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'File 1/50 Office Routine' [9r] (17/206)
The record is made up of 1 file (103 folios). It was created in 31 Jan 1945-27 Nov 1950. 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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for 'de 1 Ap-ent, Sharjah) and sent vi;i Tabrain (if there is no
ir ift:; toar'&'rs'^s.-sij sa
steamer -vice is availalDle. Similarly sometimes iiuscat mails
steamer
are sent via Bahrain,
97 All our mail "ba^s for the Agencies at Juscat, Lc .uain and
Kuwait, and the Consulates at Eandlr ADMs, Khorr^stebr and Basra
are given to the Ccmmanders of British vessels ior xa^oui 01 deii
very and a receipt obtained.
28. The Des-oatch cleric maintains a register of PostaJ ^args
incurred He has a permanent deposit of Kials 1,000/ icr th
■DurDose and once in a month, or whenever he runs short of cash,
he renders an account to the Treasury Officer oi the charges
incurred, supported ty postal receipts, ana draws mones froui
Treasury.
29. As regards telegrams the draft after ^
clerk concemed for issue, as stated atove. In cc -
telegram may te addressed to more th an one addressee. The dis
trioution is shown in the preamble, Just before the text, J!rc.
+h=i ontwoWl rosister for telegrams a number is talcen, aiuer
filling in the relevant coluinns; first the telegraphic,address
of"the' addressee is Siown. Tte number of the te^g^m is bhom just
£±rH2te before the text (some offices put the number aftei
signature group). For examplef.-
ra0DH01.CE, CAIRO.
A/4i36 AH0ED
=BRITG ONSUI^
or
PROHROiiCE s CAIRO.
AH0ED
-ERITCONSUL- A/436.
If the telegram is marked M Imi .crtatt H or 'Lmmediate" the
word "Important" or "Immediate" is inserted beiore tho address, as-
E/IijlEDIATE
PRODROME, CAIRO.
30 The requisite number of copies are taken; for all tele^ams
roinp to -olaces outside Iran two copies .are to be senu to the l ^ Ig
l ?aSh Offict for telegrams to places inside Iran,,one copy.is
sent to the Telegraph Office; and of course ^ fl 0 ^ ic 2 h f^arLters
-rp-Minpd The text is put in the code mentioned and the characu
are written toldly and legilly in Mock liters and sometimes
tVDed Each copy is then stamped with the office seal ana ig
Tthe person isling it: entorci in
—i addressee of the telegram, and sent to the lelegram umce
31, Three co-pies are then typed; one for the I He ? one
(bible) for P .R. , and the other for the issue ^oible.
telegrams issued are typed in the same form as receipto.
32
The telegrams issued and the office copies of
letters
/issued
About this item
- Content
The file relates to office procedure, and changes to office procedure following transfer of supervisory responsibility to the Foreign Office.
The papers include a set of notes entitled 'Office Routine', compiled by the officiating Head Clerk of the British 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. , Bushire, which give guidance on the treatment of all forms of correspondence, registration, filing, referencing, the administrative structure of the Bushire office, mails and telegrams, records, noting and drafting, typing section, forms of letters and memoranda, duties of the Telegram Clerk, and duties of the Despatch clerk, with covering letter suggesting that the notes should be circulated among staff at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, January 1945.
The file also contains papers relating to specimen forms and letters, April 1948; papers concerning the replacement by the Foreign Office of certain obsolete types of correspondence, September 1948; papers concerning terms to be used in establishing telegraphic priorities, May to June 1949; letter to the Foreign Office concerning the administrative workload of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , Bahrain, August 1949; papers concerning Foreign Office instructions on the use of abbreviations in official documents, including telegrams, August 1949; correspondence from the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah on how to address certain Foreign Office departments, and the reorganisation of the Sharjah Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 's filing system, October and November 1949; papers concerning regulations for the sending of telegrams, December 1949 to April 1950; correspondence from Cable and Wireless Limited, giving regulations and rates for telegrams, June to December 1950; correspondence concerning Foreign Office instructions laying down official spellings for Kuwait and Bahrain, and the use by the British 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. , Bahrain of the Hunterian system for the transliteration of Arabic words and names, with the exception of Muscat and Oman, June to August 1950; and correspondence concerning the telegraphic address of the British Agent, Gwadur [Gwadar], November 1950.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (103 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 103 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1046
- Title
- 'File 1/50 Office Routine'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:58v, 61r:68v, 72r:75v, 78v:102v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence