Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Charles Robert Mitchell Jackson, Advocate General, Bengal; and the underwriters of the
Centaur’s cargo. It is the second in a series of two items about the loss of the
Centaur.The item concerns the dispatch of the East India Company steam ship
Queento visit Muscat and other Gulf ports to persuade the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to assist with the investigation into the whereabouts of the
Centaur’s cargo. The item also contains a discussion on whether the Imam can be held responsible for the plunder of the cargo.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 969-1852’ and ‘Collection No 7 of No 70’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1215, and terminates at f 1225, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file contains notes of protest presented by merchants and ship owners to the Political Agency in Bahrain. Most of them pertain to cargo that was either damaged or destroyed between ports, at sea.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 54; 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 2-28; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.