IOR/R/15/2/1123

The file contains budget estimates for the Political Agency, Bahrain for the financial years 1939-40 to 1941-42 inclusive, and associated correspondence.

The correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the office of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. There is also some correspondence from the office of the Accountant-General, Central Revenues, New Delhi; the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah (Captain Roy Douglas Metcalfe); and the Publicity Officer, Persian Gulf. Correspondence from the Political Resident also includes correspondence and papers from the Government of India (Finance Department, and the External Affairs Department).

The statements of budget estimates cover pay of officers, pay of establishment, allowances and honoraria, contingencies, secret expenditure, and grants-in-aid. The papers also include detailed pay statements, statements of anticipated excesses and savings in the budget grants, reappropriation statements, and statements of contract and fixed grants. The correspondence also covers individual items of expenditure, retrenchment, accounting instructions from the Government of India, and expenditure under the head of Special War Charges.

The date range gives the covering dates of the principal items of correspondence. The last dated addition to the file is an entry in the notes on folio 364v dated 23 August 1941.