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File 4673/1919 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf:- Visit to England of the son of the Sheikh of Bahrein + party. General arrangements + proceedings. Incidence of cost.’ [132v] (242/494)
The record is made up of 1 item (258 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1903-9 Jul 1928. 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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within the terms of reference, we would special 1\ call attention to the
observations in paragraph 6 of that letter, with regard to the entertainment of
non-Indian Asiatic guests, in which we entirely concur.
ARTHUR GODLEY.
E. W. HAMILTON.
W. A. BAILLIE-HAMILTON.
LIONEL ABKAHAMS,
Secretary.
31st December 1902.
No. 8.
Letter from the Colonial Office to the Treasury, No. 2919, dated 2$th
January, 1903.
I am directed to state, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury, that a copy of the report of the inter-departmental Committee
recently appointed to consider the procedure to be adopted, and the incidence
of expenditure, in respect of any Indian or Colonial guests who may visit this
country in future by invitation of His Majesty’s Government, has been received
from 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 I am to request you to signify to their Lordships
this Department’s concurrence in the Committee’s recommendations, and to
express a hope that their Lordships will agree to their adoption in any future
cases to which they are applicable.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) H. BERTRAM COX.
No. 9.
Letter from the Treasury 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.
, No. 1278, dated 31.^ January, 1903.
I have laid before the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
your letter of the 21st inst., transmitting copy of the report of a Committee
appointed by the Secretary of State for India in Council to consider the
procedure to be adopted, and the incidence of expenditure, in respect of Indian
or Colonial guests who may visit this country by invitation of His Majesty’s
Government.
My Lords observe that the Committee recommend that British liability in
such cases should be limited to expenses incurred in this country for guests
invited, with the previous cognizance of the Treasurv, by His Majesty’s
Government, and that expenses incurred outside this country should be borne
by Indian or Colonial funds, or by the person concerned, as the case may be.
My Lords also observe that the Committee concur in the view of the Indian
Government that the same principle should be applied to the entertainment of
Asiatic guests other than Indian.
I am to request you to inform Lord George Hamilton that their Lordships
agree with him that the recommendations of the Committee should be approved,
and acted upon when the occasion arises*. They are causing a copy of this
letter to be sent to the Colonial Office.
.i.. . I am, dec.,
^ ' > « (Signed) W. H. FISHER.
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This part contains correspondence regarding the visit of a Mission (deputation) consisting of ‘Abdullah bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, son of Shaikh Isa of Bahrein [Bahrain], Abdullah’s son Muhammad, Abdullah’s Private Secretary Jasim Cheravi, and a personal servant, to the United Kingdom and Paris in 1919.
It includes correspondence regarding arrangements for the visit, but most of the correspondence relates to expenditure on the visit, including: the question as to how far the Government Hospitality Fund accepts responsibility for the expenses connected with the visit, including the payment of an interpreter; and the adjustment of the account of Major Norman Napier Bray (Political Officer attached to the Bahrein Mission) in connection with the Bahrein Mission.
The main correspondents include: 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 Civil Commissioner, Baghdad (‘Political, Baghdad’); the Foreign Office; the Treasury; the Government Hospitality Fund, HM Office of Works; Norman Napier Bray; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Political Department; Haji Abdul Majid Belshah, of the School of Oriental Studies, London Institution (Interpreter to the Mission from Bahrein); the Accountant General, Bombay; and the Accountant General, (Civil) Baghdad.
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