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IOR/L/MAR/C/73A
- Record Id:
- 040-002706786
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-001114483
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022551646.0x00004c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100104379457.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/C/73A
- Title:
- Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1
- Scope & Content:
-
The Minutes of the Council of India on miscellaneous marine matters. Correspondence discusses the following topics:
- Cost of maintenance of light vessel at Little Basses Rocks and light dues collected
- Stern wheel steamers
- Subscription to funds of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics
- Stores and fittings for troop ships
- Meteorological returns from Bombay
- Directions for approaching Kurrachee [Karachi] Harbour
- Medical comforts for troopships
- Erection of lighthouses in the Red Sea.
The volume includes a map (folio 84) of the Indian Ocean and a Chart of the Red Sea (folio 335). Also included is the Annual Report (1860) of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders (ff 137-150) and a booklet entitled 'Why Not Render the Red and Indian Sea as Secure for Passengers, Mails etc as the Seas of Great Britain' by Henry Gribble, Commander, HCS.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001114483
040-002706786 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/C : Marine Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MAR/C/73A : Marine Minutes – Light Ships &c 1864 to 1866 Vol 1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0003]/036-001114483[0076]/040-002706786
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (395 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022551646.0x00004c
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1864
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- 1864-1866
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 395; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Several additional pagination and foliation sequences are present intermittently throughout the volume.
- Arrangement:
- The entries are recorded in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)