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'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence' [180r] (355/534)
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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" Copy of letter No.D 261-LC/46 dated 2 " ay 46 to the External
^ Affairs Department N •/ Delhi from the Government of India
Department of Agrlculttire Nev/ Delhi.
Subject:- Indian Locust Delegation to Oman-Control operations
in that Zone.
The undersigned is jiktrected to refer to t v is Department
endorsement No.148-P746 dated 16th January, 46 on the subject
mentioned above, wherein the E.A.Department were requested to
authorise the Political A^ent, Sharjah to countersign all heavy
exnenditure vouchers and bills on account of T.A. and other charges
of the anti-locust delegation A sum of X42000/- has been placed
at his disposal to meet these expenses The Political A^ent
Sharjah has now informed tha Accountant General Central Revenues
that due to the irregular mail service between Bushire and Sharjah
it has been found difficult to draw the money from the Bushire
Treasury, As the
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 would be in a better
position to do this work t is Department is prepared to authorise
him to countersign all bills and vouchers of the locust delegation
instead of the
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.
Sharjah. This Department will be
grateful if necessary com unication on the above lines is made
to the Political Agents concerned.
The Accountant General Central Revenues is also being
asked to transfer funds amounting to X42000/- allotted to Poli'bica3
Agent Sharjah, to the disposal of the
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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- 'File 28/63 A Anti-locust work: routine correspondence'
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- 121v:135v, 136v:139v, 140v:141v, 142v:151v, 151ar:151av, 152r:155v, 156v, 157v:158v, 162r:162v, 163v:166v, 168r:186v, 188r:191v, 191ar:191av
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