File 17/7 Boat for the use of the Political Agent, Muscat
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and documents, primarily invoices and receipts, concerning the supply of sailing vessels and related parts to the Political Agency in Muscat. Much of this correspondence relates to the purchase of a Montagu whaler boat (generally referred to in the papers erro...
File 17/13 Acquisition of Gwadar Political Bungalow by Air Ministry for Imperial Airways
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the acquisition of a bungalow in Gwadur [Gwadar] by Imperial Airways. Prior to its purchase the bungalow was used primarily by British political officers passing through Gwadur. The correspondence also discusses the furnishing...
Plan Showing Official Buildings at Gwadur with Proposed Site for Wireless Buildings
Scope & Content:
Simple plan of a small number of buildings centred around the telegraph office in Gwadur [Gwadar] with roads, the sea and each building's function labelled. The area proposed for the construction of a wireless building is marked in red.
This file contains correspondence between officials of the British Agency in Gwadur [Gwadar], the Political Agency in Muscat and the Indo-European Telegraph Department regarding the allocation of funds for the maintenance of the Christian Cemetery in Gwadur.
File XVII/19 Government Property; Christian Cemetery at Gwadur
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter sent to the Political Residency in Bushire regarding the 'deplorable state of neglect' of the Christian cemetery in Gwadur [Gwadar] and an estimate of costs for the construction of a wall around the cemetery that was sent by the British Agency in Gwadur to the Politica...
File 17/16 Fish Industry in Muscat (Dr. Bertram's Visit to Muscat)
Scope & Content:
This file consists of the following: A copy of a report entitled 'Fishery Development at the Head of the Persian Gulf with Special Reference to the Needs of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Abadan. by G C L Bertram MA PhD, Middle East Supply Centre, 25th August, 1944' (folios 3-19) Correspondence rega...
File 18/8 Sanitation of Muscat proposed drainage of malarial pond behind Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file contains a series of short letters from the Political Agent in Muscat eliciting the opinion of the Executive Engineer at the British Residency at Bushire regarding the treatment or drainage of the malarial swamp near Muscat town.