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'File 19/126 Bahrain Customs' [‎7r] (15/22)

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The record is made up of 1 file (8 folios). It was created in 13 Feb 1930. 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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c ois & to a deoisloB .-it present. 1 r larks ia at prQa-
-ent on l@ava and una era tana a ill return for a year
or two, 'but it Is iaprolsaMa that he will 'be willing
to aji stay on after this. • The question whether he
should he replaced hy another lurojjoon or not will he
considered, then.
ii. Mr. 3 el grave apoice to ae ah ^ut the replace-
•aent of the ndian police hy oudaneae, and I think it
would be a good thing. There la a larg® negro element
in Bahrain, and they would merge in the population more
than Indians do. Mr. Bel grave has had previous
experience of them in Sgypt and says that they make
eff latent police. Re suggested to me that when he
proceeded on leave in tSJti. 1931 he should recruit them
on his way out and bring them hack with him. I think
this arr .ngement would he satisfactory, and Bight he
given effect to irrespective of the arrival or nan-
-arrival of the oil company, and I trust the overnaent
of India will he pleased, to approve of it.
.
12. Finally, as pointed out by don el .Barrett,
Ir. de arenter's functions are purely administrative,
and not political: he has no hand in any matter that
affects the daily lives of the people, and owing to
the fact that the Bahrain revenue consists almost
£R£ijc3el|E exclusively of the custom© reoetpts, any fall
-tng off under this head is a much more serious matter
than would he a decrease under one head in a more normal
budget. -its dealings are almost exclusively with the
commercial classes, shipping oompantes etc. and not
with the mass of the people. As col on @1 jsai x ©tt
asked, why replace a foreigner who has proved his
efficiency by a less efficient foreigner, whioh Is
what the replacement of Ir. de Grenier by an Egyptian,
Syrian or Iraki would mean. I may mention that iHBB
Mr.

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This file contains a letter from Lt-Col Hugh Vincent Biscoe (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 Bushire) to the Foreign Secretary of the Government on India in New Delhi.

The letter discusses the retention of the services of Mr. C. de Grenier as the Director of Customs in Bahrain but also contains a broader discussion of the state of Bahrain including the style of rule of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the state's sources of income, a comparison between Bahrain and Kuwait and the work of Charles Belgrave (Shaikh Hamad's adviser).

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1 file (8 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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A bound correspondence file. The main foliation system starts at the titlepage and is printed in the top right hand corner of each folio. A second foliation system is also present which is printed at the top of each page in the centre, commencing on folio 3.

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English in Latin script
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