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'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence' [‎172r] (339/534)

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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/949 The Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain.
Dated the 26th August, 1946.
To.
The Administrative Officer,
Middle Sast Anti-Locust Unit,
C_a„i_r_o
MEMORANDUM
A NXI.LOCUST CAMPAIGN, OMAN .
Reference your letter No. 32(1) dated the
31st July, 1946./"
2. Prior to the departure of the India Anti-
Locust Delegation on the 7th June, the Government of
India Anti-Locust Delegation handed over all vehicles
to the R.A.F. Station, Sharjah for disposal on the
authroity of the Minister Resident, Cairo*s telegrams
ljos.72 and 74 of the 18th and 29th Miay respectively
(copies enclosed). These vehicles were recently sold '
with the surplus R.A.F. vehicles.
3* The Anti-Locust Delegation handed over the
following articles to 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. Agent, Sharjah and
they are stored in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. :
6-Volt batteries 11.
925x16 tyres 5.
900x16 " 5.
Spare Wheel complete 1.
The Delegation stored the poison bait and other sundry
articles in their original godowns, in the charge of the
Store-keeper, Muhammad Sharif, but no arrangements were
made regarding storage charges and the pay of the
store-keeper. Storage charges and the pay of the store
keeper have been paid upto and including May 1946 and
debited to the Government of India. Payment on account
of storage charges and the pay of the store-keeper is
therefore still due for the subsequent months.
The sum of Rs. 500/- mentioned in your letter
under reference has not yet been received through the
R.A.F., Sharjah.
Sd. H.D.H. RANG3,
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
Attested.
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for 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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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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