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'File 36/44 Applications for Assistance to Export Cigarettes & Tobacco from India, U.S.A. & U.K.' [54r] (107/512)
The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1943-26 Mar 1945. 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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No.C/16.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, 4th January 1944.
/
To
Messrs. Imperial .Tobacco Company Lt1
Post Box No.l^?
Bombay.
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Owing to the grant by the Government of India of a
quota of five million cigarettes a month axid the necessity
to ‘economise shipping space from the United Kingdom applications
from merchants for permission to import cigarettes from the
United Kingdom are not being considered by me. This means
that the import of all cigarettes other than American has been
diverted into the hands of Messrs. Abdulla Aujan & Bros., who
are your agents in Bahrain.
Prior to this 78% of the imports of British and Egyptian
cigarettes was in the hands of Messrs. Aodullah Aujan & Bros.,
and 22 % was divided among certain other importers in the town.
It is in my opinion undesirable that through the exigencies of
the war any one merchant should become a monopolist and profit
propose to insist upon Messrs. Abdulla Aujan & Bros., handing
over at cost price 22 % of all imports of cigarettes to the
Director of Customs for distribution among those merchants
who in normal circumstances wbuld have importel irom the United
by the state of affairs which through no effort on his part
has diverted trade from his competitors to him and I therefore
Kingdom
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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.
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This file contains requests for assistance and applications for shipping space that were sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain from a number of merchants active in Bahrain.
The applications relate to requests to import cigarettes into Bahrain from suppliers based in the United Kingdom, the United States and India. The file also contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
Also enclosed in the file are copies of minutes from two meetings of Bahrain's Commercial Advisory Committee in December 1943 (folios 41-42 and 45).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (256 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-223; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/2/1787
- Title
- 'File 36/44 Applications for Assistance to Export Cigarettes & Tobacco from India, U.S.A. & U.K.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:9v, 14r:15v, 17r:21v, 24r:27v, 30r:31v, 33r:42v, 45r:46v, 47v:48v, 50r:50v, 53r:55v, 58r:61v, 63r:70v, 72r:73v, 76r:80v, 85r:89v, 91r:97v, 99r:100v, 105r:106v, 108r:111v, 116r:119v, 122r:123v, 125r:141v, 145r:148v, 151r:155v, 157r:158v, 161r:161v, 163r:163v, 165r:170v, 176r:180v, 183r:185v, 191r:192v, 197r, 198r:210v, 212r:212v, 216r:217v, 219r:222v, 223v:255v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence