‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’ [30r] (59/74)
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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Confidential
D.O. No. C/949
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the 14th July 1943
, Will you please refer to your demi-official letter
No. C/1445-3, dated August 9th, 1942, about facilities
and exemptions from Customs dues in respect of material
being removed from Qatar.
2. I have had a certain amount of correspondence v/jth
Packer about this question. At my request he has prepared
a summary of material shipped from Qatar via Bahrain to
Associated Companies under the following three heads
Cl) Shipped to Companies engaged in the war effort
(2) Shipped for storage to Companies not engaged in the
war effort.
(3) Shipped for use to Companies not engaged in the
war erfort.
The value of material classified under these heads is
as follows
Head No. (1) ... Rs 68,102 5 9
Head No. (2) ... fc 77,861 5 0 \"b
Head No. (3) ... & 20,8X2 11 n
3. Packer asks for recognition _ principle that
material which has once paid Bahrain transit dues should
not be charged a second time with such dues. I understand
that the Bahrain Government are not prepared at present
to accept such a general principle but would be willing
to forego transit dues on oil equipment whose export from
Oatar for storage elsewhere has become necessary owing to
the war.
4. Will you please let me know that my understanding of
the position is correct so that I can inform Packer. You
will doubtless inform your Customs Department at the same
time of what you decide.
Yours sincerely
C. Dalrymple Belgrave, Esquire, C.B.B.,
Adviser to the Bahrain Government,
Bahrain.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- ‘File 28/64 Exemptions from customs dues on oil companies’ stores’
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- front, front-i, 13r:14v, 18r:18v, 30r:30v, 32r:32v, 34r:36v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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