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'File 9/3 Indian business interests in Bahrain and the Gulf' [17r] (33/132)
The record is made up of 1 file (64 folios). It was created in 11 Aug 1932-25 Apr 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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luth January 1934.
By Air IJail .
£.0.No:C/23.
Lear Mr.Hartley,
^r.Hermann ol Messrs iiennann and Mohatta gave me
your name wnen he passed through Bahrain a couple oi days ago
to undersell the Japanese in the Indian market.
2. You may be interested to hear that a Japanese ship
hasxjust landed in Bahrain some 13,000 bags of Japanese cement.
Ihe cement is said (though I am not yet certain oi this) to be
selling in the bazaar at Rs.1/4/- a bag. I am tola that
r orbandar cement which previously sold at Rs.3/- a bag is now
offered at Rs.2/8/-.
3. I was out at the oil field of r ihe Bahrain Petroleum
Company Limited yesteraay and took the liberty of mentioning
your name and that of The Cement .arketjtjing Company to the
Chief Local Representative (Mr.E.A.Skinner),and of saying that
I understood that the Company were underselling Japan m India,
though I did not whether they would do so in the Gulf. I did
this as Ihe Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited are about to
embark on a large development scheme including the building of
houses and so on. it might be worth your Company getting into
touch with The Bahrain Petroleum Company in this connection.
4. Mr.J.G.Baillie,the Commercial ildviser to the Honour
able 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.
in the : ersian Gulf is now here
making certain enquiries with a view to helping British trade
and will be in Karachi (Bristol Hotel) from the 29th January
to the 3rd February. He has kindly consented to give your
Agents any assistance that he can,if you wish to examine this
opening further.
and told me
that The Cement Market|ing Company were preparing
L. Hartley Esquire,
c/o The Cement Market in.
Company Limited
Yours truly,
A
i iCl A vXWJf Vr y
c/o The Cement Marketing
Company Limited,
Bombay.
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The file contains correspondence sent and received by 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 concerning how to improve the Indian trade in the Gulf and how to increase it to the detriment of the Japanese trade, providing that India can supply similar goods at competitive prices.
The file contains information on the cost of Indian workforce in Bahrain and Qatar, which is gathered from the following correspondents: the Eastern Bank Limited; Petroleum Concessions LTD; Mesopotamia Persia Corporation; Gray, Mackenzie & Company Limited; Imperial Airways; the Government of Bahrain; the American Mission Hospital; Cable and Wireless Limited; the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar.
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- 1 file (64 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 57-65. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 66; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-47; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 9/3 Indian business interests in Bahrain and the Gulf'
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- front, front-i, 3r:12v, 14r:15v, 17r:17v, 19r:22v, 25r:31v, 40r:40v, 43r:47v, 49r:51v, 53r:65v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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