'File 7/9 II Exemptions from Customs Duty' [‎5r] (11/156)

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The file contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and 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. at Bushire, and later at Bahrain, as well as with G W R Smith, Director of Customs, Bahrain; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government; Gordon Noel Jackson, Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah; A J Wilton, Political Officer Qatar; and Khalil bin Ebrahim Kanoo [Khalīl bin Ibhrāhīm Kānu].

The correspondence concerns customs and import yard duty exemptions, as well as free motor licences, for goods imported into Bahrain by employees of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 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 Victoria Memorial Hospital through various vendors, including Kanoo, Naji Murad, Messrs Zeloof and Messrs Ali R Reza. These goods include motor vehicles, refrigerators, desk and ceiling fans, wireless sets, cable tables and platinum and gold rings imported by Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. staff. The correspondence between folios 35 and 70 includes details of providing Belgrave with formal lists, and subsequent amendements, of officers entitled to exemptions. Folios 66 and 67 concern the payment of Municipal Tax at by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and 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. at Bahrain.

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1 file (79 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged approximately in chronological order. Office Notes appear at the back of the file between folios 71 and 76.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence runs from the folio following the front cover to the back cover. It appears in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio.

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English in Latin script

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