‘Persian Gulf. Abstract for Extra allowances preferred by Lieutenant Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the- while in charge of the Residency.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Abstract for Extra allowances preferred by Lieutenant Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the- while in charge of the Residency.-’
- Date:
- 1855/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fourteenth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to the question of whether Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, is entitled to allowances for performing the duties of Resident between 13 September and 25 October 1855. He forwards an abstract outlining the allowances to the Government of Bombay, who request John Webb, Civil Auditor, Bombay, to prepare a report (included) on the subject. The item also contains the Government of Bombay's resolution in response to Webb's report.The correspondents are Disbrowe, the Government of Bombay, and Commander Felix Jones, current Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 14', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 9 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '9' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 17, and terminates at f 22, 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:
- Accounting
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109275661.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109275661.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2662/176333
IOR/F/4/2662/176333