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'File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC' [1br] (12/468)
The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 2 Jun 1934-19 May 1944. 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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THE FLAG OFFICER COMMANDING. ROYAL INDIAN MARINE .
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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.
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Sir,
You will no do ah t he aware of the scheme of the
Bahrein Petroleum Company for shipping oil through a submarine
line from Sitra Island to Khor Kaliya and marking the deep
water channel in Eastern side of Muharraa with "buoys for this
purpose.
2. Acting under the instructions of the Government of
India, I have arranged with the Port Director, Basra, to
supply to the Company, in this connection, three dumb "buoys
and to loan one light huoy for some time until replaced hy the
Company.
3. It is anticipated that the work of mooring the buoys
will he completed hy the 27th of June 1934.
4. In this connection as it is likely taat vessels will
call at Bahrein or Khor Kaliya, without having come from or
with no intention of proceeding to Basra during their stay in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, I have approached the Government of India
with a view to
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
light dues heing collected from
such vessels through your
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, and suggest that ins-
anticipation of definite arrangements "being made you might
perhaps communicate with the Port Director, Basra on the
matter.
I have the honour to he.
Sir,
Your obedient servant.
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r ice-Admiral.
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The volume contains correspondence between the Government of India, 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. , 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. and Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) representatives on the collection of light dues in Bahrain from BAPCO and California Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC) tank ships and on the question of levying light dues from the BAPCO vessels, to discourage the development of the rival port on the Hasa Coast, in Saudi Arabia.
The volume includes documents on the submarine line for shipping oil in Bahrain, from Sitra Island to Khor Kaliya; and a map showing the light buoys in the area surrounding Sitra Island (folio 191).
There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-229).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (231 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are arranged in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-229). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation is in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folios; the sequence 1-11 is written in blue crayon while the remainder (12-229) is written in pencil. Between 204-207 both sides of the folio are numbered. The numbering system starts at the titlepage with 1A; 1B; and carries on until 229, which is the last number given to the last page of writing.
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- Title
- 'File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:5v, 7r:16v, 18r:23v, 25r:51v, 54r:61v, 65r:75v, 78r:97v, 99r:115v, 120r:125v, 127r:133v, 135r:188v, 192r:192v, 194r:204v, 206r:206v, 208r:229v, ii-r:iii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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