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'File 29/33 PRICE CONTROL' [39r] (77/152)
The record is made up of 1 file (74 folios). It was created in 3 Oct 1945-26 May 1948. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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SCHEDULE TO ORDER No. 7 OF 1947.
Wheat
Wheat flour
Barley
Millet
Schedule I .
Si gar^ Rice J
Darra Pea
Barley flour
Millet flour
Schedule II.
Cotton twist
Coffee
Cement
Matches
Wire
Gur
Schedule III.
(i)
Cotton and woollen piecegoods
18%
to
wholesalers.
(ii)
Ghee and edible oils
25%
It
tt
(iii)
Motor tyres and tubes ...
25%
ft
tt
(iv)
Cycles, cycle tyres & tubes
25%
It
m
(V)
Kotor cycles, tyres & tubes
2o%
! 1
tt
(Vi)
Motor vehicles (other than
those coming under (vii) and
(viii) below)
20%
to
the public.
(vii)
Motor \ehicles imported from
the united Kingdom
25%
tt
n
It
(viii)
Motor vehicles of Tjnitedy
States or Canadian manu
facture for which payment
has been made with Foreign
currency obtained through
this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
25%
It
t;
tt
(ix)
Tinned provisions
25%
M
tt
tt
(x)
Typewriters
25%
II
t!
tt
(xi)
Sewing Machines
50%
ft
ti
!l
(xii)
batches
50%
tt
ti
tt
(xiii)
All other articles for which#
payment has been made with
Foreign currency obtained
through this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
25%
tt
f f
tt
ef * {
Cattle
Charcoal
Milk /
(
J
Eggs y N
Fish
Fish OU
Goats r
Schedule IV e
/
Goat’s meat
Sheep /
Mutton /
Date seeds
Onions
potatoes
Offal
Bahrain dates
J
Schedule V .
Indian white sheeting (unbleached)
Indian white mulls
Indian coloured plain voil
Indian black malafa
Indian black cotton cloth (Aeroplane brand)
Indian white shirtings
Indian cotton prints '
Indian black mulls
Indian white loongies
Indian Gkatras
Indian black sheeting (Kamlet)
Cotton black shirting (other than aero,; 1 -me brand)
Black U:il
Red twill
Colouied mull
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- Content
The file contains correspondence about fixing profit rates on several goods including wheat, dates, sugar, rice, spare parts, watches and typewriters, as well as the relaxation of price controls on commodities usually classified as luxury goods, such as cigarettes, toiletries and medicines. Most of these goods are described as imports from India, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, to Manama and Muharraq in Bahrain. The file also contains complaint letters from both the Singer Sewing Machine Company in Baghdad and Electric & Musical Industries Limited in England, regarding the adverse effect of Bahrain price controls on their profit margins. Also included in the file are the minutes of two meetings of the Bahrain Government's Food Control Committee about the removal of price controls and export restrictions, as well as new and amending Price and Export Control Orders for Bahrain in 1946 and 1947, drafted 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. . Most of the file correspondence is 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. at Bahrain and the Director of Customs and Port Officer for Bahrain (also acting in his dual capacity as Food Controller).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (74 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 63-75 are file notes.
- 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 76; 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 2-29; 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/794
- Title
- 'File 29/33 PRICE CONTROL'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:5v, 8v:9v, 11r:15v, 21r:21v, 24r:24v, 26r:27v, 29r:29v, 31r:32v, 34r:40v, 45r:52v, 56r:57v, 61r:61v, 63r:75v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence