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'File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries' [‎98r] (196/495)

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The record is made up of 1 file (249 Folios). It was created in 23 Jul 1929-29 Nov 1934. 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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SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS.
London,
Organised by the Department of Overseas Trade.
Address: 35, Old Queen Street, London, S .W.I.
Group 1.—Brnshware, etc.
Artists' Brushes.
Brooms.
Household Brushes.
Medical Brushes.
Paint Brushes.
Toilet Brushes.
Group 2.— Chemicals and Drugs.
Chemicals, Fine and Pharmaceutical.
Chemicals, Heavy and Industrial.
Disinfectants.
Domestic chemical products.
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries.
Dyes.
Explosives.
Fertilisers.
Insecticides.
Perfumery.
Soaps and Candles.
Toilet Preparations.
Group 3.— Fancy Goods.
Advertising Novelties.
Art Needlework.
Articles of Celluloid, Horn, Ivory, etc.
Fabric and Paper covered articles.
Fancy Basketware.
Hard Haberdashery.
Lamp Shades (other than glass or
alabaster).
Metal Fancy Wares.
Moulded Ware.
Photograph Frames.
Tobacconists' Sundries.
Umbrellas and Walking Sticks.
Group 4.— Foodstuffs, Beverages, Tobacco, etc.
Beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic).
Biscuits and Cakes.
Condiments.
Confectionery Novelties.
Confectionery (Sugar and Chocolate).
Custard Powder and other similar pro
ducts.
Dairy Produce.
Flour.
Food Extracts and Essences.
Infants' and Invalid Foods.
Jams, Marmalades and Jellies.
Manufactured Tobacco (including
Cigarettes and Cigars).
Pickles and Sauces.
Preserved Meats, Fish, Fruit and
Vegetables.
Tobacco, pipes, cigarette holders, etc.
Group 5.— Furniture, Soft Furnishings,
Basketware, etc.
Baskets for industrial purposes.
Bedsteads and Bedding.
Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum and other floor
coverings.
Furnishing Fabrics.
Household, Garden, Invalid, Office and
School F urniture of wood, cane and wicker.
Mirrors.
Group 6.— Cutlery, Jewellery, Silverware, etc.
Cutlery (including Pocket Knives, Razors,
Razor Blades, Scissors and Tableware).
Jewellery (real and imitation).
Silver and Electro-plated Fancy and Table
articles.
Watches and Clocks.
Group 7.— Leather, Leather Goods and
Travelling Requisites.
Fancy and Solid Leather Goods.
Leather.
Saddlery and Harness.
Travelling Requisites.
Group 8.— Musical Instruments, Gramophones
and Wireless Apparatus.
Band Instruments and Requisites.
Gramophones and Records.
Music.
Organs, Pianofortes, etc.
Radio-gramophones.
Wireless Transmitting and Receiving
Apparatus.
Accessories and Component parts.
Group 9.— Pottery and Glassware. China,
Earthenware and Stoneware.
Advertising.
Architectural Pottery.
Art Pottery.
Chinaware.
Door furniture fittings.
Cooking Ware.
Druggists' and Photographic Ware.
Earthenware.
Fancies.
Filters for domestic use.
Flower Pots and Pedestals.
Hospital Ware.
Hotel and Restaurant Ware.
Insulators.
Jet and Rockingham Ware.
Kitchen Ware.
Laboratory Porcelain.
Mounting Ware.
Parian Ware.
Stoneware.
Teapots and Jugs.
Terra Cotta.
Toilet and Trinket Sets.
Glass and Glassware.
Advertising.
Bottles and Containers.
Domestic and Fancy Glassware.
Hotel and Restaurant Ware.
Machinery Glassware.
Mounting Ware.
Safety Glass (non-splinterable).
Shades and Globes.
Tubing and Rod.
Group 10.— Scientific, Photographic, etc.
Aseptic Furniture.
Medical and Surgical Instruments and
Appliances.
Optical Instruments.

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Correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and customs officials in Bahrain, and United Kingdom companies relating to trade in Bahrain. The file includes papers concerning an upsurge in orders for bicycles in Bahrain, 1929. Other commodities covered include mother of pearl and the pearl trade, Lingah shells (known in European markets as 'Bombay shells'), bedsteads, margarine and related products, electric generating sets and motor engines for motor launches, cloth, cotton, silks, machine tools, condensed milk and chocolate, biscuits, sharks' skins, locks, sport goods, scotch whisky and a proposal for a golf course. The objective was to increase the volume and range of trade carried on in Bahrain by British firms. The papers also include reports, and correspondence with local companies in Bahrain.

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1 file (249 Folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: The system of foliation in use appears in a circle in the top right-hand corner of each folio. The file is also foliated 1-15, 19-256 (uncircled).

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