"ملف 10/1 F تحصيل رسوم إنارة الخليج العربي: من ناقلات شركتي بابكو وكاسوك" [و‎‎٣‎٠] (٤٦٨/٧٠)

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No• 6 -P, & l • ( l0)/34.
GOVEHN- P ^ENT OF INDIA.
Dep a rtraent of Commerce.
Simla, the 17th October 1935.
H.Dow, S squire, C. I. ^ , I, C. S« »
Joint Secretary to the Government of India,
His T.Tajesty's under Secretary <tf state for Indifif,
Economic and Overseas Department,
India office, Whitehall, London.
Subjecti- question of levying lightdues at Bahrein
from the vessels of the Bahrein Petroleum
Company.
Sir,
I am directed to say that in view of the establish
ment of the Bahrein petroleum Company at Bahrein the
Government oi India have had under consideration the
question of the levy of Persian Gulf lightdues on vessels
which call at Bahrein but do not proceed to or arrive
from the ports of Aba dan and Basrah#
According lo the existing procedure lightdues in
the Persian Gulf are levied and collected only in respect
of vessels arriving at and departing from the ports of
Aba dan and Basrah. This procedure was adopted in 1925
because the number of ships using the lights in the
Persian Gulf but not calling at either Aba dan or Basrah
was estimated to be negligible and also because of the
difficulty likely to be experienced in collecting the
dues at ports other than Abadan and Basrah. The position
has, however, now altered materially in view of operations
of the Bahrein petroleum Company and it is estimated that