Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Government of India; and Captain Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul, and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat.The item concerns Hamerton’s return to Zanzibar and provisions for building a house due to a lack of suitable accommodation there. The item includes descriptions of house-building and houses in Zanzibar. Detailed estimates for the cost of building the house are found in IOR/F/4/2087/96931.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 12’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 80 and terminates at f 101, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden.The item concerns the proposed new building works in Aden, particularly Haines’ proposed new House of Correction, Police Office, and Post Office, and clearing the houses situated in the ‘Jews Town’ part of Aden for hygienic and safety reasons. The item also includes a request for an increase in the police force at Aden. The item contains a town plan of Aden on f 1018.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 299/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5480, Collection No 46’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1005, and terminates at f 1028, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Military Board of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Company Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Jervis, Chief Engineer at Bombay; and Captain Turner, Civil Architect at Bombay.The item concerns building a suitable residence for Hamerton at Zanzibar, including detailed estimates of the costs of materials and labour. The need for a house at Zanzibar is also the subject of IOR/F/4/2006/89516.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 291/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4747, Collection No 3 of No 101’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1015 and terminates at f 1043, 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 papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the residence of the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain. It includes correspondence concerning the following:The rental of the houseThe connection of the telephone system in the houseThe laying of a water pipe from the artesian well to the houseThe purchase of furniture for the houseThe renewal of the lease of the houseThe installation of a fan in the houseRepairs needed to the houseThe plan of the new Assistant Political Agent’s residenceThe electric wiring and fittings for the new Assistant Political Agent’s residence.The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Officiating Political Agent, Bahrain, the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain, and the following: the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the State Engineer, Bahrain Government; Khalil Bin Ebrahim Kanoo; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; Claud Cranbrook Lewis de Grenier, Acting Adviser to the Government of Bahrain; and Muhamad Rafi Abdul Qadir Faqihi.Detailed file notes are found on folios 236 to 264.The file includes several letters and lease agreements in Arabic (folios 4, 37, 72 to 76, 79, 84, 116, 121, 127, 134, 135, 137, 143, 164, 195, and 222 to 223), some of which are translated into English.The file includes a blueprint plan of the residence for the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain [IOR/R/15/2/1639, f 233].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-235 and ff 237-264; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.