Abstract: The item consists of correspondence regarding the establishment of a permanent Residency at Muscat and a report by the Resident, David Seton, concerning the difficulties of living at Muscat and a request for increased allowances and a new Residency building.The correspondence consists of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 91, and terminates at f 105, 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 file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains information on the nature of personal living conditions in the Persian Gulf, including correspondence from persons who had been offered employment in Bahrein [Bahrain], and who sought information on conditions there.The papers include: report on economic conditions in the Persian Gulf, issued by the British Consulate-General, Bushire, December 1936 (folios 82-105); appendix to Persian Gulf Naval Intelligence Report, October 1934, on a visit to the Bahrain petroleum fields (folios 80-81); correspondence from six individuals in the United Kingdom, who had been offered civil employment in Bahrain, mainly in the oil industry, and who sought information on conditions in the country, particularly the climate, together with replies from the India Office; 'Note on the Bahrain Islands' (folios 66-70); report issued by the British Consulate-General, Bushire on the 'personal' aspects of life at Bushire (folios 30-47); and
Final Report on the Malaria Survey of Bahrein Islands, by Major M K Afridi, IMS (Malaria Institute of India), 1938 (folios 9-21, and
Preliminary Report, folios 23-37).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 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomaly: folio 20a.