'File 19/212 III (C 58) Bahrain Transhipment of Cargo' [‎75r] (162/420)

Visit of a Japanese ship fco Bahrain.
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1. Karko Bunya of the firm of Haridas Janimal and Company
*of Bahrain has informed me that Messrs Rawji Jahawerchand and
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Company, the Agents of his firm in Karachi, in I larch contracted
with the Japanese Cotton Trading Company for the import into
Bahrain of 1000 tons of Rangoon rice, which had previously been
shipped to Japan, by a Japanese steamer. Under the terms of
this contract the monopoly for shipments of Japanese rice to
the port of Bahrain during the months of April, May and June
was given to the firm of Haridas Janimal and Company. The
Japanese steamer (S.S.N'ankana Maru) is due to reach Bahrain
in the middle of this month (May).
2. Recently the firm of Muhammad Marzuq, whose Agent in
Bahrain is 1 Abdul 'Aziz 'Ali Bassam, entered into negociations
with the Japanese Cotton Trading Company for the shipment of
1000 tons of rice direct to Qatif on the mainland. Messrs
Rawji Jahawerchand objected on the ground that all trade for
Qatif went through Bahrain and that they had the monopoly for
Bahrain, without accepting this contention, the Japanese
Cotton Trading Company agreed to let them take over this second
shipment of 1000 tons. 'This shipment will come by a second
Japanese steamer.
3. Messrs Rawji Jahawerchand have already paid Rs.10,000/-
for this rice and have agreed to pay the balance due within
a week of receiving the shipping documents in Karachi.
4. It is learned that these Japanese ships are capable of
carrying 6000 tons of rice or more and that they have shipments
for other ports (no definite information available) in the Gulf.
It is unlikely that Muhammad Marzuq will consider himself
bound (even if the agreement could be held to cover later
shipments) by the agreement reached with Captain Prior in
October 1932 that he would not ship direct to mainland ports,
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