‘File 16/3 Miscellaneous. Memorials and messages submitted to the Government of India and his Majesty’
Date:
1917/1946
Description:
Abstract: Copies of revised and reissued Government memoranda and official notifications, outlining procedures to be followed in the submission, receipt and transmission of memorials and petitions to the King and to the Governor General in Council. The instructions are distributed by the Government of India, and received by the Political Agency in Bahrain via the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The instructions include details of: acknowledgement of memorials, dependent on whether the sender is entitled to an eleven-gun salute; form and manner of petitions; method of submission of petitions; circumstances under with a petition may be withheld; transmission of memorials and petitions by provincial governments.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.