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‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’ [19r] (37/74)
The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1942-19 Jul 1943. 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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CODES: i'
BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE
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PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT (QATAR) LIMITED
1* We acknowledge herewith receipt of your No.c/1345
dated the 5th September 1942, and forward our comments on
the Adviser 1 s letter No. DO.C/1445-3 dated the 9th August
2. We note that you observe in your letter that the con
cessions granted by the Bahrain Government as regards
Customs dues "appear generous". The only important con
cessions, however, apply to the British G-overnment Forces
who are exempted from Customs dues. The Bahrain G-overnment
are proposing to charge the Company the difference between
transit dues and full Customs where goods are re-entering
Bahrain for local use. This, we agree, is equitable.
^7 I Goods in transit again, however, are to be charged at the
• | full 2$ transit dues. We cannot agree that this is
generous treatment or even equitable. This duplication
of transit dues seems difficult to justify from any angle.
The transit rate of 2$, to say the least, is abnormally •
high, and the transactions are, in most cases, purely a
formality. We note that the Adviser remarks that the
size of the transit rates does not affect the principle
involved, but we submit that the duplication up to 4%
on the same goods constitutes such a heavy transit charge
that criticism must be expected. The principle which
the Bahrain Government appear to have adopted is that
wherever the British Government is involved, Customs
are waived, presumably on the grounds that the war
DIRECTORS: L.RR 6ARM.Hi ^I-C.U.C.
G. Legh- Jones, J. B. A. Kessue
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Q/CH.1/3207
CONFIDENTIAL
3rd October, 1942
k:
To H.B.M.’s
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.
Bahrain.
Dear Sir
BAHRAIN CUSTOMS DUES ON TRANSFERS OF
PSTROLSUM DBVELOFMSNT (QATAR) LIMITSD~s70RES
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The file comprises copies of correspondence relating to customs and transit duties payable on equipment and stores owned by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ) that are passing from Qatar through Bahrain, as a consequence of the shutdown of the Company’s operations in Qatar in 1942. The file’s principal correspondents are: 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. in Bahrain (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield); the Manager of PDQ (Ernest Vincent Packer); and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave).
The file includes:
- correspondence between 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. , PDQ Manager, and Adviser to Government, including: Bahrain Government agreement that exemption of duty and transit fees should be made for equipment sold to British military forces; PDQ objection to having to pay a two per cent transit duty on stores returning to Bahrain; a list of materials being shipped by PDQ from Qatar via Bahrain (f 29); the Bahrain Government’s eventual waiving of all transit duties on PDQ stores;
- correspondence relating to a similar enquiry concerning customs and transit duties made by the California-Arabian Standard Oil Company (CASOC), and the Bahrain Government’s concession that duty be waived on equipment being brought through Bahrain for purchase on behalf of the United States Armed Forces.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (34 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume/file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the volume/file (ff 34-35) mirror the chronological arrangement.
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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 37; 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 2-33; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/755
- Title
- ‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’
- Pages
- 2r:6v, 19r:22v, 25r:29v, 33r:33v
- Author
- Packer, Ernest Vincent
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