IOR/L/PS/5/405, ff 183-363

This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 31 of 1842, dated 31 March 1842. The enclosures mostly consist of correspondence sent to and from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 5 July 1841 to 24 March 1842, concerning affairs in the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar.

The main correspondent is the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf. Other correspondents include: the Secretary to the Government of India; HM Consul and HC [Honourable Company] Agent at Muscat; and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy.

The enclosures discuss matters including:

• The approval of the Officiating Resident and the Government of Bombay of the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Davis [also spelled Davies in this part of the volume] and the troops under his command while stationed at Karrack [Kharg Island]
• Rules for the guidance of British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf published by the Government of Bombay, and the question of whether, under the Commercial Treaty recently concluded between Britain and Persia [Iran], any alterations or additions should be made to these rules
• The Government of Bombay ordering the discontinuance of the appointment of the Superintendent of the Coal Department at Karrack
• The recommendation of HM Envoy and Minister to Persia that three orphans, children of two British men who had been in the public service and died in Persia, may be provided for, in consideration of the service rendered by their fathers
• The reported misconduct of the Commander of the East India Company schooner Emily and his subsequent dismissal
• The appointment of Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball as Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and his passage to Karrack on board the Company schooner Mahi
• The circumstances which led to the removal of the flag staff from the top of Robert Norsworthy's house at Zanzibar
• The desertion of three of the crew of the English brig Maria, who afterwards entered the service of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat.

The enclosures also include copies of letters containing intelligence from Persia from the News Writer at Shiraz, and a report on the state of affairs in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia.