Bank Deposit Correspondence (1948) – Cheques and Dividend Warrants

Sub title : Letters from (Miss Fatima Jinnah’s Office) and from Quaid‑i‑Azam’s Assistant Private Secretary to Lloyds Bank Ltd

Subject: Fatima Jinnah | Quaid‑i‑Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Lloyds Bank | Dividend warrants

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 41 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29006

Keyword: Fatima Jinnah -- Quaid‑i‑Azam -- Lloyds Bank -- Dividend warrant -- Cheque deposit | Bank deposits -- Pakistan -- History | Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, Quaid-i-Azam, 1876–1948 -- Associates | Banking -- Records and correspondence

Abstract: A 13 January 1948 letter (likely from Miss Fatima Jinnah’s office) encloses five cheques and dividend warrants totalling Rs. 2,887/6 for credit to “my Account No. 1” at Lloyds Bank, Karachi. A second letter dated 23 June 1948 from the Quaid‑i‑Azam’s Assistant Private Secretary (F. Amin) encloses a dividend warrant of Rs. 14,000 from Alcock, Ashdown & Co., Ltd., Bombay, for credit to Quaid‑i‑Azam M.A. Jinnah’s account.

Description: Letter (13 January 1948) lists two cheques from Imperial Bank of India (Rs. 393/1 each), a cheque from Imperial Bank of India Sandhurst Road, Bombay (Rs. 101/4), a dividend warrant from National Bank of India Ltd., Calcutta (Rs. 1,000), and a dividend warrant from Hyderabad State Bank (Rs. 1,000). The total is Rs. 2,887/6. The sender requests credit to Account No. 1. The second letter (23 June 1948), written from the Residency, Ziarat, is signed by F. Amin, Assistant Private Secretary to the Quaid‑i‑Azam. It encloses a pay‑in slip and a dividend warrant (No. 700) for Rs. 14,000 from Alcock, Ashdown & Co., Ltd., Bombay, for credit to Quaid‑i‑Azam’s account. Both documents reflect banking activities of Pakistan’s founding figures in 1948. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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