1. 'Navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia'

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Abstract: The file provides an account of the navigation of the rivers of Mesopotamia from 1640, with a series of extracts from despatches, letters, reports, a diary, a treaty, and an order. It details agreements between England and Turkey; the movements of British steamers within the region; the question of the payment of dues and navigation rights; the maintenance costs of steamers; and highlights disturbances hindering navigation.It was written by F De Lesseps, Foreign Department, India Office.The file includes three extracts in French.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 28, and terminates at f 31, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 28-31; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

2. 'Mesopotamia: disposal of rivercraft'

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Abstract: The file consists of a document which outlines the results of an inter-departmental conference held at the India Office in April 1919 to discuss the question of the disposal of surplus river craft in Mesopotamia which are no longer needed by the military.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 37, and terminates at f 37, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

3. ‘Application of the Pasha of Egypt for two armed Ships to be employed against the Wahabees’

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Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay.The item consists of correspondence regarding an application by the Pasha of Egypt [Muḥammad ʻAlī Pāshā] to procure or purchase two armed ships from the East India Company with the intention of sending an expedition to recover Judda [Jeddah], Mecca and Medina from the Wahabees [Wahhabis]. The application was made through Captain Rudland, British Resident in Mocha, and his assistant John Benzoni, Assistant to the British Agency in the Red Sea. The correspondence also concerns the general desire of the Pasha to strengthen connections with the British Government and the potential advantages and disadvantages of such a relationship.The correspondence consists mainly of letters between Captain Rudland, John Benzoni and the Government of Bombay. The other correspondents are: Governor-General and Council at Fort William; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Court of Directors of the East India Company.The Pasha is alternatively referred to in the item as: Mahomed Ally Bashaw; Bashaw; Pacha; Viceroy of Egypt.Captain Rudland is alternatively referred to in the item as: Agent in the Gulph [Gulf] of Arabia; British Agent in the Persian Gulph.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 22, Season 1814/15, Draft 20' and 'Examiner's Office November 1812'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 145, and terminates at f 154, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

4. 'Abstracts of ship’s journals preserved in the India Office (1610-1623)'

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Abstract: This volume contains handwritten abstracts of journals of the Seventh, Tenth, Second Joint Stock, Fifth Joint Stock, and Seventh Joint Stock voyages of the East India Company, dating from 1610 to 1624, which had been preserved in the India Office. The volume is undated.It includes a tabular index to abstracts numbered 1 to 30 (folio 2 verso to folio 3), with columns listing the following: abstract number; voyage number; dates covered by the abstract; writer of the journal; ship; Chief Commander of the voyage; number of pages; and a brief description of the contents of the abstract. The abstracts included in this volume are numbers 9-11 and 13-30. There is a note on folio 1 of the volume stating that abstract numbers 1-8 and 11-12 'have been printed in the Hakluyt Society's volume containing the Narratives of the voyages of Sir James Lancaster'.The volume contains abstracts of the following journals:9. Peter W Flores [Floris] in the Globe, 5 January 1610/11 to 17 February 1614/1510. Captain Thomas Best in the Dragon, 1 February 1611/12 to 15 June 161411. Extracts from several journals, April 1613 to July 161713. Edward Dodsworth, a merchant, in the Hope, 28 February 1613/14 to 2 November 161514. John Munden, Master’s Mate, in the Hector, 28 February 1613/14 to 20 June 161715. Journal of the New Year’s Gift, 9 March 1613/14 to 30 September 161416. Edmund Sayer, a merchant, in the junk Sea Adventureand another ship, 7 December 1615 to 22 October 161617. Journals of two voyages, one from Patania to Japan, and one from Japan to Bantam, 10 July to 11 September 1615, and 20 February 1615/16 to 26 April 161618. John Borden in the Clove, April 1616 to 19 June 161719. Edmund Sayer, a merchant, 20 March 1616/17 to 7 September 161720. Captain Robert Adams in the Bull, 5 March 1616/17 to 29 December 161821. Captain John Rowe in the Expedition, 30 October 1618 to 10 January 1618/1922. Richard Bragge, Master’s Mate, in the Moon, 25 July to 5 November 161823. Henry Crosbye in the Charlesand other vessels, 21 March 1618/19 to 19 June 162424. Archibald Jennison in the London, 25 March 1620 to 18 June 162225. Richard Swan in the Roebuckand the Hart, 4 February 1619/20 to 12 June 162226. Captain Richard Swanley in the Exchange, 18 March 1619/20 to 24 June 162427. John Wood, Master, in the Lesser James, 14 January 1620/21 to 27 May 162128. Richard Swanley in the Jonasand the Lion, 19 March 1620/21 to 23 July 162329. Logs of the Palsgrave, the Bulland the Ann Royal, 23 November 1621 to 5 September 162230. Log of the Elizabeth, 25 March to 7 November 1623, and 18 December 1623 to 21 February 1623/24Dates are given in both Old Style and New Style years.The most detailed abstracts are numbers 9, 10, 13, 15, 21, 23 and 25.Most of the abstracts include tables of storms recorded in each journal, with columns usually listing the following for each storm: date, latitude, longitude, course, wind direction, and the description of the storm in the journal.The final folio of each abstract usually includes a brief summary of what is recorded in the parts of the journals which have been abstracted, and the summaries for the shorter abstracts often include comments by the creator of this volume stating that (in the opinion of the creator) the abstracts contain little or no 'matter of interest'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 158; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

