Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing an itemised list of expenses for the entertainment of Mahmood Shah Beg at Bushire, and provides an explanation for why these expenses were not transmitted with the regular disbursements.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of a Government command dated 15 April 1818, which conveyed information on the new allowances established for travel and baggage by the Government of Bombay on 19 February 1818.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to George Edward Russell, Collector at Musulipatain [Machilipatnam]
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of instructions dated 15 April 1818, which instruct the Resident not to advance any money to the late Jaffer Ali Khan's [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān] family until a decision has been made respecting his company pension.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing account disbursements and vouchers (not present) for July 1818, and the quick and dead stocks (also not present) up to 31 July 1818.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the muster roll, bills, and accounts (not present) for the military disbursements at the Bushire station for October 1818. From the dates of the surrounding letters, the date of this letter is likely to be 1 October 1818.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the account disbursements and vouchers (not present) for the Bushire Residency for October 1818, along with the quick and dead stock (also not present) up to 31 Oct 1818.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter regards statements requested by the Government of Bombay, and transmitted by the Resident. The Resident explains in the letter that if his statements have gone missing, he will supply copies if requested to do so.
Letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, to the Accountant, Military Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing the muster roll, bills, and accounts (not present) for the military disbursements at the Bushire station for December 1818. The date of the following letter in the volume suggests that the date of this letter is very likely to be 1 December 1818.