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'File 36/39 II Programmes from U.K.' [35r] (69/198)
The record is made up of 1 file (99 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1944-28 Mar 1946. 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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
*
Department.
EXPRESS LETTER
-V. B. —Thi' i? Bn ORIGINAL MESSAGE, sent bj post to save telegraphic expense and nndne
use of the fcdrea, but imend'^d to be treated, on receipt, with the same expedition as it
Reference Foreign Express Letter No*5867-ME/45
dated the 27th April, 1945# Cigarettes from the United
Kingdom*
2* Request
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.
restrict exports of cigarettes
to maximum of 38 half 76 tons otherwise shipping space
finally allotted under this head in second half 1945 may
exceed our requirements to detriment of other items also
urgently required.
• 3. Alternative method would be for exporters in the
United Kingdom to be allotted shipping space only on
< production of order from Bahrain importers countersigned
by me*
it had telegraphed. To save tie
had been so despatched.
formalities it is worded and signed as if it
No. 1980-36/39* Dated Bahrain, 15th May, 194 5.
Bri 4 '”* ^
f*or
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*
s. fr.
MFP—62T S* ?——<(W-]239j—24-11 42 — bOO.OO*'*.
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This file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Customs Administration in Bahrain, regarding the allocation of shipping space to merchants in the country for the importation of goods from the United Kingdom to the Gulf (largely into Bahrain, but also Kuwait and Muscat).
These goods are grouped under the heading 'Civil Requirements' and included liquors, electrical goods, medicines, cigarettes, woollens, toiletries, paints and glassware.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (99 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- 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 99; 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 2-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1783
- Title
- 'File 36/39 II Programmes from U.K.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:75v, 77r:98v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence