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'File 36/39 II Programmes from U.K.' [‎78r] (155/198)

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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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Telogmra
From
To
No.
Dated
G.T.C.
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.
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. , Bushire.
711
2nd October, 1945.
Your telegram T/536 of 18th September 1945. United
Kingdom programme.
For 2nd half 1945, following tonnage additional to
that in my telegram No.99 of 13th February 1945 can be absorbeds-
£ssontia3 .
leather goods
5
Medicines
10
Electrical goods.
15
Stationery
25
Motor & Marine Parts.
40
Previsions.
45
Sundries.
20
Cigarettes
10
Cotton Piecegoods
60
Cement
50
Glassware & Cutlery.
10
half sse
Total
290
Necessary.
Toilet Goods
5
Hardware & Cutieiy
25
Motor & Marine Parts
20
Cotton Pioce.goods
40
Hosiery & Haberdashery
5
Woollen Goods
15
Cigarettes
15
Sundries
40
half 336
i'olal
165
Desirable.
Toilet Goods
5
Sunuries
40
Paints
10
Glassware & Crockery
35
Hosiery & Haberdashery _
10
half 200
Total
100
2 . For 1st half 1946 given in ray telegram No.573 of
2nd August 1945 Bahrain can absorb double the toiinage under each
heading and sub-heading and in addition 50 hall 100 tons motor
and marine parts end 50 half 100 tons cement both under heading
Essential.
3 . Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. can absorb double the tonnage under
each heading for programe 1st half 1946. My telegram No. 573
of 2nd August refers.
4. Comments follow separately.
-POLITICAL^
AMO

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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.

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1 file (99 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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 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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