Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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Riach forwards a register [not transcribed] of seven sets of bills of exchange drawn by himself on the Bombay Government to meet the demands of the Residency.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Stannus reports that he had received letters from the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd] indicating that he intended to commence hostilities with the Bushire Government immediately. Stannus had informed the Bombay Government that he intended to preserve strict neutrality in the dispute un...
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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Covering letter to accompany a register [not transcribed] of two sets of bills of exchange drawn by Riach on the Bombay Government to meet the demands of the Residency.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council etc., Bombay
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Riach informs Elphinstone that Catchatoor Johannes had, at Shiraz, endorsed three sets of bills of exchange on the Honourable Board in favour of three named persons who had been involved with His Majesty's mission to Persia. The bills had been drawn by Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affai...
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to the Accountant General, Fort William
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Covering letter for a register [not transcribed] of a set of bills of exchange drawn by Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran for subsidiary payment by the Bengal Government. The bill was in connection with His Majesty's mission to Persia. Riach explains that Catchatoor Johann...
Political Department letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay
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The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus asks to be relieved of a charge for 120 rupees levied by the office of the Civil Auditor. The amount in question arose from a clerical error in a letter sent to the Secretary of the Marine Department, relating to a payment to Sookias Gaspar, formerly Co...
Marine Department letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to David Greenhill, Secretary to Government, Bombay
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The letter is written from Bombay. Stannus requests a new set of scales and weights for the Marine Department at Bushere (Bushire).
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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Covering letter for a register [not transcribed] of one set of bills of exchange drawn by Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran for subsidiary payment by the Bombay Government. The bills were in connection with His Majesty's mission [to Persia]. Riach explains that Catchatoor ...
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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Stannus asks Macdonald to initiate an appeal against a monetary award made in the court of the qadee (cadi) at Bushire against Arrathoon Malcolm, linguist of the Residency. Stannus felt that the decision had not been impartial, and he recites the particulars of the case. He also raises the questi...