5. 'MARINE RECORDS. MISCELLANEOUS. 4.'

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Abstract: These volumes contain various documents relating to different voyages, mostly East India Company voyages.There is a list of contents of the volumes on folios 4-5 of the first volume, signed by W Foster, presumably William Foster, Registrar and Superintendent of Records at the India Office, dated 20 March 1896.The documents consist of the following:Estimates for a trading venture to 'the parts about Cumina' [probably Cumana in Venezuela], and a related memorandum, 19 June 1606 (folios 6-9)An invoice or cargason prepared by Thomas Stevens of money and goods loaded on the ships Dragon, Hector, and Consentof the Third Voyage, 4 March 1606 (folios 10-14)A copy of instructions to factors [agents of the East India Company] and a commission to Sir Henry Middleton for the Sixth Voyage, with the ships Trades Increase, Peppercorn, and Darling, c 1609 (folios 15-28)Instructions for the First Joint Stock Voyage, with the ships Hectorand New Year's Gift, under Nicholas Downton, 1614 (folios 29-53)Particulars of the goods taken in the Swanby the Dutch at Banda, 20 January 1617/18 (both Old Style and New Style dates are given) (folios 54-55)A list of goods from two prize ships taken by the Expeditionand delivered to Mr Thomas Kearidge, Agent at Surratt [Surat], 15 February 1618/19 (folios 56-58)A letter from James Baggs regarding provisions supplied to the Lyon[ Lion], 16 October 1620 (folios 59-61)A record of consultations held in a joint Dutch and English fleet during a cruise under Robert Adams, 28 December 1620 to 10 September 1621 (folios 62-69)A letter from George Kempe, a factor in the outgoing fleet, to the Company, regarding money expended to him and other matters, 29 May 1621 (folios 70-72)An account of expenses of an unnamed ship, 1626-29 (folios 73-80)A cover sheet for the Purser’s book for the Star, 1629 (folio 81)A record of consultations held on board the Star, 18 September 1629 to 23 March 1631 [New Style date 23 March 1632] (folios 82-104)A copy of a commission from King Charles I to Captain Richard Quaile of HMS Seahorsefor sailing to the East Indies, 19 March 1629 [New Style date 19 March 1630] (folios 106-107)A bill of lading for goods on the Charles, New Joint Stock, bound for London, dated Surratt, 12 April 1630 (folios 104 and 115)A list of cargo of the Charles, bound for England, taken in at Suratt, 1630 (folios 116-117)A bill of lading of the Palsgravefrom London to Surratt, 25 March 1633 (folios 118-120)A book of consultations of the Royall Marie[ Royal Mary], 4 March 1635 [New Style date 4 March 1636] to 12 November 1639 (folios 121-144)A bill of lading of the Mary(also spelled Marie) from Surat to London, 4 January 1638 [New Style Date 4 January 1939] (folios 145-147)Copies of the following documents: letters left at Augustin Bay [St Augustine's Bay], Madagascar, mostly addressed to the commanders of ships in the service of William Courteen [Courten], and one addressed to the commanders of ships in the service of the East India Company, dated 18 May to 20 August 1646; a list of the names of men who had died after 20 December 1645, and a list of people who left in the Friendshippe[ Friendship], bound for Mayotta [Mayotte]; a record of a consultation held on board the Antiloppe[ Antelope], dated 16 October 1646; and a copy of a letter left at the Island of Mayotta (folios 148-154)A map showing part of the coastline of Tasmania, referred to as 'the South Land lately discovered', 1643 (folios 155-156)Commission and instructions from the East India Company to Andrew Trumball, Master of the Hopewell, bound for Muslapatam [Masulipatnam or Machilipatnam] and ‘other parts of East India’, 1641 (folios 157-166)Copies of consultations held on board the Dolphinand the Antiloppe[ Antelope], 10 June to 22 September 1646, and copies of related letters (including a copy of a letter addressed to any merchants or commanders of any ships in the service of William Courteen, which begins on 171 verso and continues on 148 recto) (folios 167-171)An invoice of goods loaded onto the Antelope, bound for England from Surat as part of the Fourth Joint Stock voyage, 6 January 1647 [New Style date 6 January 1648] (folios 172-174)Commission and instructions from the East India Company to James Bearblock (also spelled Berblok and Beareblock), Master of the Supply(also spelled Supplie), bound for Assada [Nosy Be] and Bantam [Banten], 1 May 1650 (folios 175-176)Orders and instructions given by the ‘Adventurers’ of the ship East India Merchantto Jarvais Cartwrite [Jarvis Cartwright], appointed Purser of the ship, 16 February 1656 [New Style date 16 February 1657] (folios 177-178)A bill of lading for goods shipped by the Eagle, bound for London, dated Swalle Mareene [Suvali, also spelled Swally Marine]January 1652 [January 1653] (folios 179-180)An invoice for goods loaded on the ship Benjamin, bound to London from Swally Hole [Suvali], 20 January 1656/57 (folios 181-184)Commission and instructions to Captain John Egmont, Commander of the George and Martha, bound for the Gold Coast of New Guinea, 11 July 1662 (folios 185-187)A list of ships in the East India Company's service from 1685-90, mostly bound for India, Tonqueen [Tonkin], Pryaman [Pariaman], and Benoolen [Benkulu] (folio 188)A list of ships in the East India Company's service from 1685-1690, bound for India, China, St Hellena [St Helena] and Bencoolen [Benkulu] (folio 189)A covering sheet for a bill of lading for the Charles, January 1684/85 (folio 190)Commission and instructions for Thomas Grantham, Captain of the Charles II, authorising him to enforce the Company's claims against the Shah of Persia [Iran] for half of the customs revenues of the Port of Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās, also spelled Gombroone], c 1663 (folios 191-192)A bill of lading for the Charles[ Charles II] bound from Surratt to London, January 1684/85, received 25 July 1685 (folios 193-194)An invoice of goods loaded on the Benjaminfrom Surat, dated Swally Marine 1656/57, and received in London 26 December 1657 (folio 195)A duplicate copy of the journal of the voyage of the Dartmouth, Captain Roger Carter, from England to the East Indies [India] and back, 8 March 1718 to 17 March 1719 [New Style date 17 March 1720] (folios 196-200)A copy of a journal (in French) of the French ship Le Contentfrom Brest to the South Seas [South Pacific] and back, dated 1720-1723 (folios 201-210).Physical description: Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover of volume one (ff 1-111) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 112-213); 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

