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1. '[Unnumbered file] Dubai Hospital Building Fund.'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains statements issued by The National Bank of India showing debits and credits to the Dubai Hospital Building Fund (held by the Political Agent, Bahrain) for the period September 1944 to June 1946 inclusive.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
2. 'File 4/4 II Budget estimates'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial years 1934-35 to 1938-39 inclusive, and associated correspondence.The correspondence is between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi.The budget estimates cover pay of officers, pay of establishment, allowances and honoraria, supplies and services/contingencies, secret expenditure, and grants-in-aid. The correspondence includes statements of savings and excesses, grants, expenditure, and appropriations, and gives details of adjustments and discrepancies.The date range gives the covering dates of the main run of correspondence. The last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 239 dated 14 December 1937.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 240; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-213 and ff 214-239 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled (except for a few circled numbers that have been crossed out), and are located in a similar position to the main sequence.
3. 'File 4/4 III Budget Estimates'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial years 1939-40 to 1941-42 inclusive, and associated correspondence.The correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There is also some correspondence from the office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi; the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe); and the Publicity Officer, Persian Gulf. Correspondence from the Political Resident also includes correspondence and papers from the Government of India (Finance Department, and the External Affairs Department).The statements of budget estimates cover pay of officers, pay of establishment, allowances and honoraria, contingencies, secret expenditure, and grants-in-aid. The papers also include detailed pay statements, statements of anticipated excesses and savings in the budget grants, reappropriation statements, and statements of contract and fixed grants. The correspondence also covers individual items of expenditure, retrenchment, accounting instructions from the Government of India, and expenditure under the head of Special War Charges.The date range gives the covering dates of the principal items of correspondence. The last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 364v dated 23 August 1941.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 365; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-316 and between ff 318-340; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
4. 'File 4/4 IV Budget Estimates & MODIFICATIONS THERETO.'
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- Abstract: The file contains statements of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial years 1941-42 and 1942-43, and associated correspondence.The correspondence is between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi.The budget estimates cover expenditure on pay of officers, pay of establishment, allowances and honoraria, contingencies, secret expenditure, and grants in aid. Also included are statements relating to special war charges; statements relating to grants; detailed pay statements; and estimates of special expenditure of the Political Officer, Trucial Coast.The correspondence consists of covering letters and correspondence concerning adjustments.The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence; the last addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 131v dated 12 April 1945.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 132; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-106; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
5. 'File 4/4 IX Budget Estimates for 1947-48.'
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- Abstract: The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1947-48 and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period.The correspondence is mainly between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. There is also some correspondence from the Government of India.The budget estimates cover the following areas of expenditure: pay of officers; pay of establishment; allowances, honoraria etc.; secret expenditure; other charges; and Dubai Hospital. Also included are detailed pay statements for officers and establishment; statement of special war expenditure; and statements of anticipated excesses and savings.The correspondence includes covering letters; papers concerning a request for estimates of budget excesses under the heads of office allowance, central contract grant, and launch grant (folios 14-27); notification of closure of the Government of India's accounts (folio 47); and requests for confirmation of budget figures.The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence. The earliest document in the file is a letter on folio 45r, dated 26 August 1938, which forms a reused folio for the copy letter on folio 45v. However, it is the letter on folio 45v (which is upside down) that is the actual filed correspondence item, dated by a Political Agency, Bahrain receipt stamp of 26 November 1947. The last dated item in the file is a Political Agency, Bahrain receipt stamp on the last item of correspondence, showing that it was received on 29 December 1948.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 64; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
6. 'File 4/4 VI Budget Estimates for 1944-45'
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- Abstract: The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1944-45, and associated financial statements and correspondence.The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agency, Bahrain and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. There is also some correspondence with British officials in the Trucial Coast.The budget estimates cover expenditure on pay of officers, pay of establishment, allowances and honoraria, secret expenditure, and other charges. Also included are detailed pay statements; statements of 'K-Special War Charges'; statements of actual expenditure for the first six months of the financial years 1943-44 and 1944-45; statement of anticipated excesses and savings for the year 1944-45; and statement showing modifications in the budget appropriations for the year 1944-45. The correspondence consists of covering letters, and correspondence concerning particular items of expenditure.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
7. 'File 4/4 VII Budget Estimates for 1945-46.'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1945-46, and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period.The correspondence is mainly between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. There is also some correspondence with the Political Officer, Trucial Coast (POTC); and the Residency Agent, Sharjah.The budget estimates cover expenditure on pay of officers; pay of establishment; allowances, honoraria etc.; secret expenditure; and other charges. Also included are detailed pay statements for officers and establishment; statements of 'K-Special War Charges'; statements of fixed and contract grants; statements of anticipated excesses and savings; and statements of modifications.The correspondence consists of covering letters, and correspondence concerning particular items of expenditure. The latter particularly concerns the maintenance grant for the truck supplied to the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, December 1945 - August 1946.The date range gives the covering dates for the main items of correspondence; the earliest and latest dated additions to the file are entries in the notes dated 25 June 1944 and 15 June 1947.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-53; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
8. 'File 4/4 VIII Budget Estimates of Political Agency for the year 1946-47.'
