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‘No. I/34. Launch establishment’ [50r] (99/212)
The record is made up of 1 file (105 folios). It was created in 19 Feb 1926-23 Sep 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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M.P.Bayer,
The ’Gardens 1 ,
Cochin 15th July 1936.
!
&
E.S.M.Gaury Esfr.,
The Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
KUWAIT.
Dear Sir,
Kurrait Receipt
Dated
57 JUL
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your Regietered Air
Mail letter of the 7th instant, and have carefully noted the
v ery important co nt enta.
I am glad to note that my brother has safely embarked
on board the e,s. w Bandra M and that hie servant aBBaS is accom
panying hiW ae far as Bombay. I hope they will reach Bombay
safely in due course.
I received a telegram from Kuwait soon after my brother#
departure. This and jsour letter have placed me in a good position
to make all arrangements at this end. I have written to my
brother care ,, Mackinnons w Karachi by ^ir Mail, detailing the
arrangements as to his being met on dieembarkation, as doubtless
this will ease his mind very much. I have also wired and written
to my people at Bombay who have assured that they will be very
glad to be of any use to my brother on his arrival.
As Abbas will be coming up A as far as Bombay, I feel
it Q.uite imperative to have somebody accompanying the invalid on
the down journey from Bombay. I am glad to say that 1 have
availed myself of lOdays leave thus giving me the oppertunity of
running up to Bombay. It might interest you to know that I am
working with the B.I .S.N.Cc .at Cochin, and knowing the tranship
ment Superintendent of Mackinnons at Bombay personally who by
chance happens to be a Cochinite, I feel happy that much of the
difficulties facing a newcomer to Bombay would be erased, i
will be arriving in Bombay two days prior to the arrival of the
w BaNDRa h thus enabling me to call on the Agents and make the
necessary arrangements.
I hope you will please excuse me for not replying to
your letter of the 30th ultimoas to speak the truth, i surmised
that there would be some sort of definite communication follow
ing.
I shall write again in details on our arrival back
in Cochin, and in the meantime thanking you for your kind concern
on my brother’s behalf,
I beg to remain,
Dear Sir,
Yours most reapaptfully,
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- Content
Correspondence concerning employees of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. motor launch. The bulk of the file’s correspondence concerns Cyril Bayer, Inspector in general charge of the launch, and relates to his role, his failing health, subsequent retirement to India, financial provision for him in retirement, and death in 1938. The file includes:
- a copy of an office order entitled ‘Care of “Agency Launch” and “Sailing Boats”’, outlining Bayer’s duties as Inspector for the launch (ff 13-14);
- notices dated 1943 relating to the status and movements of the Kuwait launch, the Hugh Biscoe (ff 81-83);
- a list of motor launch equipment transferred between launch nakhudas (f 97).
Principal correspondents in the file include: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait; the Inspector of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch (Cyril Bayer); Cyril Bayer’s brother, Maurice P Bayer.
Several of the file’s papers are in Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (105 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 102-106) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-106; these numbers are also written in pencil, and, where circled, are crossed through.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/4
- Title
- ‘No. I/34. Launch establishment’
- Pages
- 37r:37v, 50r:50v, 56r:58v
- Author
- Bayer, Maurice P
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