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'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence' [‎157r] (311/534)

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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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C*0*P*Y:
: IKDIA STEAK' HA7IGATI0H COt.!PANY LH-'ITED
No. BICD/1186
15"Lh, july-1946:
Messrs. M&cicenzie & Company Lii^itecL,
Bahrein.
Dear Sirs,
MINISTRY OF )
AGRICULTURE ) 9^6 bags of Asnti Locust Bitit,
BASrah Or NIL ) ex s/s.BarJ Ora v/342 *Bfcrala» v/364
0^ i-J ) Arrived Basrah on 7-6-l£^6:
According to Ship's cianirest the above consiiXLCient
was shipped by you for this port, consignees, the Agricultural
Department have beeft obtained delivery of the car£o against the
usual letter og guarantee, pending production of the relative'
ai^ch^rged^bill cl xading. According to advice from consignees
the Bill oi Lading has not reached them, so far.
Please consult your records and advise by return
ftir mai-i-, as to whom this document was delivered, and in the
event oi same being still in your possession, kindly forward
it to us withmdt disposal instructions.
Yours faithfully,
FOrj Gra^' Mackenzie <Sh co.Ltd.,
Agents.

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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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