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'File 10/11 Collection of lighting dues from BAPCO and CASOC' [‎14r] (32/339)

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The record is made up of 1 file (164 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1945-15 Nov 1949. 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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JECRET
Government of India,
External Affairs Department.
Ex press Letter .
From Foreign New Delhi.
To Britain, Bushire.
Repeated Minister, Jedda.
No. D.9816-iffi/45.
Dated New Delhi, the llth October 1945.
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Refp^ence correspondence resting with your
express letter No. 6^2 dated 27th June 1943 (not repeated to
Jedda) regarding contribution to Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service
by Bahrain Petroleum Company and Jalifornia Arabian Uxl company
(now ARAI'ICO), in respect of oil tankers which do lot enter
3hatt-al-Arab.
2. Copy of letter from Government of India
Gomr erce Department to 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. , No. 306-LI. III( 13 )/38.IU
111/44 dated 4th October 1145 with enclosures is forwarded
herewith.
3 # Government of India would be grateful to
know if statistics of oil tankers and any other vessels which
visited Bahrain and ilas Tanura but did n6t en ter ^the—Shatt-al-
Arab after leaving these norts could be furnished to tnem in the
followinp form, on an annual basis from the out-break oi v/ar to
December"1944 and on a quarterly basis from 1st January 1945
onwards:-
Ship. Owner. N.H.T. Ports at which,ship Final destination
called
arrived left
4 # Government of India would also be grateful il
quarterly returns in the same form could be furnished in
future in respect of all the main ports in the Gull.
The issue of the above has been authorised
Sd/- T.E. Brownsdon
Deputy Secretary to the Government
of India.

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The file mainly contains correspondence between 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. at Bahrain, 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. at Bushire and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) on the lighting of Sitra Anchorage and its approaches.

The file includes 'Return of Oil Tankers which visit Bahrain' in 1945-46 (folios 40-41, 45-61; 65-70; 76-78) and maps of 'Proposed berthing Lines' (folio 4B) and 'Proposed rearrangement lighting of Sitra anchorage and its approaches' (folio 4C).

There is an index at the end of the file (folios 151-160).

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1 file (164 folios)
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The documents in the file are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the file (ff. 151-160). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the file; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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The foliation is in pencil in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The numbering starts at the front cover with 1, 1A ,1B; then 2, 3, 4A, 4B and 4C; 5-114; 115A and 115 and then it carries on until 161, which is the last number given on the back cover of the file.

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