Political Department letter no. 8 from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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The letter concerns the loss of the baglow [buggalow] of Syeed Hamza, Prince of Johanna [Nzwane], which was plundered near the village of Bordaghan. Riach praises Hamza and his people for the consideration they had always shown towards British vessels that landed in their country, and asks the G...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain G Walker, Commanding HCC (the Honourable Company's Cruiser) Elphinstone and Senior Marine Officer in the Gulf, Persia
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The letter is written from HCC (the Honourable Company's Cruiser) Amherst, Muscat Cove. Informing him that the Antelope was not required in the Gulf and could proceed to Bombay without touching at Bushere [Bushire].
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Captain C B James, Military Paymaster, Bombay
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Covering letter for remittance lists from the pay of Assistant Surgeon James Pringle Riach dating from 1824 and 1825 with a view to correcting a mistake in the administration of his pay.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to The Members of the Native Pension Fund Committee, Bombay
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The letter relates to subscribers to the Pension Fund on the establishment of the Residency and arrears due by those subscribers who wished to claim pensions for previous service.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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Reporting an alteration in the silver coinage of Persia: the replacement of the real [rial] or new Persian rupee with a new coin worth an hazar deenar [1000 dinar], of which ten made a toman. Stannus sends twenty rupees of the new coinage to be assayed.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Officer in Command of the Marine Battalion, Bombay
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The letter encloses a roll and pay certificate for the guard detatchment of the Residency, which had been relieved and was proceeding by the Honourable Company's Cruiser (HCC) Antelope to rejoin the battalion at Bombay. Stannus testifies to the good conduct of the detatchment as a whole, and sin...
Political Department letter no. 29 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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Stannus reports the death of Shahee Jan, one of the widows of Mahomed Houssein Khan, who was a pensioner of the Residency. The husband of the deceased was the only legitimate son of Mehdy Ali Khan, formerly Resident at Bushire, and received a pension in respect of his father's services to the Re...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
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The letter relates to the auditing of the accounts of the Residency from September 1823 to October 1825. The letter also refers to the pay of Assistant Surgeon James Pringle Riach; and the acceptance by the Resident of various accounting methods detailed by the Auditor.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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The letter concerns a shortfall in the amount of cash delivered over to Stannus by Captain Henry Hardy, his predecessor as Resident. Stannus describes the difficulties of interpreting the accounts of the Residency, as they were formerly kept, and suggests ways of explaining the shortfall.
