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File 252/1910 Pt 2 Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; buoyage of Shatt al-Arab [117r] (240/660)
The record is made up of 1 volume (327 folios). It was created in 1911. 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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6.32 miles.
Inner bar
Buoy. f iMs buoy is not yet in position, it will be
a red, starboard hand, buoy and is intended
to mark the Eastern side of tie Inner bar,
it should be placed by to-morrow the 16th
instant. Indicated position N.42 W. from
Gas buoy dist; 11.17 miles.
ftith reference to paragraph 4 of your letter under
reference a report from the Officer Commanding R.I.M.5.
’’Palinurus'* is herewith forwarded as regards the Automatic
Acetylene Gas Buoy at the outer Bar of the Shatt-al-a.rab
River.
The position of the Gas buoy is as under:-
0
S. 33?- £. from fao F.S. distant 16.96 miles.
Copy of a letter from the Officer Commanding R.I.M.S.
H ?alinurus ,fc , to the Director, Royal Indian Marine, Ro.
247, datod Bombay, the 7th May 1911.
In accordance with instructions from the Officer in
<m
Charge l!arine Purvey of India, I have the honour to reply
as follows to your Reference ^heet No. SCSO^dated 4th
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This volume contains letters, reports and memoranda concerning the lighting and buoyage of the Shatt al-Arab. Correspondence discusses the poor state of the buoys and need for repainting; a re-survey of the Shatt al-Arab in order the prevent the Germans from gaining influence. Also discussed is the need to establish which British maintained-buoys are in Turkish or Persian waters and the dispatch of a British naval force to the area where British buoys had been laid.
Correspondents include: Viceroy of India; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Director, Royal Indian Marine, and the Vali of Basra.
The volume is part 2 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part of the year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (327 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 252 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Lighting and Buoying) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/168-169. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one 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 327; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 252/1910 Pt 2 Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; buoyage of Shatt al-Arab
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:28v, 29Ar, 29Av, 29r:58v, 62r:320v, 326r:326v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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