‘Persian Gulf. Assistant Surgeon McAlister’s claim to remuneration for certain extra duty.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Assistant Surgeon McAlister’s claim to remuneration for certain extra duty.’
- Date:
- 1851/1852
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the seventh in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to an application to the Government of Bombay made by Dr James McAlister, Civil Surgeon to the Residency in the Persian Gulf, to receive compensation for the extra duties he carries out in attending to officers and seamen of the Squadron of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf. McAlister's application, which also details the inconvenience of having to travel frequently, is supported by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The Governor of Bombay orders copies to be sent to the Marine Department and the Medical Board, Bombay, for their opinions. Responses from both are also included in the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No 7', 'Vol: 7', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '8 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 986, and terminates at f 998, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Compensation
- Geographic region:
- Bushire
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108389812.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108389812.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2475/138730
IOR/F/4/2475/138730