Letter from John Kaye, Auditor of Civil Accounts, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter forwards a copy of a letter, dated 17 November 1810, from F[rancis] Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to John Elphinstone [Elphinston], Civil Auditor, which sets out the Government's regulations regarding pension payments.
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter in response to Bruce's letter of 19 December 1811. Subjects include unsold woollen goods, the retention of native officers at Bushire, and the protection of imports to Bushire.
Letter from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident, Bushire
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Letter approves of Bruce having advanced to the Governor of Bushire a year's rent for the factory, but stresses that this action is not to be repeated as it does not comply with established practice.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, currently based at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
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Letter instructs Taylor to procure five tons of gum ammoniac on the Company's account. Includes an enclosure: a letter, dated 16 June 1812, from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Bruce, Bombay, asking Bruce to relay his instructions to his agent at Bushire. The enclosed let...
Letter from William Newnham, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Lieutenant William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, Currently at Bombay
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Letter discusses the price of Ghilan [Gilan] silk and instructs Bruce to purchase two tons of the material, if it can be consigned to Bombay before December 1812.
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, Currently at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
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Letter discusses the procurement of raw Ghilan [Gilan] silk for investment in Europe. Contains the following enclosures, whose subjects include the procurement of Ghilan silk and the varieties of cotton available on the Bushire market: A copy of a letter, dated 9 May 1812, from William Newnham, ...
Letter from William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire, currently at Bombay, to Lieutenant Robert Taylor, in Charge of the Residency at Bushire
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Letter requests samples of cotton from the different provinces of Persia. Also includes an enclosure: a letter, dated 26 May 1812, from James Farish, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Bruce, Bombay, regarding payment owed to the Governor of Bushire for the pilotage of the Bussora pac...
Letter from James Farish, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Thomas Flower, Resident at Bushire
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Letter attaches an extract of a letter, dated 10 August 1812, from the Military Paymaster General to the Governor in Council, regarding a bill anomaly dating from 3 February 1810.