‘Persian Gulf. Practice of signing Blank Bills and leaving them to be filled up the officer in charge during the annual tour of the Resident in – disallowed by Government.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Practice of signing Blank Bills and leaving them to be filled up the officer in charge during the annual tour of the Resident in – disallowed by Government.’
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the tenth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; James McAlister, Civil Surgeon, Bushire [Bushehr] Residency; and Edward Eden Elliot, Accountant General, Bombay.The item concerns the decision of the Government of Bombay to direct that the Resident in the Persian Gulf discontinue the practice of signing blank bills of exchange to be filled in and disposed of while he is absent from the Residency.The item contains a table of contents (f 558), and the title page (f 557) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 10’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘8’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 557 and terminates at f 563, 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:
- Bills of exchange
Financial administration - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108905431.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108905431.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149206
IOR/F/4/2550/149206