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'File 28/44 Locust Survey Officer' [34r] (67/192)
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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D.O.No. 14
British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
J1950.
s-S-f-e
Your letter No,
regarding Gurdas
Singh.
2, I will arrange to pay Gurdas Singh during his
visit. I note, however from Foreign Office Circular
No.061 (XF0146(4/48) of 31st May 1949, Para 17, that
payments on behalf of India should be according to
"existing procedure" as opposed to that specified
in the Circulare Could you please let me know
urgently what the "existing procedure" is?
In general, I am against the unnecessary
complications caused by ourvmaking payments on
behalf of other Commonwealth Governments or United
Kingdom Departments. Gurdas Singh could, for
example, have made arrangement^ for his Salary to
be remitted to him at the Dubai Bank rather more
easily than the present^arrangements whereby he
comes all the way to Sharjah to draw iti
A ^}bU**> 'j
L.A.G.Pinhey, Esquire, O.B.E.,
Assistant
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.
,
Bahrain.
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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.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence