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'File 36/44 Applications for Assistance to Export Cigarettes & Tobacco from India, U.S.A. & U.K.' [‎98r] (195/512)

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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Tel chains AddressUNION ”
Code* U*e<l :■
A. B. C. fith Kdition Bentley’s Schofield’s
.‘{-Letter code. United XeleKi'aph code Si Private.
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1 ^ (lit"
jL / ( Selling organization Si Connections
V ^ “wf thidughout India. Cutch. lyil|#R\\ ar.
i, BaiuCTfi.-
(CORRFSPONDENCE INVITED IN ENGLISH ONLY)
Kashmir. Afghanistan, BaluCTfistan,
Iran, Arabian & Alakran Ports* Iraq.
BRANCH AT BOMBAY.
REGAL TRADING COMPANY
Bankertt:
jytered Bank of I. A. & China, Karachi.
, X The Eastern Bank Ltd. Karachi Si London,
/irindlay * Co., Ltd. Karachi.
The Central Bank of India Ltd. Karachi.
Please address all letters to
respective departments
IMPORT & EXPORT \
Commission Agents C? Manufacturers'
Representatives.
ORDER SUPPLIERS.
MARRIOT ROAD.
KARACHI ( India )
No.
Inport
AIR MAIL
Dept-
3^ at ^nrch:
194 4.
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The Political. Agent.,
Bahrein
Dear Sir,
(P. Gt.i 1 f)
respectfully beg to inform yon that r.»e a re acting as conniseion
agents on behalf of t arions shippers and nannfacture^ in United Kingdom,
and ^e aecnre business for them,not only from India,bt.it also from various
Persian ^ulf po^ts lilce Bahrein etc.
Several orders have bean booked rd th our supnliers in TT ,K.b'it
shipments cannot be ma de,because w e ore i^f^rmed by our snnpli n-^s that
recently new rewl a tiers hate hem enforced,by the "'inis try of Shinning
^vh^rebv it is neces ary to obtain first ’shinring priori ty' .For this
purpose, we had fi r*st written to the I^iddle Bast Supply Council at Cairo,
but rre understand from Government of India (Comnerco Dept / by their letter
0 . 8 ^-C.W. \(0 /43 of 8 th 'arch 'f^^tha 1 such shipninr priority is rran^^ri
by you, for fpo^s intended "tor yo'i r port. ?e me lose herewith a opy o^ letter
received ^rom the Goremnent of India, for your ready reference.
!7e therefore request you by this letter to MndLy inform the
proper an thori ties in Hnited Kingdom,to give necessary shipping pace to
our following shippers an 1 supplie rs as per particulars .ioined below:-
Orders confimed mth T-/o.Lloyd Oweni Overs ©as ) Ltd;
2 Broad St, Place London E.C. 2 .
Pygs . Description of goods Destinatio n A-pp ,tons
British make
15 c/s cigarettes paper Bahrein 2 ? Tons
Fame of the consimeos
m/s Abdul Aziz Ali Bassan
I
Order confirmed in th F/s.R.& J.Hill, Ltd;
65, Great '’astern St, London.
15 c/s eirarettes Bahrein 2 1 - Tons -ditto-
You will also observe that, above goo dp are* es sential commodi ti es ’
for 'use o** civil population,and we sincerely trust that you will kindly
comply with our request for giving us nncessa ry f shipnin g priority 1 and

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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).

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1 file (256 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 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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