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'File 10/1 F Collection of Persian Gulf Light Dues: from Tankers of BAPCO and CASOC' [‎15r] (40/468)

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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he can efficiently carry out, from collecting t/ie dues* In
order to emphasise the independent position of the Bahrain
Government and to avoid the possibility of foreign interference,
of w .ich Colonel Loch is apprehensive, vide paragraph 6 of his
$ letter Ko«750»G, dated the 4th August 1934, I surest that the
rort Officer of the Bahrain Goverfiaent mi^ht collect the dues
in question on be ha 11' of the Lighting and Buoying Cosuitittee*
6. The question of the rate of dues touched on by
Colonel Loch in paragraph 4 of his letter quoted in the ^reced-
in^ paragraph is apparently one for the decision of His
majesty*8 Government, vide I creign and . olitical Je^artjaent
letter E o»j -382§- i :/34, dated the 21st Se^teciber 1934.
sd« T^C./owle,
Lieut .-Co It
Tolitical Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. *
io the .oiltleal
He ereian Gulf*
Copy forwarded, with compliments 9 to the political
Agent, Bahrain, for information, ana action on paragraph 3.

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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).

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1 volume (231 folios)
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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.

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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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