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'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence' [‎156r] (309/534)

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The record is made up of 1 file (265 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1944-3 Jul 1949. 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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Gray, Mackenzie & Co.Ltd
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ONCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
BRANCHES:
HEAD OFFICE;
122, leaden hall street,
london.e.c.3.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS;
GRAY.
CODES USED;
BENTLEY'S COMPLETE PHRASE.
BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE CODE.
busreh.
am arah.
KUT.
khoramshahr
ahwaz
bun dap-shah pour
bush ire.
ras tanura.
e l khobar,
bunoer-abbas.
lingah.
bam rein
kg we it.
DUBAI,
smarjah.
MUSCAT.
in reply please quote
No. G& f ZGEN/361
Bahrein, 24th July, 19 46
T^e political A&ent,
Bahrein^
Dear Sir,
AAti Locust B^it for Basrah
Originally ex g/s. < Grinnell victory'•
We attach herev;ith a co^y of letter No.BICD/1186
of the 15tli July, from our Basrah office which is self
e xplanatory.
5 ^
Ip^this connection we refe~ you our letter
No. C&F/GEN/220 of 5th May 1^46« we sh4.11 be glad if
you will kindly forward the Bill of Lading A document confirming the goods which a ship has received. no ^3 covering
the above sHipment to the consignee in Basrah under
advice•
ash:
End:
Copy toi-
Gr^y Mackenzie & Co•Ltd.,
Basrah# ref.their letter
No. BICD/1186 of 15-7-46,
for information.
Yours faithfully,
For GRAY I XENZ1E tr CO. LTfc

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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agents at Bahrain and 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. , the Government of India at New Delhi, Gray, Mackenzie & Co. Ltd. and other suppliers, on arrangements and expenditures for sending an anti-locust delegation from Karachi to Oman for four months in 1946 and on supplies requested for the anti locust campaigns in Oman and Kuwait.

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1 file (265 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the file (folios 250-267). The notes refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number in red crayon or blue, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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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 first folio after the front cover, on number 1; then 2-18; 19 and 19A; 20-150; 151 and 151A; 152-190; 191 and 191A; 192-199; 200 and 200A; and carries on until 268, which is the last number given, on the inside of the back cover. The following folios are missing or skipped: 6, 8, 21, 99, 167, 187. There are two other foliations sequences, which are incomplete.

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