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IOR/R/15/2/1118
- Record Id:
- 040-000229439
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002f5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026183254.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1118
- Title:
- File 4/2 III Objection Statement. From 1st April 1935.
- Scope & Content:
-
The file concerns objection statements (accounting queries) made by the Office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi against items of expenditure made by the Political Agency, Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein).
The correspondence is mainly between the Office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi and the Political Agent, Bahrain. There is also correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain; Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe, Publicity Officer, Persian Gulf, Bahrain; the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah; and other British officials in the region.
The objection statements raise issues concerning items of expenditure on travel allowances; pay of Agency staff; rent; postage and telegraph charges; payments to the General Provident Fund; and office expenses, and are accompanied by certificates issued by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent, Bahrain sanctioning the items of expenditure in question, and related correspondence.
The date range gives the overall dates of the main run of correspondence; the last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes on f 298 dated 27 February 1944.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000229279
038-000229438
040-000229439 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1118-1169 : File 4: Finance and Accounts
IOR/R/15/2/1118 : File 4/2 III Objection Statement. From 1st April 1935. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0004]/038-000229438[0001]/040-000229439
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (297 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0002f5
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1944
- Date Range:
- 28 Feb 1935-15 Jan 1944
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 299; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-257 and between ff 261-271; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- English Office files: 4/2 III
- Arrangement:
- The correspondence is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminates with a set of notes between folios 260-298. Circled reference numbers in crayon (red for incoming and blue for outgoing correspondence) refer to entries in the notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)