
must necessarily be larger than houses in a cool climate. I
do not think therefore that the estimate of £ 10,000 Plus
£ 600 for servants' Quarters, out-houses, etc. is excessive
for these two houses. The Under Secretary and the Assistant
Engineer are more .junior officials and I have estimated the
cost of fhi^ir houses at half the above figures.
7. The gazetted officers are generally senior Anglo-
Indians or Indians, and nearly always have their families and
children with tiiem. An estimate of £ 1500 for their houses,
olus £ 160 for servants' quarters, etc. is not, I thin ,
exce ssive.
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8. The office building and Treasury wixi nd
^ 4 -oi q 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. Surgeon and all tiie
offices for the two secretaries, Hesiuex^.y
— _ y, 4-vip Assistant iiingineer and
clerical establishment; also 10 *
, n'P'Ticer* accoun uants , etc., -.<0
his staff and the Treasury Ot ic.
cj-f T*nTip’ rooms, etc. and probably
well as the usual record rooms.