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File 815/1917 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Repairs to Lighthouse buildings at Quoin Island & Tamb Island.' [84r] (162/173)
The record is made up of 1 item (86 folios). It was created in 16 Oct 1919-10 Aug 1926. 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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3
11 be
Indus
Accompaniments to No. of 1918.
Karachi Buildings District.
♦ PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Dated September igiS*
Estimate framed in the office of the Executive Engineer, Karachi Buildings
of the probable expenditure that will he incurred in carrying out ordinary repairs
to Light House Buildings at Quoin island 1918-19.
Rs. 658.
(Call or Authority.) Director, Royal Indian Marine’s No. 2875-M., of 17th
April 1918.
General Description.
This estimate provides for ordinary repairs. The Naru plaster of the walls
to be repaired whenever it is coming off. The old plaster will be scraped away and
a new coat of Niru will be applied mixed with fresh water.
Repairs to the Light House 'Buildings at Quoin Island 1918 -iQ.
. Quantity.
1
Subject. !
Rs.
A.
p.
Per.
Rs.
2087, s. ft.
• ••
Niru plaster of lime including scraping old
plaster.
12
O
0
100
250
1656
...
Whitewashing rooms 2 coats ... .»
1
O
0
too
17
1368 ...
...
Blue Colour „ „
2
0
0
loo
27
85 Nos....
• ••
Supplying and fixing panes of glasses
1
8
0
Each.
128
0-51, c. ft.
...
Pacca Teakwood sill of door ... ...
20
0
0
c. ft.
10
Job
...
Laying a coat of tar on roof ,.. . M
...
...
Job
30
Job ...
Repairing doors’ etc. ... ... m.
•••
...
• ••
30
Servants’ quarters and Kitchen.
430 p. ft.
...
Lime plaster Niru ... ... ...
12
0
0
100
52
Fowl House.
690 ...
...
Lime plaster Niru ... ...
12
0
0
83
Total Rs.
• ••
• ••
•••
627
Contingencies 5 per cent ...
-
...
•••
3 i
Total Rs. .„
»««
• ••
...
• +%
658
(Sd.) ILLEGIBLE,
Executive Engineer y
Karachi Buildings,
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This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing repairs and alterations to the lighthouse buildings on Quoin Island and, to a lesser extent, those on Tamb Island (also written in the correspondence as Tanb Island).
Most of the part focuses on the details and costs of proposed repairs and alterations to the lighthouse buildings on Quoin Island, covering the period 1919-1926. Also discussed are details of the work required and costs involved for repairs to the lighthouse buildings and the kutcha road [makeshift, dirt road] on Tamb Island, covering the period 1919-1923.
Some of the correspondence touches on the more general issue of financing lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Notable correspondents include the following: the Viceroy of India; the Director of the Royal Indian Marine; officials of 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 Foreign Office, the Treasury, the Government of India's Department of Commerce, and the Government of India's Marine Department.
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- File 815/1917 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying. Repairs to Lighthouse buildings at Quoin Island & Tamb Island.'
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- 3r:69v, 70ar, 71r:89v
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