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'File 36/44 Applications for Assistance to Export Cigarettes & Tobacco from India, U.S.A. & U.K.' [27r] (53/512)
The record is made up of 1 file (256 folios). It was created in 24 Aug 1943-26 Mar 1945. 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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Mr Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo
Bahrain
Dear Sir
We have been holding for a considerable time
a number of cases for shipment against orders received
from you and whilst the
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.
, London, have cabled
the Political Authorities in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
concerning
the shipment of 6 Cases under the mark of A.A.A. BAHRAIN
8 cases marked KANOO. and 2 cases for Koweit, we are
informed that you must make representation relative to an
additional 12 cases prepared since the 1st May , these
12 cases consisting of 300.000. Black & White cigarettes
240,000, MY PRINCESS Cigarettes and 125 lbs AFRIKANDER
FLAKE, all for shipment to Bahrain.
Political Agents, for Import assistance recommendation
concerning these 12 cases and should recommendation
be granted, the Political Agents, will communicate with
the Government of India, who in trun,will inform the India
Office,in London, and shipping space will be granted us.
satisfactorily as otherwise we shall be unable to forward
any further shipments.
We hope you will be able to arrange this matter
Yours faithfully,
THE UNITED KINGDOM TOBACCO CO LTD
Export Manager.
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This file contains requests for assistance and applications for shipping space that were sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain from a number of merchants active in Bahrain.
The applications relate to requests to import cigarettes into Bahrain from suppliers based in the United Kingdom, the United States and India. The file also contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 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. and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
Also enclosed in the file are copies of minutes from two meetings of Bahrain's Commercial Advisory Committee in December 1943 (folios 41-42 and 45).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (256 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 256; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-223; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1787
- Title
- 'File 36/44 Applications for Assistance to Export Cigarettes & Tobacco from India, U.S.A. & U.K.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 3r:9v, 14r:15v, 17r:21v, 24r:27v, 30r:31v, 33r:42v, 45r:46v, 47v:48v, 50r:50v, 53r:55v, 58r:61v, 63r:70v, 72r:73v, 76r:80v, 85r:89v, 91r:97v, 99r:100v, 105r:106v, 108r:111v, 116r:119v, 122r:123v, 125r:141v, 145r:148v, 151r:155v, 157r:158v, 161r:161v, 163r:163v, 165r:170v, 176r:180v, 183r:185v, 191r:192v, 197r, 198r:210v, 212r:212v, 216r:217v, 219r:222v, 223v:255v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence