'BUILDINGS. No. 4/13 I Correspondence regarding Surgeon's quarters.' [63r] (127/510)
The record is made up of 1 volume (255 folios). It was created in 3 Jul 1924-11 Mar 1946. 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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MHHHHHRHHfl
(UJ I put the «edloal ^moer in the Old
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
building together ifith the Charitable Din pens ary
which £4.80 used to bo housed in the old annexe*
(•} The foXloTiing fhotore decided ne in la&Rlng the cl
ii; X wanted the il ead Clerk nearer the i^ew
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
and taie change brought him a mile closer* An
1 portant point In the hot weather.
(iilfew ^ead i;lerk , 8 houue hadl suffered terribly
fro» the oloud burst of fith Deconber 1934, and
wac in unsafe condition and would fore cost R&OO/-
to he ve put right.
(ill)I saved Government 50/- rent which I *€*«
paying for t2ie /outexe.
(iv}I seve^Croverment hs 200 /- annual repair
chargee of ^Hsad Cork’s >u>uee (Annexe) which this
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
hitherto had to bear out of its Central
Contract Grant.
(dj The Medical Officer got a very much better house
than he U£€id to teve and free of any rent.
5.
Ihsm oeae the u^retary of Stete’a letter No.r.. .830,
refarr.1 to In paragraph / 4(bi a bore, and I petitioned tl®
ojltie.'d. ‘•ooident aid asked him to reproeait how the setter stood
to ttowmamt. He very kindly did this, 1 be .iere, by a*preee letter
from .it*hire, about 13th “teroh, end after he left uwalt ( a copy
of his draft letter vtae left til to r® by Ibr. Cron lag, the Under-
Secretary, tot record).
6# This was followed by your menorandw Ho.732 dated the 16th
April ( enclosing Government of ^ndia f s .iori or undue Go .i—lBX- a/ 34,
sfc te :;i the 4th April 1935} referred to et the beginning of this
letter- from which it wen clear that Government were determined ttet
the Old figincy should be hiinded back, end to act on which you
instructed m accordingly*
?• .1 therefore as mentioned in naragrnph 2 of this letter
addrcssel ttm ^helkh, and infomed him that His Majesty v c Government
h d decided to hand back the Old ^ncy as from 1st 1935. The
Shaikh duly acknowledge my letter.
a* 1 was at once faced with the difficulty m to where to
house the Medical Officer. Obviously if I had put him beck in his
oi t n >U‘ o f i ou.iu Is w bom in the. same difficulty about finding a
new house for the Heed w lerk. I accordingly saw the w h8jUdi
aekecl if he would help in ray diXere* md allow Dr#Oreeireay (the
Medical Officer} to go on living in the Old
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
on a "nominal
rent w
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, estimates and receipts relating to the accommodation for the Medical Officer of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait.
The discussion in the volume relates to the leasing, maintenance and state of repair of housing for the Medical Officer, Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Further discussion surrounds leases and rental costs with the local landlords and the administration and allocation of the cost of the lease with the Government of India.
Included in the volume are copies of rental agreements and receipts for rent paid. The principal correspondents in the volume 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 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. ; and the Under-Secretary to the Government of India.
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- 1 volume (255 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 255; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-238; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'BUILDINGS. No. 4/13 I Correspondence regarding Surgeon's quarters.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 30r:30v, 31v, 33r:39v, 42r:42v, 43ar, 43ar, 43v:44v, 46r:67v, 69r:83v, 85r:85v, 87r:111v, 117r:130v, 132r:134v, 136r:137v, 140r:140v, 143r:143v, 146r:153v, 156r:163v, 165r:169r, 169r:169v, 169v:174v, 177r:179v, 186r:192v, 196r:197v, 200r:205v, 207r:210v, 212r:222v, 227r:227v, 229r:231v, 234r:234v, 236r:236v, 238r:252v, back-i, back
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