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File 74/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Banks at Basra +c. - the Eastern Bank' [160r] (328/436)
The record is made up of 1 volume (212 folios). It was created in 6 Mar 1915-23 Jan 1918. 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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made this 7th day of April 1910
Iklfomt REGINALD LAURENCE ANTROBUS
Esquire C.B. MAURICE ALEXANDER CAMERON C.M.G.
late a Major in His Majesty’s Corps of Royal Engineers and
WILLIAM HEPWORTH MERCER Esquire C.M.G. all of
Whitehall Gardens in the City of Westminster the Crown Agents
for the Colonies (who and the Crown Agents for the Colonies for
the time being are hereinafter referred to as “ the Crown Agents ”)
acting for the Government of the East Africa Protectorate (herein
after referred to as “ the Government ”) of the one part and THE
NATIONAL BANK OF INDIA LIMITED whose registered
office is at No. 17 Bishopsgate Street Within in the City of London
(hereinafter called “ the Bank ”) of the other part.
it has been determined between the parties hereto
that the banking transactions and business of the Government in or
in connection with the East Africa Protectorate (hereinafter referred
to as “the Protectorate”) shall in so far as the Government shall
think proper to employ the services of a Bank and no further be con
ducted as from the date hereinafter mentioned by the Bank at its
London Office and its branches in the Protectorate upon the terms and
subject to the conditions hereinafter contained.
Iloto it is Ijmbg agreed as foilotos:
1. This Agreement shall come into operation and take effect as from 0
from the 1st day of July 1910. i 9 io. uly
2. The Bank shall from time to time and at all times during the Bank to
continuance of this Agreement transact all such banking business of Government
° t -i banking busi-
the Government as the Bank may from time to time be lequiieci by ness without
.i.-ii, charge except
the Government to transact and except m any case m wnicn and. tOi ncer t a in
such extent as any charge is hereby expressly authorised no chaige
shall be made by the Bank for transacting such business dining every
period during which the balances standing to the ciedit of the current
account of the Government at the London Office of the Bank and at
its Branches in the Protectorate shall amount in the aggregate to the
sum of Rs. 300,000 such current accounts being (except where the
context otherwise requires) hereinafter collectively referred to as
“ the current account.”
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The file consists of correspondence and other papers mostly related to the Eastern Bank being invited by the Secretary of State for India to open a branch at Basra and to conduct the banking business of the Government of India at Basra. It also includes papers relating to: the Eastern Bank offering the services of their Baghdad branch to the Government of India, and the status of the Baghdad branch; the proposal of the Eastern Bank to open new branches at Ahwaz, Dizful [Disful] and Bahrein [Bahrain]; the Bank’s suggestion that all its employees in India should be exempted from military service (in the First World War); and applications for passports by the Bank for Bank employees.
The file mainly consists of internal 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. notes, Minute Papers, and Reference Papers, and correspondence between 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. and the following: the Manager of the Eastern Bank, Limited, London; the Viceroy of India, Foreign Department; and the Foreign Office. It also includes 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. correspondence with the Treasury, the Colonial Office, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the War Office, and other correspondents.
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (212 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
The subject 74 (German War) consists of four volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/528-531). The volumes are divided into six parts, with parts 1, 2 and 3 comprising one volume each, and parts 4, 5 and 6 comprising the fourth volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 212; 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.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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- File 74/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Banks at Basra +c. - the Eastern Bank'
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- 150r:162v
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