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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/137

1. IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40
Title:
Circular no.4265 of 1854 from the Chief Secretary
Scope & Content:
The circular is a request that the Political Resident, when writing letters on foolscap paper, write thirty lines per side, with an average of seven words per line.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 folio

2. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 3-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 3-5
Title:
Letter no.48 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a letter to Kemball’s address from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, dated 20 December 1852. Sheil’s letter relates to import duties paid by British subjects on merchan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1853
Extent:
3 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 6-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 6-8
Title:
Letter no.135 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a circular addressed to Kemball from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, dated 24 January 1853. The circular and letter relate to duties that are payable by British merch...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1853
Extent:
3 folios

4. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 10-11A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 10-11A
Title:
Printed copy of the Bombay Government Gazette Extraordinary
Scope & Content:
The Gazette Extraordinary is an announcement of the annexation by British forces of Pegu [Bagu, Myanmar] in December 1852. The Gazette includes a copy of the Proclamation made by Charles Allen, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India, dated 20 December 1852, and a list of appointments ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1853
Extent:
2 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 11B-14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 11B-14
Title:
Copy of Letter no.463 of 1852 from The Commissioner in Sind to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Falkland, Governor and President in Council in Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to the illegal trade of opium from the Arabian and Persian coasts into Sind, frequently on American vessels. Concern about the trade is based on the fact that opium from these areas is lower in price than that from Bombay, and may therefore adversely affect t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1852
Extent:
4 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 15-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 15-17
Title:
Copy of letter no.2393 of 1853 from the Secretary to Government, Territorial Department Revenue, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul at Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to the opium trade at Muscat. The letter is a covering letter as well as a request for further information on the trade (arranged behind the letters it encloses, at folio 17), enclosing a copy of letter no.85 of 1853 (folios 15-16) from The Commissioner in Si...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Apr 1853
Extent:
3 folios

7. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 18-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 18-20
Title:
Letter no.165 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter contains a report by Kemball on the opium trade in the Gulf, with information on the key points of export from Persia to Muscat: Bushire, Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; importance of Muscat as an entrepôt; estimated quantities by weight of opium exported e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1853
Extent:

3 folios

8. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22
Title:
Docket enclosing paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562 passed by Government
Scope & Content:
The docket and its enclosure relate to the opium trade in the Persian Gulf. The enclosure, an extract of paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562, dated 29 January 1853, notes that opium is grown in the northern parts of Asia Minor and Persia, and shipped at Constantinople [Istanbul] in the vessels of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1853
Extent:
2 folios

9. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 23-29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 23-29
Title:
Letter no.3015 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, with enclosures relating to the opium trade between the Persian Gulf and Kurrachee [Karāchi]. The enclosures are as follows: Letter no.427 of 1852 (folio 24) from the Commissioner in Sind to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Falkland, Governor and President in C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jul 1853
Extent:
7 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 30-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 30-33
Title:
Letter no.187 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and enclosures relate to the introduction of registers for Arab and Persian trading vessels visiting the port of Kurrachee [Karāchi]. Kemball suggests that the Acting Collector of Customs, Richard Spooner’s suggestion of introducing papers under Article V of the General Treaty signed w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1853
Extent:
4 folios

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