Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Kaye, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter transmits William Bruce's account of disbursements for July, August and September 1813. Disbursements include those due to Captain Henry Davidson of the Ternate, for the time Bruce spent on board that ship in July 1813. Disbursements not included.
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to Colonel Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Commissary General, Bengal
Scope & Content:
Letter refers to a request, made on 22 December 1813, by Major William Cowper, Commissary General at Bombay, for William Bruce to send a consignment of native sulphur to the Bengal Government. Bruce informs Weguelin that one hundred bags of native sulphur have been shipped on the Ahmed Shah, and ...
Letter from Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to John Kaye, Accountant General, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledges an order from 16 April 1814, which specified that following 30 April 1814, the close of the official year, all vouchers to cash accounts should be numbered according to the year 1814-1815.