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1. 1787.d.7, 3(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(43)
Title:
Making fuel. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Portrait of a group of children at work: 'The young children manufacture fuel. This fuel is made by mixing the coal, which here is of inferior quality, with water, then casting it in moulds and drying it in the sun.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

2. 1787.d.7, 3(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
1787.d.7, 3(45)
Title:
Drying fuel. Photographer: Thomson, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking down onto blocks of fuel, made by mixing coal with water, with the Yangtze in the background. See also print 43.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1871
Extent:
1 item

3. C.44.h.5, 1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
C.44.h.5, 1(1)
Title:
Large blocks of coal. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Photographer's monogram 'H. O.' signed in negative at bottom right. Photographs of display of large blocks of coal, the pile on the left showing Welsh steam coal exhibited by the collieries of Edward Oakeley. Print considerably faded overall.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

4. IOR/F/4/1912/81798

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/1912/81798
Title:
‘Mahomerah – Sheik of – Refuses to allow certain Government Coal to be taken from that place.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the sixth in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81797, and 81799). T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1839-20 May 1841
Extent:
1 item (19 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 271-283

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 271-283
Title:
‘Removal of the Coal Depot from the Island of Karrack’
Scope & Content:
Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 26 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 25 June-26 August 1844. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to arrangements for the removal of the British Coal Depot from Karrack [Kharg], and plans ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1844
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 682-686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/432, ff 682-686
Title:
‘Intention of the Persian Government to send an expedition against Bahrein and the removal of the Coal Depot from Karrack’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 28 September 1844. The enclosures are dated 3 August-4 September 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to: the closure of the British Coal Depot on Karrack [Kharg] and arrangeme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1844
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 322-347

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/433, ff 322-347
Title:
‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-12 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1844. The enclosures are dated 3 September-22 November 1844. The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, particularly: the remova...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Nov 1844
Extent:
1 item (26 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 204-231

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/434, ff 204-231
Title:
‘Affairs of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure nos. 2-14 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 24 January 1845. The enclosures are dated 22 November 1844-21 January 1845. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including: the provision of coal to a F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
24 Jan 1845
Extent:
1 item (28 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 21-64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 21-64
Title:
The Steamer Nitocris on the Euphrates River
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 95 of 1847, dated 12 November 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-29 and are dated 14 April to 30 October 1847. The enclosures consist ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1847
Extent:
1 item (44 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 233-235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/453, ff 233-235
Title:
‘Coal for the use of the Honorable Company's Steamer 'Nitocris' employed on the Rivers of Mesopotamia’
Scope & Content:
Enclosure no. 2 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 24 February 1848. The item only contains an abstract of contents, detailing enclosures nos. 3-6 on the subject of coal for the use of the East India Company ship Nitocris on the rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1848
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)