6. ‘Loyall Cooks. Acco: 1708’

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Abstract: This volume contains:Accounts of goods received on board the East India Company ship Loyall Cook[usually written as Loyal Cooke], including East India Company goods, goods for the Captain and members of the crew, goods for the Supercargoes, stores of food and drink for the crew, Carpenter’s stores, Boatswain’s stores, and Gunner’s storesA list of men (crew) on board the ship, with columns listing their names, ‘quallificacons’ (positions), ages, and country (nationalities)A list of places where the ship moored by date, which also records wind directions and weather conditions by date, between November 1708 and 4 March 1709.The volume includes the inscriptions ‘No838’ and ‘Moses Baker, Wailer [?]. 9br.[November] 8: 1708’ (on folio 4 verso).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; 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 5-16; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

7. 'Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1'

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Abstract: The Minutes of the Council of India on miscellaneous marine matters. Correspondence discusses the following topics:Cost of maintenance of light vessel at Little Basses Rocks and light dues collectedStern wheel steamersSubscription to funds of the Strangers' Home for AsiaticsStores and fittings for troop shipsMeteorological measurements submitted from BombayDirections for approaching Kurrachee [Karachi] HarbourMedical comforts for troopshipsErection of lighthouses in the Red Sea.The volume includes a map (folio 84) of the Indian Ocean and a Chart of the Red Sea (folio 335). Also included is the Annual Report (1860) of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders (ff 137-150) and a booklet entitled 'Why Not Render the Red and Indian Sea as Secure for Passengers, Mails etc as the Seas of Great Britain' by Henry Gribble, Commander, HCS.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 395; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Several additional pagination and foliation sequences are present intermittently throughout the volume.

