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File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’ [26r] (56/368)
The record is made up of 1 volume (180 folios). It was created in 1904-1914. 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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(ii) Establishment—
1 Sub-Assistant Surgeon on emoluments as at present.
1 Head Clerk on Rs. 100-10-150 a month.
1 News-
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
, Khoremabad, on Rs. 25 a month.
(Hi) Charges on account of Escort establishment—
Rs.
Rs.
1
Duffadar
A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry.
..
.. 45
1 Soldier Surveyor ..
.. 45+25
5 Sowars, each
.. 34
1
Khalasi
Used by the British officials to refer to a non-European labourer, especially one employed on a ship.
..
.. 10
2 Syces, each
.. 16
1 Bhisti
16
3,742 a year.
Rations
• • • •
1,668
Feed and keep of horses
..
1,166
Purchase and repair of saddlery and stable gear
..
105
Clothing for sowars ..
..
140
Total ..
6,821
or roundly
6,820 a year.
(iv) Travelling allowance
• •• • •
12,000 a year.
(v) Postage and telegram charges
• • • •
f 750 a year.
(6) To meet all other charges under the head “ 25—Political ” an office
allowance of Rs. 16,400 a year is sanctioned based on the following deaths :—
Establishment.
Per annum.
Rs.
1
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
on Rs. 106-10-8
Menial establishment
Hospital menial establishment
Boatmen
Gardener
Local guards
1,280
1,385
350
180
100
1,000
Total .. 4,295
Supplies and Services.
Petty construction and repairs
Secret Service
Purchase and repair of tents
Medical supplies
Hire of transport
Flags and stores
100
300
50
800
6,000
100
Total .. 7,350
♦HWWiafcwiPnt to be entertained on the scale sanctioned from time to time. Total grant fixed at Rs.
0,380 without the sanction of the Government of India. Charges to be
subject to audit under ordinary rules.
tFixed grant not to be increased or exceeded without the sanction of the Government of India. Charges
to be subject to audit under ordinary rules.
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- Content
The main contents of the volume are exchanges of letters about government expenditure on the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , primarily between British officials at the Foreign Office, 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. and Treasury in London and Government of India officials at the Foreign Department in Calcutta and Simla. They discuss cost estimates and actual expenditure in relation to the approval of Government of India proposals for the expansion of the cadre of the Indian Political Department in order to fill Consular posts in Persia, 1904-1905 and 1909; the establishment of a new Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait (spelt Koweit), 1904-1907 and the purchase of the steam launch Lewis Pelly , built at the Government Dockyard in Bombay, for the use 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. at Kuwait, 1906-1907, 1909-1912 and 1914. The volume also contains a sea chart of Kuwait Port, by the Marine Survey of India in 1905.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (180 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 339 (Koweit Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. expenditure: steam launch) consists of one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 182; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/69
- Title
- File 339/1905 ‘Koweit: - Political Agency. Expenditure. Steam Launch’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:179v, 181r:181v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence