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616. Captain Hennell in one part of bis letter did admit that with bis own
local experience and knowledge he might, hy great personal exertion, carry on
the duties of 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. without the aid of an Assistant, but he had on some
occasions been glad to avail himself of the assistance of officers, who happened
to be present in Karrak, in getting translations of letters made, and in general
considerations he con sidered the appointment of an Assistant Eesident indis
pensable.
617. On this the Government of India yielded again, and did not object to
an Assistant being appointed (only however as a temporary arrangement) on
a salary of R700 a month. Lieutenant Kemball was appointed accordingly,
and he held the appointment up to the year 1852.
618. In their letter. No. 32, dated 1862, the Bombay Government
informed the Government of India that Lieutenant-Colonel Hennell having
applied for a furlough to Europe, they had, subject to the Government of
India's approval, appointed Captain A. B. Kemhall to succeed him as Kesident
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . As to the abolition of the office of the Assistant
Resident, ordered by the Government of India, the Bombay Government invited
their attention to the previous correspondence on the subject, and observed : —
"The offices of 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. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , and of Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
are, as has been shown on the occasion of Lieutenant-Colonel Rawlinson's recent absence in
Europe, dependant on the appointment of the Assistant to the Resident, for a qualified officer
as a locum tenens, in case of any sudden emergency ; for this, and the other reasons enume
rated in the letters from this Government above mentioned, the Right Honourable the
Governor in Council is of opinion that it will be injurious to the public interests if the
appointment of assistant be abolished. This Government therefore trusts that the Govern
ment of India will give the subject its favorable consideration. w
619. The Government of India approved of the proposals of the Bombay
Government (letter No, 1182, dated 23rd April 1852),