'File 28/44 Locust Survey Officer' [‎27r] (53/192)

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'File 28/44 Locust Survey Officer'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/2/1739

The record is made up of 1 file (94 folios). It was created in 16 Jul 1948-10 Dec 1950. It was written in English. 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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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
j Bahrain,
No. 3 ^ ^ -28/44. 29th January,1960.
Dear Sir,
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I forward herewith R.A.F. form 2868,
In duplicate, duly filled in by Mr.Gurdas
2 iiingh, Assistant Locust Entomologist, who is
being sent to ohar.iah on depucation by the
Government of India in connection with anti-
Locust work with the British deligation there,
and shall be glad if you will kindly book an
air passage for him by the next Wednesday^
R.A.F. plane to Sharjah.
2* The bill for the cost of the passage
may be sent to the Political Officer, Trucial
Coast, Shar.lah for payment by debiting the
amount to the Government of India.
Yours faithfully.
n
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Officer Commanding, for 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. .
Koyal Air Force 7
Muharraq.
Copy to the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ,
Shar.lah, for information.

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Content: The file contains correspondence between the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives, the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait, Sharjah, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and various suppliers on arrangements and statement of accounts for a Desert Locust Survey. At the beginning of the file there are also some letters requesting a survey on BAPCO's labour conditions (folios 2-4).
Extent and format: 1 file (94 folios)
Arrangement: The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order.
Physical characteristics: The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins on the front cover of the file, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 96. There is another foliation sequence, which is incomplete.
Written in: English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/1739
Title: 'File 28/44 Locust Survey Officer'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:22v, 24v, 26v:35v, 36v:39v, 41r:43v, 44v, 45v:46v, 49r:56v, 57v:61v, 63r:66v, 68r:68v, 69v, 73r:75v, 79r:80v, 85r:95v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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