8. ‘Muskat Relative to a present of six horses from His Highness the Imam of- to the Right Honble the Governor’

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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, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: IOR/F/4/2504/142194; IOR/F/4/2504/142195; IOR/F/4/2504/142196; IOR/F/4/2504/142197; IOR/F/4/2504/142198; and IOR/F/4/2504/142199. The item is the sixteenth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the recent gift of six horses given to the Governor of Bombay by the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat. At the suggestion of Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, the Government of Bombay resolves to pay for the repair of the Imaum's ship, Artemise[also rendered in text as Artense], whilst it is docked at Bombay [Mumbai]. The item contains details of:The cost of looking after the horsesThe eventual sale of the horsesEstimations of labour and materials required to repair the Artemise.Hamerton is informed by the Government of Bombay to emphasise to the Imaum that the gift of repairing his ship is in light of various gifts he has given to the Governor over the years, and should not be treated as a precedent.Correspondents include: Hamerton; Lieutenant-Colonel C Blood, Remount Agent, Bombay; Captain Sir Henry Leeke, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy; Jackson William Muspratt, General Pay Master; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 8 of 1853', 'Vol: 16', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '7' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1280, and terminates at f 1296, 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.

9. 'File 6/20 Bahrain Country Crafts registered at Customs - Certificates Countersigned by Political Agent'

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Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the registration of boats in Bahrain. The vast majority of the papers are covering letters that were originally sent with registration certificates by the Director of Customs to the Political Agency for counter-signing. The certificates were then returned by the Agency. The certificates were required by all craft intending to leave Bahrain waters. The practice ceased in January 1933.The file also contains some correspondence about the usefulness of the procedure, mostly between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department).Towards the back of the file is later correspondence relating to an incident involving the confiscation of registration certificates by Iranian port officials and a request to register a new tug boat from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO).Folio 189 is internal office notes.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 191; 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 3-188; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

10. ‘A Journall kepte by me Archebell Jennison my firste voyadge to the East Indies in the London with captaine Andrew Shillinge, mrBlithe in the Harte vise admirall, mrSwann in the Rooebucke rear admiral, and MrBrowne in the Eagell, wthfleete I beseech the Allmighty God to prosper wtha good voyage, a happy and successull retourne to his glory. Amen.’

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Abstract: This volume consists of journal (log book) kept by Archibald Jennison. The journal entries are dated 25 March 1620 to 13 June 1622.The entries record the East India Company ship Londonsailing from the Downs on 25 March 1620, and then record the ship’s arrival at the following places: Saldaniya [Saldanha] (24 June 1620), Swally [Suvali, near Surat] (9 November 1620), and Jasquis [Jask] (19 December 1620).Jennison records the London’sarrival at Swally on 3 February 1620 [New Style date 3 February 1621], before stating that he left the Londonand went to be Captain of the Garde(a Portuguese prize ship) from 18 March 1620 [New Style date 18 March 1621] until 5 April 1621, after which he transferred to the East India Company ship Hart, and then to a captured vessel which had been bound for Muscat.The journal then records the ships anchoring at Soar [probably either Sohar or Sur, Oman] on 24 June 1621, after which Jennison returned to the Londonfor a while and then rejoined the Hart.Subsequent entries record Jennison’s ship reaching Surratt [Surat] in October 1621, before anchoring at St Hellena [St Helena] on 19 February 1622 [New Style date 19 February 1623], and in the Downes [Downs] on 7 June 1622.Entries for when the ship was at sea mostly record: measurements of latitude and longitude; the course of the ship; the position of the ship and bearings of land; and wind direction.The journal also includes tables recording the following: the date, knots (Kn:), fathoms (ffa:), leagues (Lea:), course (cour:), latitude (Lat:), longitude (Long:), wind, and variation (Va:); for 26 July to 7 November 1620.Entries for when the ship was at anchor include information about goods being unloaded from the ship, and goods being loaded onto the ship, and other ships encountered.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

11. ‘A journell for this p[re]sent voiage being bound by gods assistance to Sirratt in the East India, in the good shippe London […] Captaine Mathew Wills Comaunder by me James […] Birkedell Maisters Mate’

