File 50/1914 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying' [94r] (192/266)
The record is made up of 1 volume (129 folios). It was created in 1912-1923. 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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WINCHESTEP HOUSE,
OLD BPOAD STREET,
i ~"\~ i - | LONDON, E.C. •
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)6x, \ , 2 'i 2 C I 19th Jul y> 1912 *
I iDeg to acknowledge receipt of your letter
No. 29476/12 of the 16th instant transmitting con
fidentially copy of a letter from the Trinity House to
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 of a Memorandum prepared in the
latter department relative to the proposed establish
ment of a lighthouse depot on the island of Abadan.
With reference to the enquiries contained in
your letter I have to reply as follows:-
(1) My Company will be pleased to lease to
the Government of India the area required for the
proposed depot up to a total of 2 acres foi a
period of 49 years from the 29th May 1912 at a
rental of £1 per acre - i.e. for the same period
I as we hold the land’ from, and at practically ohe
same rent as we pay to the Sheikh of Moharmerah.
(2) We shall be pleased to carry out the
works
'he Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
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This file contains letters relating to the construction of a lighthouse depot on Abadan Island, in Persia. The papers are exchanges between British authorities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Trinity House in London, and the British Government of India. The bulk of the papers relate to the replacement of the former site of the depot for its new location at Fao at the mouth of the Shatt al Arab waterway.
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- 1 volume (129 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 131; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/442
- Title
- File 50/1914 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf: Lighting and Buoying'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:47v, 51r:111v, 114r:116v, 123r:123v, 125r:125v, 129r:130v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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