IOR/R/15/2/1599

The file concerns the acquisition of supplies, equipment, and replacement parts for the Bahrain Agency's launch. Most of the file is made up of bills, receipts, and acknowledgements of orders placed with suppliers; this includes correspondence related to queries regarding orders placed, or prospective orders. There are also a few internal agency notes listing existing stocks for the launch and which items require replenishment.

The correspondence is between the Political Agent, Bahrain (Percy Gordon Loch, Tom Hickinbotham, and Cornelius James Pelly), and the companies involved in supplying parts and materials for the launch. The principal companies involved are as follows: B R Herman and Mohatta Limited, Karachi; Messrs F P Baker and Company Limited, London; the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation; Mama and Company, Karachi; Messrs A M Yateem and Brothers, Bahrain; Naraindas and Company, Karachi; Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited; and Messrs I Thornycroft and Company Limited.

The file also contains the following notable items:

• instructions from B R Herman and Mohatta Limited on how to fit a new rudder to the launch (folios 47-51) and recommendations for streamlining the stern (folios 64-66)—sketches are included;
• an information leaflet on Killgerm Fluid Disinfectant (folio 38);
• General Motors India Limited propaganda poster (folio 157);
• a sample of copper wire mesh (folio 173) supplied by F P Baker and Company Limited;
• samples of sailcloth with wire mesh (folio 193) also supplied by F P Baker and Company Limited;
• a sketch showing the stern of the Agency's launch (folio 236).