‘File 12/15 Proposal for building a slipway and workshop at Bahrain’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘File 12/15 Proposal for building a slipway and workshop at Bahrain’
- Date:
- 1945/1946
- Description:
- Abstract: The file comprises two sets of correspondence relating to the provision of dock facilities at Bahrain. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway); the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway; Captain Hugh Rance); the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave); and representatives of Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited.The file’s contents are as follows:correspondence dated May to June 1945 relating to Gray, Mackenzie & Company’s commissioning of Messrs Holloway Brothers to survey Bahrain Island with a view to the construction of repair workshops and docks, including a request from Holloway Brothers, forwarded by the Political Agent, for maps of the island, and the Bahrain Government’s assent to and comments on the request (ff 4-9);correspondence dated November to December 1946, concerning an offer made by Directorate General of Disposals of the Transportation Directorate, New Delhi, to the Government of Bahrain, of one or more 750-ton Admiralty floating docks for use at Bahrain (technical details of the docks given on f 11); an offer not taken up by the Government, although Gray, Mackenzie and Company registered their interest in a smaller floating dock if one were available from the Directorate (ff 10-18).The file notes at the end of the file make reference to correspondence dated up until 15 February 1947, which is no longer contained in the file.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 21; 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 2-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Surveys
Docks - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000078_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000078_en
IOR/R/15/2/1385
IOR/R/15/2/1385