'File 10/22 Enquiries re: Fruit Market in Bahrain' [‎7r] (13/36)

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Dated tlia 6tli August 3534#
5^y dear de Grenier,
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Please refer to your letter dated the 4th August
regarding the delivery of 11 cases of peaches arrived by
s«s« Barpeta. ■
2m Ih® position is as follows*-
On the 29th July 1934 at about 6*50 p.m. Mr. D' Souza
of the Customs informed the Head -Clerk of this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. that
U cases of fresh fruit addressed to 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, had arrived and were lying at the Custom. On receipt
of this infortiation, the HeacUClerk telephoned Mr• Kassell
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at about 7# p«?a» on the 29th but the Tslephon© Sxcliang®
Inforatod him that there was no reply* As tnere was no other
course open the Head-Clerk sent a peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). to D' Souza with
the request that the 11 cases in question might be delivered
to the peon A low-ranking infantryman, orderly or assistant (South Asian context). and that he hiciself or the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. would arrange
to settle the matter with Mr# Russell the next day. un the
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30th July, either Braganca or Mr. Fernende® of Lespers
Office informed the Head-Clerk that the 11 cases of fresh
fruit had arrivad and the Head-Clerk informed him that the
cases in question had already bean cleared from the Customs.
: " K You will realize if these 11 cases had been left at the
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Customs for the whole night and probably the greater part of
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ii&xt wliole dsy f hBXf tlioix* contents won lv nave baon
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damaged by the heat#
in this particular case there was no intention on the
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part of the Customs Official or my Head-Clerk to overule
aisselT's authority as regards the delivery, but having
regard to the perishable nature of the goods that had arrived
To
C.C.L. de Grenier, Esquire,
Director of Customs and
Port Officer, Bahrain ,