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‘File 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’ [34r] (67/484)
The record is made up of 1 file (240 folios). It was created in 9 Sep 1943-25 Oct 1945. It was written in English and Persian. 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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-iECEIVKD UNDER OOVERN’JS'r OF INDIA E> ! DOSSEMENT NO.
dated 30th August,1944.
F.
15(78)-W/44
GQVil iNMUjT OF INDIA COMMERCE DEPART MU. T.
D*C # • 6?-C.iv(23)/43 D«it6d. 10/ / o / /44*
cy<°3^ -Or 0
My dear v C 2 ' ^
During tho recent discussions at Delhi with the M.E3.C
Delegation from Cairo, it was mentioned that there was reason to
believe that a good proportion of goods for which bills of ^ading
are made out for “Suez in transit* 1 are rebooked to final destination
other than those for which the goods were originally licensed in
India, A suggestion was made that it would be easier to control
such diversions if the Indian authorities could exercise a oercent-
age check aft r shipment of the goods, to see that bills of lading
were made out i the name of the ultimate consignee as given in the
export licences. Shipping agents should be instructed not to issue
bills of lading merely to “order** of an unnamed consignee. M Xn
transit "bills of lading should name the ultimate consignee in such
terms as ** Please notify....**
2, Government of India would be glad of early report
from you as to the exact practice now followed in such cases and
the feasibility of adopting the suggestion referred to in the
preceding paragraph after calling for bills of lading from shipping
agents and mailing a percentage check of the consignee mentioned
therein ag:inst the export lie nee and the *xport manifest.
hu
To All Export Trade Controllers.
Yours sincerely,
Sd. G. SWAMINATHAN.
*
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
? ldi
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CONTROLLER OF EXPORTS.
(COi.i .iARCjii DEPART
No. 11-F.P. (8)/44
New Delhi, tne Oth August,
1944.
To
The Export Trade Controller,
Bombay/Madras/Calcutta/Karachi.
Reference (correspondence ending with Sim.nivasan , s D.O.
letter No, 64-CW(62)/43 dated the 18th March 1944)^your letter No.
1-11052/43 dated the 1st February 19447regarding percentage check
of bills of Lading and export manifests.
2. It has been hedided that a percentage eheck of the Bills
of Lading with export licenses should be exercised after shipment
of the goods, in the nanner suggested in Swarainathan *3 D.O. letter
No. 67-CW(23)/43 dated 10th June 1983 if the system Las not already
been introduced in your port. As the underlying object of this
check is to prevent “trafficking in licences** it is considered
that for the present , the check may be confined to exports to the
following destinations only in respect of which complaints of
“trafficking in licences** or diversion to unauthorised consignees
have been noticed.
(i) Arab Shaikhdoms in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
(ii) Ceylon and British East Africa.
(iii) The Middle East Countries including the British
Territories in that area.and
(iv) European neutral countries including Turkey.
Any suggestion you may like to make in the light of
your experience in recent months as to the desirability of adding
any other territories to this list may be cohimunicated to this
office in due course.
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The file contains correspondence about the supply of various essential commodities from India, by sea from Bombay and Karachi to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ports of Dubai and Sharjah for local consumption, during the Second World War (1939-1945). Several commodities are mentioned including spices, nuts, oils, cotton and leather goods, hosiery, soap, matches and cement. These goods were in short supply due to wartime conditions and subject to Government of India export restrictions and import quota arrangements in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms under British protection. The main 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. for Bahrain, the Director of Customs and Port Officer for the Government of Bahrain, the Export Trade Controllers (also referred to as Foreign Trade Controllers) in Karachi and Bombay, as well as other Government of India officials, mainly in the External Affairs Department, New Delhi. They discuss the allotment of Government of India surplus quota goods among merchants in Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah and exchange distribution lists that contain the names of all approved importers (local merchants), together with the names of their Indian exporters or shippers in Bombay and Karachi, and the type and quantity of the controlled commodity allotted to them. In addition, there are detailed submissions from the Political Agents for Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat to 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, expressing concerns about new Government of India instructions for improving the coordination of export control procedures in India with import control procedures in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. shaikhdoms, in particular, that Export Trade Controllers in Indian ports only grant export licenses and permits to Indian exporters and shippers who appear on their established shippers lists. The file also contains merchants’ correspondence, from several importers in Bahrain and their nominated export agents or shippers in Karachi and Bombay, complaining 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. for Bahrain, about the refusal of the Export Trade Controllers in Indian ports to grant them export licences and permits.
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- 1 file (240 folios)
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Files papers are arranged more or less chronologically.
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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 242; 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 2-217 and between ff 218-241; 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 29/30 Civil requirements: miscellaneous items from India (pepper, spices, etc)’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 7r:24v, 27r:31v, 33r:42v, 47r:48v, 51v, 52v:58v, 60r:60v, 63r:65v, 67r:67v, 70r:71v, 74r:74v, 80r:80v, 82r:82v, 91r:96v, 98r:101v, 106r:106v, 108r:109v, 112r:120v, 123r:126v, 129r:142v, 144r:144v, 151r:151v, 155r:159v, 163r:163v, 165r:165v, 167r:167v, 169r:169v, 173r:173v, 175r:178v, 181r:185v, 187r:192v, 196r:198v, 200r:200v, 202r:207v, 210r:214v, 217r:241v, 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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