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‘No. I/34. Launch establishment’ [34r] (67/212)
The record is made up of 1 file (105 folios). It was created in 19 Feb 1926-23 Sep 1944. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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No. I/'/i ■
From
Captain G.S.de Graury,
Political Agant, Kuv^it.
To
The Hon f b le th e Poll ti oa 1 Be si den t
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, camp KUWAIT#
Sir
I have the honour to ctate th* t Mr* Cyril Bayer
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Mechanical Engineea? was on the 23rd* May seized
with a paralytic stroke* According to Medical Officer he
is not likely to regain ocenplete use of his linbs for some
tine i f ever.
that after nineteen years lie re in the service of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
( he is now aheut 43 ) he deserves some special
gra tuity.
enough to move, I propose to keep hi ::i in pay out of the
launch fund, hut as another man must be taken on in his
place this rcill completely eorhaust the launch fund and
leave me notinijiiKy whtsoever for petrol and oil during
the current year«
4 # His character fias been exemplary. Colonel
Bayer is not on pensionable service but I feel
Y/hile he is here, that is until he is well
Dickson has written of him in praise worthy terras, see
the attached letter.
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- Content
Correspondence concerning employees of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. motor launch. The bulk of the file’s correspondence concerns Cyril Bayer, Inspector in general charge of the launch, and relates to his role, his failing health, subsequent retirement to India, financial provision for him in retirement, and death in 1938. The file includes:
- a copy of an office order entitled ‘Care of “Agency Launch” and “Sailing Boats”’, outlining Bayer’s duties as Inspector for the launch (ff 13-14);
- notices dated 1943 relating to the status and movements of the Kuwait launch, the Hugh Biscoe (ff 81-83);
- a list of motor launch equipment transferred between launch nakhudas (f 97).
Principal correspondents in the file include: 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; the Inspector of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch (Cyril Bayer); Cyril Bayer’s brother, Maurice P Bayer.
Several of the file’s papers are in Arabic.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (105 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 102-106) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-106; these numbers are also written in pencil, and, where circled, are crossed through.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/5/4
- Title
- ‘No. I/34. Launch establishment’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 4r:5v, 8r:16v, 18r:18v, 20r:30v, 33r:35v, 38r:45v, 48r:49v, 51r:53v, 59r:61v, 63r:67v, 69r:70v, 73r:73v, 75r:75v, 79r:106v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence