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1. IOR/L/MAR/C/901

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MAR/C/901
Title:
Miscellaneous Marine Papers
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of various documents mostly relating to East India Company shipping. The documents include the following: Correspondence relating to surviving passengers who had been on board the shipwrecked Dutch East India Company ship Woestduyn, and various receipts for related expens...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
c 1723-c 1810
Extent:
1 volume (368 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/660

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/660
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying. General Expenditure.'
Scope & Content:
This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence notes that since 1911 the cost of the service, which is carried out by the Royal Indian Marine, has been shared between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1921-7 Jan 1925
Extent:
1 volume (329 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/661

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/661
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 3-9 'Persian Gulf: Lights & Buoys.'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of seven parts, all of which relate to the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf, which is carried out by the Royal Indian Marine. The parts mainly consist of interdepartmental correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, although other departme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1932
Extent:
1 volume (483 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3756

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3756
Title:
Coll 30/43 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying Service in: G/I's Contribution to the Lighting Fund etc'
Scope & Content:
This file contains lists of light dues (charges levied on ships for the maintenance of lighthouses and other navigation aids) owed by Admiralty vessels for entering or leaving the Shatt al-Arab. In addition to these lists, the file contains related correspondence between British officials in Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1933-16 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/3905

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3905
Title:
Coll 30/168 'Lights and Buoys: Proposed levy of light dues at Bahrein.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns a proposed levy for light dues at Bahrain on ships belonging to the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO). The measure was proposed by the Government of India in 1936, and further pressure was applied by the Persian Gulf Lighting Service Advisory Committee in 1940. The latt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Oct 1935-20 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (288 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3906

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3906
Title:
Coll 30/169 'Lights and Buoys: Buoying of approaches to Ras Tanurah on behalf of California Arabian Standard Oil Co.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an approach to the India Office from the California Arabian Standard Oil Company Limited (CASOC), for assistance with the buoying of the channel leading to the company's chosen anchorage at Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tannūrah]. The request is contained in correspondence from the company'...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1938-15 Dec 1938
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3918

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3918
Title:
Coll 30/180 'Kuwait:- Establishment of a light on Kubber Island.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the establishment of a light for shipping (and rejected proposals for an aero-maritime beacon) on Kubber Island (also referred to as Kubbar Island), in the approaches to Kuwait. The file contains correspondence from the Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, Bombay; and fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1937-26 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (18 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B168
Title:
Report of a Committee of Enquiry on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A report of a committee of enquiry on the lighting and buoyage of the Persian Gulf, 1909. The report discusses the existing lighting facilities in the Gulf (at Kuwait and Fao) and the details of a proposed scheme to construct a comprehensive network of lights at the following locations: Muscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/B169

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B169
Title:
Report by David W Hood, Associate Military Institute of Civil Engineer, supplementary to that of a committee of enquiry on the lighting and buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This secret report was compiled on 28 June 1909 by David W Hood, to identify spots suitable for the establishment of sea-marks in the Persian Gulf, providing estimated costs for construction and maintenance of light houses and buoys in: Muscat [Oman] (with sketch map on f 120); Little Quoin [Oma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:

bound in volume with other documents (18 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/18/B187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B187
Title:
Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file contains two memorandums concerning lighting and buoyage in the Persian Gulf by J E Ferard, the details of which are as follows: 1) B. 187. Memorandum on Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf (folios 1-4). This memorandum has four appendices (folios 5-7): I) Extract from Report ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1911
Extent:

1 volume (10 folios)