Coll 29/82 'Bahrain Agency office: reorganisation' [‎28r] (55/76)

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Godv of a letter No*455 dated the 25th February
1936, from the Hon’ble 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. , to the Forei^a Secretary to t AA e Government
of India, New Delhi.
Reorganisation of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Office
I have the honour to refer to Colonel Loch 1 a
letter No.2000, dated the 29th September 1935,
recommending the creation of a temporary appointment of
an Upper Division clerk in the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Office
and foreshadowing the need for strengthening tne
clerical staff of that dgency.
2. I now submit extracts from Col. Loch f s report
containing his proposals for reorganisting the English
section of the Bahrain Igency Office. The facts and
figures given in support of the proposed increase of
establishment speak for themselves. I entirely agree
with the view expressed in paragraph 6 of Col.Loch T s
letter cited above that, in view of the recent
developments in Bahrain itself and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
area generally, it is no longer possible to regard the
Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Office as a political office of the
old days in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and that it needs to be
reorganised to meet the new ana ever increasing demands
upon it.
3. It will be observed that Col Loch proposes to
divide the English Office into two sections, viz., the
general English section and the Confidential section,
the former to be composed of a Gazetted Officer in
place of the present Head Clerk, two Upper Division
clerks and one Lower Division clerk; and the latter
to consist of two Upper Division clerks. The proposal
thus involves the creation of one gazetted appointment
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