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Abstract: This volume consists of the journal (log book) of the voyage of the East India Company ship London(the commander of which was Captain Matthew Wills) from England to Sirratt [Surat] and back to England, recorded by the Master’s Mate James Birkdell. The entries are dated 12 March 1639 to 17 July 1640.Birkdell records the ship setting sail from Tilbury for the Downes [Downs] on 12 March 1636, and its arrival in the Downs on 15 March. Following the ship’s departure from the Downs on 25 March 1639, the entries record the ship anchoring in the following places: St Lawrence [St Augustine’s Bay, Madagascar] (7 to 17 July 1639); Johanna [Anjouan] (30 July to 16 August 1639); Swalley [Suvali, Surat] (16 to 24 September 1639); Gomeroone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (11 to 24 November 1639); Swalley Hole (16 December 1639 to 29 January 1639 [New Style date 29 January 1640]); and St Hellena [Saint Helena] (21 to 29 April 1640). The ship then anchored in the Downs on 8 July 1640, before sailing from the Downs and anchoring at Eiriffe [Erith] on 17 July 1640.Each page of the journal is divided into five columns: days (of the month); latitude; longitude; variation; and remarks. Entries for when the ship was at sea include measurements of latitude, longitude, and variation, and remarks mostly relating to: wind direction and weather conditions, the course of the ship, and sightings and bearings of land.The journal does not include daily entries for every day the Londonwas at anchor, it mostly just records the ship’s arrival at and departure from ports. However, entries for when the ship was at St Lawrence and St Helena include remarks about the arrival and departure of other ships on days when the Londonwas at anchor in those places.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside 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.

12. Miscellaneous Marine Papers

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Abstract: This volume consists of various documents mostly relating to East India Company shipping.The documents include the following:Correspondence relating to surviving passengers who had been on board the shipwrecked Dutch East India Company ship Woestduyn, and various receipts for related expenses dated 1779-80, several of which are written in Dutch (folios 32-38 and 41-46)Two lists of East India Company ships lost or captured between 1760 and 1791An extract from a journal for a voyage of HMS Medeafrom England to India and back again, between February 1782 and January 1784A memorial from George French, Assistant Deputy Master Attendant in Bengal, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, requesting that he be recommended to the Governor-General of India in Council for the office of Deputy Master Attendant, 28 April 1795A copy of a printed pamphlet entitled 'Fair State of the Case Between The EAST INDIA COMPANY, and The Owners of Ships now in their Service To which are added CONSIDERATIONS on Mr BROUGH’S PAMPHLET, concerning The EAST INDIA COMPANY’S SHIPPING; by Dalrymple', printed 1786A copy of a letter from the Board of Trade to Sir John Shore, Governor-General of India in Council, and a copy of a minute of the Board, regarding a proposal by British merchants relating to the transportation of commodities from Bengal to London, dated 26 May 1795Queries by Lord Castlereagh, President of the Board of Control, into the effects likely to be produced by the East India Company employing ships of 800 rather than 1,200 tons, dated 13 May 1803Copies of letters from Bombay merchants to Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor in Council of Bombay, dated 4 July and 17 October 1804, requesting measures to be taken against Arab shippingA record of the position of HMS Howeeach day at noon, on a journey from Bengal to England, between August 1805 and January 1806A copy of a memorial to the Governor-General of India in Council from merchants, agents and others engaged in the export trade from Calcutta to London, dated 20 November 1807, complaining of hardships experienced due to the great increase in the rate of tonnageA list of passengers on board seven missing ships, c 1809Proposed instructions to Lieutenant Robert Moorsom to carry out a survey to ascertain the most appropriate stations for the shelter, refitting, refreshment, or protection of squadrons, ships of war, convoys, or East India Company ships, in the East Indies, during different seasons and in various circumstances, in case of future war, c 1789Bills and receipts for instruments purchased and delivered to Moorsom for the survey, 1787-89Correspondence (and an abstract of correspondence), mostly between Moorsom, Lieutenant Halsted, and the Board of Control, regarding the mathematical instruments which Moorsom was provided with for the survey (which were subsequently transferred to Lieutenant Halsted), being returned to the Board of Control, dated 1790-1803A catalogue for an auction by Mr Christie of a Library of books, mathematical instruments sent by the Board of Control, and some firearms, to take place on 23, 25 and 26 June 1810Copies of accounts of items purchased by the owners of the ship Bombayfrom various suppliers, dated 1810.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 370; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: there are multiple pagination sequences which appear intermittently.