"ملف ٣/١ أبنية الوكالة. من ١٩٠٠-١٩١١" [و‎‎٩‎٤] (٥٢٣/١٩٤)

No. 144, dated Bushire, the 19th (received 28th) March 1905,
From—' Captain A. P. Tebvob ,, I,A., for Officiating Political Eegident in th«
Persian Gulf,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department.
With reference to the correspondence ending with Foreign Department
telegram, dated 1st instant, on the subject of accommodation to be provided
for the Native Infantry guard stationed at Bahrein, I have the honour to
forward a copy of letter j S o . 36, dated 11th Eebruary 1905, from the Assistant
Political Agent, Bahrein, submitting estimates of cost for building the required
quarters.
2. Availing himself of this opportunity Captain Prideanx has also sub"
mitted estimates of cost for the construction of certain buildings, viz., houses
for Government and private servants including sowars, stables and godowns.
3. The several estimates submitted by Captain Prideaux aggregate to
Bs. 9,850, which I consider to be a moderate outlay for the proposed new
buildings. I need hardly point out that in view of the changed status of our
representative in Bahrein, and the consequent increase in the personnel of the
Agency, the necessity for the proposed buildings will be apparent to the
Government of India, and I accordingly trust that they will be pleased to
sanction the estimated outlay, viz., Bs. 9,850.
4. During my recent visit to Bahrein the Sheikh presented the land
required for building quarters for the Native Infantry guard and mounted
orderlies, for the purchase of which a sum of Es. 500 was sanctioned by
Government in foreign Department telegram, dated 1st March 1905.
5. The plan showing the position of the Agency house and of the proposed
buildings is enclosed.
No. 36, dated 11th February 1905.
From—C aptain F. B. Peideaux , Assistant Political Agent, Bahrein,
To — M a job P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
With reference to your letter No. 137, dated 30th January 1905, in which
you inform me that the strength of my guard of Native Infantry has been
fixed at 1 native officer and 24 sepoys, I have now the honour to address you
on the subject of their accommodation. At the same time I take the opportu
nity of pointing out that no stables or suitable quarters for my official and
private servants exist. I therefore venture to hope that sanction for the
construction of buildings for the latter purposes may be accorded to me at the
same time.
2. I attach a plan showing the position of the Agency house. Hospital,
Postmaster's Besidence and surrounding native buildings. The servants'
quarters and stables can be conveniently built within the present limits of the
Agency compound. There is no room, however, for the Infantry guard or
mounted orderlies' quarters. I see, therefore, no alternative than to buy more
land outside the Agency, and the only suitable plot is that immediately adjoin
ing the compound on the western side. This ground is highly valued as it
is situated on the sea-front, and I hear that its present owner paid the Chief
of Bahrein a very high price for it partly for this reason, and still more on
account of its vicinity to the Agency. The site of the Hospital compound—
34,38 : i square feet—cost Es. 840.
3. If 15,000 square feet are now bought and added on to the area of the
Agency, the boundary will have a more regular appearance, the possibility of
unpleasant shell-storing godowns—such as I am now threatened with—being
built to windward of me is removed, and I shall have space available for the
construction of houses for my ministerial officers, which is a step I propose to
recommend as soon as the strength of my establishment, in regard to which I
have already addressed you, is definitely settled.