Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; the Military Department of the Government of Bombay; and Lieutenant Colonel Grant.The item concerns the proposed fortifications to Aden, particularly:The question of placing a battery at Seera Island [Sira Island]Constructions in Western BayThe battery at Munsooree [Al-Mansoura]Conversion of Flint Island into a coal depot, and the suitability of armament for the harbour defenceThe proposed battery on Ras Morbut [Ra's Marbut] being overlooked by an adjacent hillThe number of extra labourers required from India, and the question of their transport to Aden.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 293/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5565’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 755, and terminates at f 831, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and memoranda regarding expenditure on medicines and maintenance for the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and lists of individuals and companies funding the Hospital. The 1946 budget for the Hospital is also included.The principal correspondents are the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent at Bahrain.There are some documents with Arabic translation within the file, templates for letters to raise funds for the Hospital.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-22; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file contains instructions from the office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India Finance Department to the Political Agency Bahrain concerning expenditure budgets.The papers cover: request for details of actual expenditure; proposals for reappropriation and additional grants; request for statement of fixed and contract grants; request for statement of excesses and savings; reminders to keep within sanctioned budget provision; instructions concerning provision of funds, control of expenditure, and submission of financial returns; instructions for new items in budgets; accuracy of budgeting; office allowances and contract grants; avoidance of budget excesses; appropriation accounts; control over progress of expenditure against appropriation; evaluation and timely surrender of savings; adjustment of debits for supplies and services; and instructions for the preparation of budget estimates.The date range gives the covering dates of the correspondence; the last dated addition to the file is a Political Agency, Bahrain receipt stamp on folio 59 dated 10 February 1948. There are no papers between 1937 and 1945.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-58; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.Condition: folio 34 is torn, and text has been lost as a result.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, reports and letters regarding the appointment of a new Financial Advisor to Muscat State instead of Bertram Thomas whose contract ended in 1930. Among the names suggested by the High Commissioner in Baghdad was Stuart Edwin Hedgcock who was serving in Iraq at the time and who had a thorough knowledge of Arabic. The correspondence in the file contains discussions regarding the financial status of the Council of Ministers, Muscat, before Hedgcock starting his position as a Minister, and the terms and conditions of his contract, in particular his salary and annual leave allowance in comparison to Thomas’s.The file also contains correspondence between Thomas and Hedgcock to set the former’s account and recovery of payment of his sea trips allowance. Upon taking his position Hedgcock provided a report titled ‘Levy Budget: Précis of Events’ (ff 123-128), in which he raised a few requests to the British Government which eventually were not answered. As a result, Hedgcock decided to resign in April 1931. Hedgcock’s resignation question went back and forth between British officials, the Council of Ministers and Hedgcock. Initially British officials were inclined to accept his resignation and tried to convince the Council to do so. Later in the correspondence Hedgcock decided to withdraw his resignation letter in agreement with the British Government. The Council of Ministers refused Hedgcock’s withdrawal and confirmed that his service to the State of Muscat terminated on 30 June 1931. The Council approved the payment of three months’ salary as leave pay and halting allowance for the time Hedgcock was in Muscat after June 1931. The file also contains revised budget estimates of Muscat State for the year 1931 (ff 227-230) prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat.Folio 120 contains a letter that is incorrectly dated 8 April 1920 from Bertram Thomas to the Political Agent, Muscat, discussing sea passage allowance. Thomas was appointed as a Financial Advisor in 1925. There is a copy of the same letter on folio 56 of file IOR/R/15/6/57.The majority of the correspondence is dated 1930-1931; the earlier start date given to the file is due to a letter (f 118) from the India Office to Bertram Thomas. Thomas provided this letter as an attachment to a letter he sent to the new Financial Advisor, Stuart Edwin Hedgcock, to support his claim for travel allowance.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 308; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 3-308, these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and ff 38-307 and ff 68-308; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file consists of a single letter and what appears to be a draft copy of an aide-memoire. The letter, dated 16 May 1950 and addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, discusses the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's response to a request for a copy of his government's budget. The draft aide-memoire, addressed to the Sultan by the Political Agent, enquires about the possibility of obtaining copies of any existing government reports or publications regarding administration and development plans.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; 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 file contains annual budgets and financial accounts of the Government of Bahrain as well as related correspondence between British Government officials and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain. Much of this correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Bahrain and the Political Residency in Bushire that discusses the Government of Bahrain's financial situation and Bahrain's general economic development. The file also contains a limited amount of correspondence between the Political Agency in Bahrain and the country's ruler, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa.The file contains two Arabic language propaganda posters that were produced by the British Government's Ministry of Information. The posters are contained in the file as they were used as spare paper to print Government of Bahrain financial accounts on.The file also contains correspondence and notes related to a decision to grant Bahrain tariff autonomy (on folios 302-440), including a 'Draft Record of an Interdepartmental Meeting held at the Foreign Office on August 26th 1932, to Consider the Proposal to Grant Tariff Autonomy to Bahrein' (folios 335-373).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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 441; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 25-43; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials that discusses the position of Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Ruler of Bahrain, notably their frustrations with his management of the country's economic development and the need to arrange a succession process. The correspondence also discusses economic development in Bahrain more broadly and the size of the country's estimated oil reserves.In addition to correspondence, the file contains a written summary of a discussion that took place between Belgrave and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, in Bahrain on 16 March, 1946.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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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 part contains papers relating to the British Consulate at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. These papers largely relate to the Kermanshah Consulate accounts. The part also includes papers relating to: the postponement of Lieutenant Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion assuming his appointment as HM Consul at Kermanshah; the remuneration of Kennion while on temporary duty at Kasvin; the emoluments of Kennion since assuming charge of Kermanshah affairs; the desirability of suspending Kennion’s departure for Kermanshah; the terms of the appointment of Major James Leslie Rose Weir as successor to Kennion as Consul at Kermanshah; the appointment of N P Cowan of the Levant Consular Service as Consul at Kermanshah, and the Foreign Office resuming financial control of the Consulate; and estimates of expenditure, budget estimates, and proposition statements for the Consulate.The papers mainly consist of India Office minute papers and internal notes, and correspondence between the India Office and the following:The Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India (and copies of correspondence of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India with Major F S Greenhouse, HBM’s Consul and Political Officer, Kermanshah, with enclosures from the latter including budget estimates of the Kermanshah Consulate for 1921-22, and a proposition statement showing existing and proposed Establishments for 1 April 1921).The Foreign Office (and copies of correspondence of the Foreign Office with Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister, Tehran, and with the Treasury).The Treasury.The Accountant General, Central Revenues, Calcutta.The Colonial Office.Physical description: 1 item (234 folios)