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File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351 [‎73r] (150/200)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (96 folios). It was created in 3 Jun 1933-27 Jul 1933. 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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raising revenue is ^uite understood.
It is however interesting to remark that the only
comment on this change of duty came from a British firm
whose imports are quite unimportant in value to the
State, and. even so, such imports are for certain
’permitted* persons in a commodity which is admitted
only by a special concession by H. E. the Ruler. The
comment resolved itself into the suggestion that imports
whose invoices were dated prior to the date of the
change in duty should be admitted at the prior existing
rates, accompanied with the curiously ingenugus state
ment that such was the custom according to ’interna
tional law T !
These changes in the rates of import duty explain
why the total collections, above, of duty from steamers’
cargoes is larger in 1351 than in 1350; and same may
be analysed thus:-
Collections @
n
tr
rt
Rs 2,50,346/-
23,833./-
16,118/-
4,103/- .
rs 2,94,400/-
If, however, the collections for the year 1351 had been
all at the flat rate of five per cent ad valorem, this
item of Rs 2,94,400/- would have been 2,75,662/-, a
difference of Rs 18,738/- and it is this figure which
enables one to form a just comparison between the two
years. It will be remembered that the rate of 7^-% was
m force for nine months, and the rates of ten per cent
and fifteen per cent were in force for three months only;
and they have produced an increase in the receipts of
Rs 18,738/- only, a fact which seems to justify the ex
pectation that the ten per cent rate might with fair
ness be applied to all imports except tobacco etc.,
and alcoholic liquors, which I suggest could easily
bear a duty of 25^ ad valorem.
The changes in the rates of duty, howeverhave
had a more marked effect in the case of collections
upon postal parcels; the sum of ks 16,519/- is made up
thus:-
Collections @
TT
tr
rt
- Rs 2,066/-
- 8,500/-
- 5,903/-
50/-
-Rs 16,519/-
If the flat rate of five per cent had been main
tained, this figure would have"amounted to Rs 10,702/-
only; but so marked a difference is to be expected,
since articles of the luxury type are more likely io
come here as parcels than as general cargo, Although
the quantity of parcels have considerably decreased in
the past year.
The same remark may .justly apply to passengers’
baggage but it is not quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. so pleasing to see a decrease
in the collections for Export Duty which is cpllected
upon dates and pearl shells. The inference is that
less dates were"exported, which was to be expected, as

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The volume contains the Annual Report of the Government of Bahrain for the Hijri year 1351 AH. The report is written by the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave.

The report was submitted by Belgrave 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. at Bahrain, Percy Gordon Loch, who then forwarded it to the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire. The correspondence relating to this process is included in the volume.

The report itself (folios 8-83), submitted in June 1933, is divided into sections corresponding to a particular subject, as follows: Revenue and Expenditure; Pearl Industry; Police and Public Security; Judicial; Land Registrations; Education; Manamah Municipality; Muharraq Municipality; Artesian Wells; Agriculture; Sunni Wakf Department; Shia Wakf Department; Audit; Imperial Airways; Press Propaganda; Counterfeit Coins; Death of Shaikh Sir Isa bin Ali [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], accession of Shaikh Hamad bin Isa [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah]; Bahrain Electric Supply; Customs; General; Miscellaneous.

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1 volume (96 folios)
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The volume is arranged 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 98; 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 12-83; these numbers are also written in ink, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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