Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
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Brief letter enclosing copies of the audit on Colonel Stannus's disbursements for the period February to October 1826, and noting that all the corrections had been made in the accounts.
Letter No. 87 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter regarding the insubordinate and refractory conduct of two privates in the Marine Battallion attached to the Bushire Residency Guard, whose conduct had resulted in them being sent aboard HC Cruizer Clive, and replaced with two sepoys from the detachment serving on board that vessel.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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Letter regarding journals for 1823/4 and 1824/5 which were sent to him in May, and that he was instead submitting the books made out in the Accountant General's office owing to errors that appeared in the Marine Charges and Cash Account.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
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Letter forwarding Statements of Table Expenses incurred at Bushire during Colonel Stannus's absence 4 September to 14 November 1826, and noting that he had been obliged to certify the expenses for September 1826 as there had been no European Officer in charge of the Residency at that time.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Bazett Doveton, Military Accountant, Bombay
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Letter informing him that an order for the amount of retrenchment against Assistant Surgeon Henry Johnston had been transmitted by Colonel Stannus to the Military Pay Master at the Residency.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Letter regarding sums of money which Colonel Macdonald had drawn on the treasury at Bushire, and enclosing a statement of the Cash remaining in deposit on account of the Mission to the Court of Persia.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Letter discussing bills drawn on the Bengal and Bombay Governments by the Mission to the Court of Persia; and the current rate of exchange and Colonel Stannus's inclination to wait until the Residency was in need of funds before exchanging the sums in order to perhaps obtain a more favourable ra...
Letter No. 90 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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Letter, dated 26 December 1826, submitting a statement of expenses incurred during Stannus's absence on duty from the Residency for the sanction of the Government of Bombay. Statement of expenses incurred during the Resident's tour to the Arabian Coast between 4 September and 14 November 1826, s...