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IOR/R/19/24
- Record Id:
- 040-000243085
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 033-000243056
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000156
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/19/24
- Title:
- Cairo Packet Agency A/C Current and Mail Charges, 1838-1859
- Scope & Content:
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This file is divided into two sections, titled 'Cairo Packet Agency, A/C Current' and 'Cairo Packet Agency, Mail Charges', and contains the accounts current and mail charges of the Cairo Packet Agency, from January 1838 through September and March 1859 respectively. The accounts current and mail charges include the following additional information:
- The accounts current of Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Campbell, Agent to the East India Company, with the Alfred S Walne Packet Agency in Cairo, including the monthly transmission of mail to and from Suez, receipt and disbursement of coal from Alexandria, salaries for the Agent and the Janissary guards for each quarter, the personal account of Campbell and the monthly balance carried forward, remittances to the Suez Agency, and other extraordinary expenses in 1838 (ff 2-7), 1839 (ff 8-9), and 1840 (f 10) given in Egyptian Piastres
- The accounts current of Captain Lyons, Royal Navy, Agent to the East India Company, with the Alfred S Walne Agency in 1840 (ff 11-18), 1841 (ff 19-28), 1842 (ff 29-40), 1843 (ff 41-52), 1844 (ff 53-64), 1845 (ff 65-76), 1846 (ff 77-88), 1847 (ff 89-100), and up to July 1848 (ff 101-107)
- The accounts current of Captain Johnson, Deputy Agent, East India Company, with the Packet Agency, including 'deductions for losses on coal from Arab Sheikhs', in 1848 (ff 107-112), 1849 (ff 113-124), 1850 (ff 125-136), 1851 (ff 137-148), 1852 (ff 149-162), 1853 (ff 163-174), 1854 (ff 175-186), 1855 (ff 187-199), 1856 (ff 200-212), 1857 (ff 213-224), 1858 (ff 225-236), to August 1859 (ff 237-244), provided in Egyptian Piastres, German Crowns, or English Sovereigns
- Account attending the sending of mails to and from Alexandria to Suez and vice versa with relative charges, and extraordinary disbursements in 1838 (ff 246-256), 1839 (ff 257-281), 1840 (ff 282-299), 1841 (ff 300-312), 1842 (ff 313-325), 1843 (ff 326-341), 1844 (ff 342-353), 1845 (ff 354-366), 1846 (ff 367-379), 1847 (ff 380-391), 1848 (ff 392-403), 1849 (ff 404-415), 1850 (ff 416-427), 1851 (ff 428-439), up to and including January-June1852 (ff 440-447)
- Expenses of the East India Company's Packet Agency [in] Cairo, not charged in the Coal Department, for the period July-December 1852 (ff 448-454), January-December 1853 (ff 455-466), 1854 (ff 467-478), 1855 (ff 479-489), 1856 (ff 490-506), 1857 (ff 507-518), 1858 (ff 519-530) and January to March 1859 (ff 531-533) provided in Piastres or Pounds.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000243056
036-000243077
040-000243085 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/19 : Records of East India Company and India Office Agencies in Egypt
IOR/R/19/17-24 : Records of the Packet Agency at Cairo
IOR/R/19/24 : Cairo Packet Agency A/C Current and Mail Charges, 1838-1859 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0011]/033-000243056[0002]/036-000243077[0008]/040-000243085
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (533 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.eastindiacompany.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Details/BL_IOR_R_19_24
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1838
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- Jan 1838- Sep 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 533; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The material is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Duplicate factory records