Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat; Commander George Robinson, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the third in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf.The item concerns reports that indigo, which formed part of the cargo of the
Centaur, has been found in various areas of the Gulf, including:Ukkur [Aqr]Fujeerah [Fujairah]Rasul Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]Muscat.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 350-1853’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1853’, and ‘Supplementary Volume 3’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 18, and terminates at f 30, 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.