Abstract: The file contains a table of court fees for the Court of the Political Agent (P.A.) at Bahrain. The fees are itemised and numbered (1 to 43) with a description of the charge given, and some grouped under the following subheadings: Appeals, Miscellaneous, Criminal, Registration. Alongside each item is a charge, given in Indian rupees (Rs.), annas (As.) and pies (Ps.) The list is typewritten, but there are some handwritten notes and additions to the list. There are two notes included in the table. The first concerns the dispensing of charges on account of a party being unable to pay charges. The second concerns the application of ‘khidma’ fees in certain proceedings. There is no indication of the date the list was compiled or amended.The file also contains two folios of file notes. The first (f 6) includes a note, dated 14 February 1933, from or to the Political Agent, relating to an enquiry made to the Agency’s Vernacular Office (V.O.) about the execution of decrees of British Indian Courts in Bahrain, and procedure in judicial trials. A handwritten note refers the enquiry to another file. The second file note (f 7) lists two pieces of correspondence dated December 1933 (not included in the file), with a note concerning the submission of draft acknowledgements for approval.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; 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 about Shaikh Salman bin Hamad al Khalifah, mainly from the 1930s. The main topic is the work of Shaikh Salman in the Bahrain Court and the payment of a small extra subsidy when Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government, was on leave in England.The main correspondents are Gordon Percy Loch, Political Agent at Bahrain; Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government;Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 29; 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 2-21; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This file contains instructions and orders from the Political Agent on the organisation and daily functions of the Indian Assistant's Court. They include detailed information on the kind of cases to be heard in the Indian Assistant's court as well as inspections of the registers and bookkeeping methods of the court. Of note are tables (ff 56-57) showing details of cases and suits pending before the Political Agent's and Assistant courts from 1949.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 87; 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 2-68; these numbers are also written in pencil or crayon, but are not circled. A pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 74-85; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains detailed paperwork and correspondence pertaining to the appointment of wakils or representatives/court clerks at the joint courts and Agency Court. The file also contains documentation on the initiation of court proceedings by plaintiffs, usually foreign subjects, against various Bahrain subjects. Many papers pertain to the striking off of wakils from the court registers, and ensuing petitions by dismissed wakils to the agency, protesting their dismissal.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 122; 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 2-121; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence concerning the proposed execution at Hodeida, Yemen, of a Letter of Request issued by a court in Surat, India. It discusses the procedure for serving the summons to the King of Yemen, Imam Yahya bin Muhammad bin Hamid Ud Din [Ḥamīd al-Dīn, Yaḥyā Muḥammad], and to other persons residing in a foreign territory.Correspondents include: the Acting Chief Commissioner, Aden; the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Home Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 5; these numbers are printed, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning the payment of court fees within the limits of the China (Kashgar) Order in Council, 1920. The correspondence is between officials at the Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Foreign Office, the Governments of Bombay and Punjab, the Consul General at Kashgar, and the British Embassy in Peking.The papers include minutes, draft letters, and copies of various legislation. Matters dealt with by the correspondence include:The question of whether Indian court fees are leviable on cases tried in Kashgar, including the amendment to the Kashgar Order in Council to provide for the application of the Indian Court Fees Act, 1870, to KashgarAmendments to the Order in Council to provide for the payment of court fees in rupees, rather than the Kashgar Tael.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 243; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
