IOR/F/4/2662/176332

The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the thirteenth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.

The item relates to the issue of who should be paid which salary for the period 12 September-16 October 1855, when several people changed roles. The people in question are:

• Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, former Resident in the Persian Gulf and current Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]
• Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, former Political Agent in Turkish Arabia who is currently on leave of absence
• Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, current Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf who was acting Resident during Kemball's absence before Commander Felix Jones took over as Acting Resident.

The issue is raised by Kemball following a request to him by Edmund Drummond, Accountant General, Government of India, to return some of the money he was paid between 4-16 October. The item includes the subsequent report by John Webb, Civil Auditor, Bombay, which sets out his opinion on the issue.

The correspondents include Kemball, Jones, Drummond, and the Government of Bombay.

Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Baghdad.

The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 13', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 8 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '8' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.