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'File 36/56 Lack of Shipping Space for Goods from India' [6r] (11/28)
The record is made up of 1 file (14 folios). It was created in 15 May 1944-30 Jul 1944. 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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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.
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receipt with the same expedition as if it had been telegraphed*
It has been drafted as if it were so despatched.)
Reference Paragraphs 81 and 82 of Bahrein Intelligence
Summary No. 9 dated 15th May, in regard to difficulty of
obtaining shipping space for goods from India to Bahrein
and
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
Ministry of Transport are taking the matter up v/ith
their Representative in Delhi.
They suggest that if a similar situation should arise in
future, you should make direct contract with their representa
tive in Delhi through the usual channels.
From Secretary of State for India.
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.
, Persian Culf.
Repeat to
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.
Bahrein and
Government of India.
Dated 7th July, 1944.
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The issue of the above has been duly
authorised.
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This file contains correspondence regarding delays in goods being shipped to Bahrain from India. The Correspondence is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the Government of India and the Government of Bahrain Customs Department.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (14 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 14; 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 2-12; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/1795
- Title
- 'File 36/56 Lack of Shipping Space for Goods from India'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:13v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence