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‘Miscellaneous 16/15 Correspondence with and from the Director of Customs, Bahrain’ [60r] (119/160)
The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 20 Apr 1927-27 Jul 1946. It was written in English, Arabic and German. 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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In order to prevent raisuaiderstanding, the Rules
for the exenption of Passengers 1 ' Baggage from Customs dues
are as follows
(1) The honn-fide ‘baggage of a passenger is exempt from
duty when it accompanies him, does not forr pert of cargo,
or other freight, and is not included in the manifest, or
road-hill, or way-hill.
(£) Bona-fide baggage includes wearing apparel and the
personal effects required for the use of the passenger during
the voyr :e, or immediately on arrival, in contra-distinction
to household effects, and rlso implements, instruments and
tools of trade, occupation or employment, provided that the
articles are not for sale and are imported or expor'ecl for
fo ily travelling with him or her; bu"- it does not include
the 1 o ,,r ing articles:-
(a) Arms and ammunition;
(b) Alcoholic Liquor, and perfumed spirit, whether in opened
or unopened bottles;
(e) Cigarettes exceeding 100 in number, cigars exceeding
fifty in number, and/or other tobacco exceeding one
(d)
(e)
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’otor-cars, motor ant
and pianolas;
Articles for household use: buc 1 as frrniture, pictures,
carpets, lass, crockery, jewellery, cutlery, silver^
and plated ware; except such of these as appear to the
director of Customs to be imported in a quantity
compatible with the apparent status of the owner for
his personal use and that of accompanying nerf ers of
his. family, having regard to the ostensible purpose
of his arrival in or departure from Bahrain.
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in ‘ ule (If,
bona-fide luggage entered within one month before or after
the arrival of a passenger in Bahrain, or leaving Bahrain
within a onth before or after t'e dee-Hr re of r. rescr or,
may, subject to the exceptions specified'in Rule (rg, be
passed free at the discretion of The Director of Gusto r.
Provided that in special circu w sta?ioes the director of
Customs may at his discretion extend the period of a month
to a totel period not exceeding 90 flays.
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Correspondence, chiefly received from but also sent to, the Director of Customs in Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier). The majority of the correspondence is official, and relates to miscellaneous trade and customs matters in Bahrain. Aside from general correspondence, memoranda and notices (for example, announcing trade regulations, customs house opening hours), other correspondence in the file includes:
- a letter from the French pearl merchant David Bienenfeld, dated 1928, requesting permission to bring a wireless radio into Bahrain (ff 7-8);
- a letter and statement on rice imports into Bahrain for the period May 1927 to May 1928 (ff 15-16);
- correspondence dated 1929, with a copy of an invoice in German, relating to the import into Bahrain of matches from the Berlin branch of the Handelsvertretung der Udssr in Deutschland (Mercantile Department of the Soviet Government in Germany, ff 23-27);
- statistical tables detailing the numbers and total tonnage of steamers entering and leaving the port of Bahrain for the years 1928 and 1929 (ff 37-39);
- a summary of the numbers of packages landed at various Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports for the months August to November 1931 (f 52) and November 1931 to January 1932 (f 61);
- correspondence dated 1932 relating to changes to the system for khanchia (a customs tax collected on imports), including a petition signed by many of Bahrain’s merchants, objecting to these changes (ff 54-56, f 63);
- details of the British India Steam Navigation Company’s ‘engagements’ at various ports in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the months February to June 1932 (expressed in numbers of packages discharged, ff 65-69, f 74);
- a 1932 letter (in Arabic with English translation) from prominent Njdy [Nejdi] merchants in Bahrain, requesting a definition of the territorial limits of Bahrain Port (ff 70-72).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (76 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 80; 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 also present in parallel between ff 4-78; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English, Arabic and German in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1512
- Title
- ‘Miscellaneous 16/15 Correspondence with and from the Director of Customs, Bahrain’
- Pages
- 10r:10v, 12r:12v, 14r:14v, 15r:16v, 19r:19v, 23r:25v, 29r:30v, 32r:32v, 34r:39v, 41r:41v, 47r:48v, 51r:52v, 56r:57v, 59r:61v, 63r:66v, 68r:70v, 74r:75v
- Author
- deGrenier, Claud Cranbrook Lewis
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