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'File 19/126 II (C 29) Bahrain Customs' [‎53r] (119/567)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (287 folios). It was created in 17 May 1914-18 Jun 1929. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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no, /ST- s Of 1980#
British Ue-ldonoy and Conaulate-':onaral,
BuJhire, Sflth May 1920,
To
HbaPolitical Agent,
Bahrain.
lot
llonorm&im*
When your telogrm dated 31st v&& 158 was rocoivod I ©ant to
th© Civil Qozsal&nionor a tolegrar. no ,1055 dated 2Snd '-lay a oopy
of tmidi. is attached*
a. In reply t havo rocolvod a telega?® no♦6256 dated 24th -"ay
{eopy attached) repeating the anwer of the devemsent of India
to hi© telegrssa no # 4608 uhlch had "boon ovorloolred, Ifee Acting
Civil aoj:-iin;:iionor at ill mxlmm to raise tlie Tariff to eor^e-
thing on the linos of the Porsian tariff# I already sent
you t ie main features of the recent increases in that, I Itnow
aleo that the recent tariff Oomraiasion in Persia were of opinion
that th© only way to reduce smuggling in Persia would he to
raise the Tariff a on the opposite side 6f the nit to approx-
inately the san® figure - the idea ? in theory, is a ^ery good
one,
5* i-ut in practice as to .^now the Whole adriinistrati on of
alirain ie no rotten that a sirtple proTiso that momr of the
money woiild have to he spent on harbour improvorent would not
he crufficiont to safeguard traders against malveraation of
Oustons receipts*
4 # To h#gin with, no one would ever know isiiat were too actual
reooipts : - any more than IMiy do at present, and
there -rould be nothing to prevent th© customs Syndicate from .
Shosring the inoroaoe in receipts resulting fron the new Tariff
as quite trifling and ape ding a correapondingly trifling sum
in irfc'rt.vf l™n: :v58,

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This file contains correspondence related to the administration of the Customs House in Bahrain from 1914 until 1929.

The earlier correspondence relates to a disagreement between Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa and Bin Saud regarding tariff charges on goods entering and leaving Bahrain from the mainland.

The bulk of the correspondence discusses Claude De Grenier, who was appointed Director of Customs in Bahrain in 1923.

The details of De Grenier's appointment (including the contract agreed between him and Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa) and his performance in the job (which was heavily criticised) are both discussed at length.

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1 volume (287 folios)
Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Physical characteristics

Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.

The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the spine (which is loose); these numbers are written in pencil and may be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F and 1G; 3A, 3B and 3C; 74A and 74B; 143A and 143B; 203A and 203B; 216A and 216B; 234A, 234B and 234C.

Foliation omissions: ff 199-200

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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