Abstract: The file contains a copy of a telegram sent to the Foreign Office by HM Ambassador to the United States, regarding a message sent by the Sultan of Muscat to the Head of the Muscat Mission in Bagdad [Baghdad] instructing him to approach the United States Legation for travelling expenses to return to Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: An extract of the Governor of Bombay’s commands to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], dated 13 April 1801.The commands concern expenditure on conveying mail from Bussora to Bombay [Mumbai] on a private ship owned by Manesty.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], received 16 September 1802.The letter concerns Manesty’s conduct in chartering a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to India at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to George Hilaro Barlow, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 5 June 1801.The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], who chartered a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bombay Castle [Mumbai] and dated 28 February 1801.The letter reprimands Manesty for charging a high price to the East India Company for the conveyance of mail from Bussora to Bombay on a private vessel.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bussora and dated 18 September 1803.Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 14 August 1803.Manesty contests the expenditure allowed by the Governor for the conveyance of mail from Bussora to Bombay [Mumbai] on a private ship owned by himself (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/339) and argues for greater expenditure.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 20 September 1801.Manesty defends his conduct in chartering private ships owned by himself to carry dispatches to India at the East India Company’s expense.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This item contains:1. A copy of a letter from Neil Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to Robert Rickards, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 12 May 1801. The letter concerns the conduct of Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], who chartered a ship owned by himself to carry dispatches to Bombay [Mumbai] at the East India Company’s expense.2. An extract of a letter from Samuel Manesty to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, dated 22 January 1801, reporting the chartering of the ship.3. A copy of a letter from Samuel Manesty to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bussora and dated 3 July 1803. Manesty defends his conduct in chartering the ship.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence and statements related to Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Iran by the Government of India 1935-36.Correspondents include: the India Office; the Accountant General, Central Revenues; the Auditor of Indian Home Accounts; and the Accountant General, India Office.It contains:Account between India Office and Foreign Office for 1935-36.Statements comparing the expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Iran 1935-36 with that in the previous year.Summary of expenditure from Indian Revenues relating to places outside Iran for 1935-36.Statement of expenditure incurred on the Koweit [Kuwait] Agency during 1935-36.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and papers concerning expenditure on diplomatic and consular services in Iran and the Persian Gulf from 1936 to 1940.It includes correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Foreign Office; the Treasury; the Government of India, External Affairs Department; and the Governor General of India. It also includes: statements comparing the expenditure incurred by the Government of India on diplomatic and consular services in Iran for a particular year with that of the previous year, for the years 1936 to 1939; and statements of expenditure incurred on the Koweit [Kuwait] Agency during the years 1936 to 1940.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 117; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 24 January 1873 and received via Brindisi on 17 February 1873, forwarding a copy of papers regarding the capture of a ‘slave dhow’ by HMS
Vulture, and stating that, pending the receipt of a reply to the separate despatch, relative to the source from whence the cost of ‘liberated’ enslaved people should be met, a separate account of the expenditure incurred on behalf of the enslaved people released by the
Vulturewill be kept and charged to ‘Political Agencies’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 155, and terminates at f 160a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains six foliation anomalies: f 155a, f 156a, f 157a, f 158a, f 159a, and f 160a.