‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the practice of blank bills of exchange being left signed by the Resident when processing on his annual tour.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the practice of blank bills of exchange being left signed by the Resident when processing on his annual tour.’
- 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 eleventh in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item refers to the correspondence contained in IOR/F/4/2550/149206, in which the Government of Bombay instructed the Resident in the Persian Gulf to discontinue the practice of signing blank bills of exchange to be filled in and disposed of while he is absent from the Residency. In this item, Kemball explains the reason why he had adopted this practice, but promises to follow the instructions of the Government of Bombay in future.The item contains a table of contents (f 565), and the title page (f 564) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 109 of 1853. Vol. 11’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘6’ 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 564 and terminates at f 567, 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:
- Financial administration
Bills of exchange - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108905460.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108905460.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149207
IOR/F/4/2550/149207