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'File 22/1 I Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain'

Title	'File 22/1 I Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain'
Author	an agent.
Publication Date:	20 Jun 1927-28 Apr 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	307
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1689
Record ID	vdc_100000000282.0x0001a8
Library Location	British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date	20 Jun 1927-28 Apr 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file comprises correspondence and other papers sent to and from the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , relating to the set-up and subsequent day-to-day running of a weather observatory in Bahrain. The file begins with a letter from the head meteorologist of the India Meteorological Department in Karachi, addressed to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. (20 June 1927), stating that the Government of India, in conjunction with the London-Karachi Aviation Weather Service, wish to start an Upper Air Observatory at Bahrain (f 1). The Agent, liaising with the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Belgrave) confirms that land adjacent to the existing telegraph office is available. He confirms that accommodation for the two weather observers is available in town (f 3). Correspondence throughout the remainder of the file relates to the ongoing maintenance and running of the observatory. A number of themes are repeated through the file, which can be summarised as follows: the rent of land and buildings for the observatory, and accommodation for the observers; arrangements for the delivery of equipment and correspondence from India, and duty to be paid at the Bahrain customs house; medical requirements of and health checks for the observatory staff; periodic repairs to the observatory premises; damage to and theft of observatory equipment; misuse and appropriation of observatory land; proposals to erect fencing around observatory land; recruitment of local labour to manufacture weather balloons.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The correspondence and other papers in the file have been arranged in chronological order, from the earliest piece at the beginning, to the latest at the end. Office notes were maintained at the end of the file from December 1932 onwards (ff 275-300), and mirror the chronological order of the file papers.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	English Office File: 22

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'File 22/1 I Miscellaneous correspondence regarding establishment of observatory at Bahrain'

Author an agent.

Publication Date 20 Jun 1927-28 Apr 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 307

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1689

Record ID vdc_100000000282.0x0001a8

Library Location British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Date 20 Jun 1927-28 Apr 1938 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file comprises correspondence and other papers sent to and from the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , relating to the set-up and subsequent day-to-day running of a weather observatory in Bahrain. The file begins with a letter from the head meteorologist of the India Meteorological Department in Karachi, addressed to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. (20 June 1927), stating that the Government of India, in conjunction with the London-Karachi Aviation Weather Service, wish to start an Upper Air Observatory at Bahrain (f 1). The Agent, liaising with the British Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Belgrave) confirms that land adjacent to the existing telegraph office is available. He confirms that accommodation for the two weather observers is available in town (f 3). Correspondence throughout the remainder of the file relates to the ongoing maintenance and running of the observatory. A number of themes are repeated through the file, which can be summarised as follows: the rent of land and buildings for the observatory, and accommodation for the observers; arrangements for the delivery of equipment and correspondence from India, and duty to be paid at the Bahrain customs house; medical requirements of and health checks for the observatory staff; periodic repairs to the observatory premises; damage to and theft of observatory equipment; misuse and appropriation of observatory land; proposals to erect fencing around observatory land; recruitment of local labour to manufacture weather balloons.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The correspondence and other papers in the file have been arranged in chronological order, from the earliest piece at the beginning, to the latest at the end. Office notes were maintained at the end of the file from December 1932 onwards (ff 275-300), and mirror the chronological order of the file papers.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) English Office File: 22