Abstract: The file concerns enquiries into the nature of prison accommodation available in Bahrain for European and American prisoners, and includes correspondence from Sir William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; and the Office of the Adviser to the Government, Bahrain.The papers also include copies of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Gordon Noel Jackson, Political Agent, Kuwait; and the Foreign Office, London about proposals for the construction of prison accommodation for Europeans and Americans in Kuwait, May-July 1949.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system comences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 19 on the last folio before the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: 1, 1A.
Abstract: The file contains a letter from the Office of The Commandant State Police, Bahrain, to the Political Agent, Bahrain, giving notice of the plan to build a new prison for European and American prisoners and requesting information on what would be considered sufficient in the way of cells, meals, work, form of imprisonment, and sanitation.Folio 3 is internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; 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 item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India's Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 7 July 1873 and received by the India Office's Political Department on 11 August 1873, forwarding copies of papers regarding the provision of jail accommodation at Zanzibar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 660, and terminates at f 668, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains three foliation insertion anomalies: f 660a, f 663a, and f 666a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 18 August 1874, forwarding for information a copy of a letter from the Acting Political Agent at Zanzibar, submitting a report on the condition of the jail building at Zanzibar and the proposal to convert a portion of the building into a hospital. The Despatch is in reference to despatch No. 1 dated 16 January 1874 from the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 367, and terminates at f 373a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 367a, f 370a, and f 373a.