'File 4/3 AI Statements in Form "E" (Progressive Totals of Expenditure) and Correspondence Relating thereto. (From April 1942).'

Content

The file contains monthly consolidated account statements recording running totals of expenditure (also known as '"E" form statements') for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein), together with associated correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi (AGCR). The expenditure is divided into pay, allowances, secret expenditure, and other charges.

The papers include: monthly "E" form statements for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, for April 1942 - March 1943 inclusive, April - December 1943 inclusive, and April 1944 - March 1945 inclusive; monthly "E" form statements for the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah (also spelled Sharja) for the same period; and monthly "E" form statements of K-special war charges for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain for the same period.

The correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the office of the Accountant-General concerns discrepancies in the statements.

Extent and format

1 file (169 folios)

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminates with a set of notes between folios 166-170. Circled reference numbers in red ink refer to entries in the notes.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 171; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-93 and between ff 94-164; these numbers are written in pencil and ink, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1119

Former external reference(s)

English Office files: 4/3 AI

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Jul 1942-24 Apr 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Expenditure

People & organisations

Government of India, Accountant-General, Central Revenues

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'File 4/3 AI Statements in Form "E" (Progressive Totals of Expenditure) and Correspondence Relating thereto. (From April 1942).', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1119, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002f6> [accessed 27 August 2024]

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