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'File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC' [8r] (26/468)
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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Copy of letter No.B/2212, dated Bombay, the
2ad June x934, f rom the fflag Officer Commanding, Royal
Indian Marine, to 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.
, Bahrein.
You will no doubt be aware of the pchexne 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 ifiastern side of Muharraq 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 losn one light buoy for some time until replaced
by the Company.
3. It is anticipated that the work of mooring the
buoys will be completed by the <j7th of June 1934.
4. In this connection as it is likely that 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.
li^it dues
being 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 in anticipation of definite arrangeuientB being
made you might perhaps communicate with the Port Director,
Basra, on the matter.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/407
- 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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