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'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms' [56r] (113/124)
The record is made up of 1 file (60 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1942-15 Feb 1947. 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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D.0. No.2166-3.
Adviserate,
October 12, 1946,
Dear Ranee,
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Reference your D.O. No.C/1078 dated 28th September,
1946, I thank you for sending the Aden Tobacco ordinance.
2. Referring to your para 5, the period for reshipment
of RE cargo is 20 days.
3. I have discussed this matter with Smith and he has
examined the possibilities of a Bonded T ,varehouse System
for Bahrain. If a Bonded System were adopted the customs
would receive 1/8 of the duty from RS cargo instead of 2^
of its advalorem value. Sixteen times the present quantity
of RS cargo would have to be imported into Bahrain, under
the Bonded System, to produce the revenue which the State
is now collecting by the RE system, a change in the system
would also entail increased expenditure on additional staff
and capital outlay on new buildings. Apart from imports
through Bahrain into Qatar there does not at present appear
to be any immediate prospect of any big increase in the RE
trade.
4. instead of considering the introduction of the bonded
warehouse system, at present, I am in favour of extending
the facilities under the existing RE system. These facilities
apply only to certain specified ports on the coast of Saudi
Arabia, the arrangement is not a general one but is an under
taking between the State of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia. I think it would be desirable and advantageous to
extend the present system to RE imports from all Gulf ports
and also to extend considerably the period allowed for
reshipment. I think His Highness would be willing to put
this suggestion into practice except in the case of Qatar.
We have considered in the past the possibility of using the
offer to grant to Qatar similar RE facilities as are enjoyed
by Saudi Arabia as a bargaining basis in any negotiations
which may take place between Bahrain and Qatar so it is not
likely that His Highness would grant a concession to Qatar
which might some day be granted in return for concessions
from Qatar.
Yours sincerely,
Sd./- C. DALRYMPLE BELGRAVE
Captain H.D.H. Ranee,
H.B.M. t s
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.
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Bahrain.
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The majority of the documents contained in this file date from 1946 and 1947. The information contained in them relates to the state of Bahrain's economy and infrastructure post-World War Two. The documents contain discussions between the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave (the adviser to the Bahrain Government) concerning reforms in state finances, public health, engineering, education, customs, the judiciary and the police force. The file also contains financial records related to the Government of Bahrain's revenue and expenditure.
Folios 2-8 contain an unrelated report (written by Charles Belgrave) that discusses disturbances in Bahrain that took place during Muharram festivities in January 1942.
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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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Formerly a bound correspondence file, its sheets have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts on the file cover and continues to last page. Foliation in pencil numbers in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Additional inconsistent foliation, also in pencil, starts with 9 on f.2. There is also occasional inconsistent pagination in blue crayon.
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- IOR/R/15/1/345
- Title
- 'File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms'
- Pages
- 56r:56v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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