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‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE' [83r] (165/194)
The record is made up of 1 file (95 folios). It was created in 24 Sep 1949-21 Nov 1950. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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X3
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain^
l?th August 1950
V/lth reference to your letter No.220/13/50
of the 22nd July 1950 on the rice situation in the
Gulf States, I give below an extract from a letter
received from Belgrave so far as the supply in Bahrain
is concerned.
”2. The Government holes a stock of
1700 tons of rice (about 23,000 bags). The
present Monthly ration which is now 6 lbs.
per head consumes 4200 bags per month. The
ration of 6 lbs.is based or the assumption
that the public can supplement their rice
from the open market. We consider that
10 lbs.per head is the Minimus requirement.
We are at present issuing rations to 1,00,000
persons although we know from the Census that
the population is 1,10, OCX) and that there
were at the time of the Census about 5000-6000
Bahrain subjects working abroad.
3. In addition to the stock mentioned
above we have on order 900 tons of rice
from Siam which is due to be shipped in
August and 1100 tons to be shipped in the
Middle of September.
4. If all goes according to plan and we
continue to issue rations at the rate of
6 lbs.per head we shall, at the end of
September, have about 41,000 bags of rice
in stock. By that time it is probable that
no rice will be available in the Bazaar. We
shall then have to raise the ration to 10 lbs.
At the new ration rate our stock would last
for a further 6 months, till the end of March.
It may however be necessary to increase the
ration to 10 lbs.before September.
5. There are large privately owned stocks
in the town but they have already gone
underground**.
2. His Infcreation in paragraph 4 seems rather
to conflict with the fact that during this Month the
local merchants have placed orders for the import of rice
fro® Siam for about 1500 tons apart from the order of the
Bahrain Government for 2000 tons.
3. As regards the position in Sharjah and Qatar
I shall let you know as soon as a reply is received.
Yours sincerely,
His Excellency Mr.C.J.Felly, O.B.E.,
Acting
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
Bahrain.
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The file contains correspondence about British efforts to obtain supplies of rice for local consumption in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms, particularly Bahrain, Qatar and the shaikhdoms of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , in the years after the Second World War (1939-1945). British and Bahrain Government officials disseminate details about offers of rice from the Government of Pakistan and also the allocation of Egyptian quota import rice from British Ministry of Food rice stores in Egypt. There is also extensive correspondence between 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. , Bahrain and the Political Officer for Qatar at Doha, about a prolonged dispute between Qatari and Bahraini merchants over the delayed transhipment of Egyptian quota import rice for Qatar, which had been landed at Bahrain.
The main correspondents are 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. and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , both Bahrain; the Political Officers for Qatar and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. The file also contains copy correspondence between Foreign Office and Ministry of Food officials in London about the latter’s decision to no longer procure rice from the Egyptian authorities for allocation to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms after 1950, given the proposed winding up of the International Emergency Food Committee (IEFC) allocation system at the end of 1950.
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- 1 file (95 folios)
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Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 97; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-95; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/780
- Title
- ‘File 29/21 - IV FOOD SUPPLY RICE'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:7v, 10r:10v, 12r:17v, 19r:19v, 21r:42v, 44r:56v, 58r:62v, 65r:67v, 69r:70v, 74r:81v, 83r:91v, 94r:95v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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