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1946-47, and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period.The correspondence is between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf.The budget estimates cover expenditure on pay of officers; pay of establishment; allowances, honoraria etc.; secret expenditure; other charges; and the Dubai Hospital Establishment. Also included are detailed pay statements for officers and establishment; statements of 'K-Special War Charges'; statements of excesses and savings; and statements of modifications in the budget estimates.The correspondence consists of covering letters, and correspondence concerning particular items of expenditure, including an explanation of increased expenditure on the Agency launch (folio 20).The date range gives the covering dates of the principal items of correspondence; the earliest and latest dated additions to the file are entries in the notes dated 22 August 1945 and 11 May 1947 respectively.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
9. 'File 4/4 X BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR 1948-1949.'
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- Abstract: The file contains the statement of budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial year 1948-49, and associated financial statements and correspondence for the same period.The correspondence is between staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf.The budget estimates cover the following areas of expenditure: pay of officers; pay of establishment; allowances and honoraria etc.; secret service; contingencies; supplies and services; rents, rates, and taxes; Dubai hospital establishment; and Trucial Coast.Also included are detailed pay statements for officers and establishment; estimate of receipts from judicial fees, court fee stamps and British income tax (folio 12); statement of leave and pension contributions of Government of India staff on deputation (folio 17); and estimated details of expenditure under office allowance (folio 19).The correspondence consists of covering letters for the statements and estimates.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
10. 'File 4/6 III Agency Court Deposit Account.'
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- Abstract: The file consists of the notes to a file concerning the Agency Court Deposit Account of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The correspondence that would originally have accompanied the notes appears not to have been preserved.The papers give some details of the account balance at various dates, and some details of receipts and interest paid.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the final folio with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
11. 'File 4/20 II Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the arrangements for the supply of funds by the Political Agency, Bahrain for expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast.The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and the Air Liaison Officer, RAF Bahrain (Wing Commander Aubrey Robert Maxwell Rickards). There is also some correspondence from the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The papers cover: correspondence concerning the consumption of electricity by RAF personnel in Bahrain (e.g. folio 13); monthly bills of expenditure incurred by the Political Agency, Bahrain on behalf of RAF personnel, for the period March 1936 - November 1937 inclusive; correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Residency Agent, Sharjah concerning monthly payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai for hire of a petrol dhow and its guards, and to Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah for pay of guards for a petrol barge, April 1936 - December 1937; receipts from RAF personnel for incidental expenses, and covering letters for payments of expenses issued by Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf concerning the need to prevent the Residency Agent Sharjah from being forced to make advances to RAF officers, July 1936; correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Acting Adviser to the Government of Bahrain concerning payment of rent for Bahrain Aerodrome, August 1936; correspondence concerning payment of expenses in connection with the use by RAF personnel of the Bahrain Rest House (e.g. folio 113); sundry expenses incurred by the RAF in Bahrain (e.g. payment of expenses to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in connection with moving a crashed aeroplane, folio 134); and papers relating to the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain (Wing Commander Aubrey Rickards), including correspondence between Rickards and the Political Agent, Bahrain, instructions concerning RAF accounting arrangements at Bahrain (folios 277-279), and correspondence concerning Rickards's death and estate, May - December 1937.The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately sixty-five items of correspondence (all with translations into English) between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and a small number of miscellaneous items.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 358; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-33, ff 296-309, and in the notes between ff 337-351; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
12. 'File 4/20 III Recoveries of amounts spent on behalf of R.A.F. Hinaidi.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the payment by the Political Agency, Bahrain of expenses incurred by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its personnel in Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein) and the Trucial Coast, particularly payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, and Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah.The correspondence is mainly from the Political Agent, Bahrain; staff of Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and the Air Liaison Officer, RAF Bahrain. There is also some correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Government of India and the India Office.The papers cover: correspondence and receipts recording monthly payments made by the Political Agency, Bahrain (through the Residency Agent, Sharjah) to the Ruler of Dubai for hire of a petrol dhow and pay for its guards, for the period December 1937 to November 1941, and to the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah for pay of guards on the petrol barge, for the period December 1937 to June 1942; monthly bills of expenditure incurred by the Political Agency, Bahrain on behalf of the RAF, sent to the Command Accountant, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi; correspondence concerning payment of sundry expenses incurred by the RAF in Bahrain, (e.g. the use by RAF personnel of the Bahrain Rest House); correspondence concerning accounting arrangements for the payment of expenses incurred by the RAF, including the handover of responsibility for all payments other than those to the rulers of Dubai and Ras al Khaimah to the Air Liaison Officer, Bahrain (from September 1939); and correspondence between the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the Political Agent, Bahrain concerning the transfer of responsibility for payments for the guards on the petrol barge at Ras al Khaimah to BOAC, October 1942.The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately eighty items of correspondence (all with translations into English) between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and approximately twenty other items, mostly receipts issued by the Rulers of Dubai and Ras al Khaimah (all with translations into English).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 458; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 3-432; these numbers are written in a combination of blue crayon and pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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