IOR/R/15/2/992

The file consists of Office Orders issued by the British Residency and Consulate General, Bushire (from September 1946, the Persian Gulf Residency, Bahrain). The Orders mostly provide official notification of staff appointments/postings, terminations of appointment, and grants of leave within the Residency's administrative area. The file also includes:

• Office Orders setting out procedural instructions for clerks, travel arrangements, the form to be used in addressing correspondence to the Political Residency, Bahrain, October 1948, and information on the reorganisation of the Residency, November 1948;
• Sanction Orders relating to the Temporary Establishment, pay, and allowances;
• Office Orders of the Political Agency, Bahrain covering such issues as the numbering of correspondence, the Agency bicycle, a reduction in the amount of paid leave granted to menial staff, and restrictions on the use of the General Office telephone.