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Coll 30/113 'Position of the Trucial Sheikhdoms in international law: Definition of Bahrain and Shargah in connection with the Import Duties Act 1932.' [‎40r] (79/535)

The record is made up of 1 file (264 folios). It was created in 2 Jan 1929-24 Oct 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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in the External .Iffairs Department
To
The Under Secretary of State for India,
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*
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Dated New Delhi, the o February 1940*
Sir,
I am directed to refer to the papers on the above
subject forwarded to 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. under cover of
Secretary* s weekly letter No* 19-M., dated the 17th
February 193S, and to enclose, for information, a copy
2* Memo* from do—No* 1579-10/13, dated 4* 12.1939, } marginally
correspondence.
2 * It will be seen that the 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. , Kuwait,
does not anticipate sny difficulty in countersigning
certificates of origin issued by the Kuwait authorities;
but as none of the articles exported from there (namely,
pearls, skins, wool and fish oil) are subject to
preferential duty, the extension of the preferential
tariff to Kuwait is of no practical value. Of the
only dates are subject to preferential duty. As,
SUBJECT:- Inclusion of the Shaikhdoms of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in the new Trade Agreement
between the United Kingdom and India.
1 . Memo, to the Hon’ble the Political "Resident in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , No. F.258-N/39 dated 9*8*1939.
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3. Endorsement from the Central Board of Revenue,
New Delhi, No*872-Cus*I/39, dated 16.1.1940*
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articles exported from 'Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
REC». POL. DEPt.
15 FEB '940
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.
however
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The file concerns the question of whether Bahrain (also referred to as Bahrein), the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Kuwait should be considered part of the British Empire for the purposes of import duties and international agreements. The issue is mainly discussed in terms of the Import Duties Act, 1932 (copy of the Act, folios 221-233), which granted exemption of general ad valorem duty and any additional duty on goods consigned from any part of the British Empire, and produced in:

  • any part of His Majesty's dominions outside the United Kingdom
  • any territory under His Majesty's protection

The papers include: discussion of the status of Bahrain under the terms of the Import Duties Act, 1932; 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. and Foreign Office agreement, 1935, that Bahrain (and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Kuwait) should not be classed as part of the British Empire for the purposes of the Act; representations from a company importing red oxide from Abu Musa about the payment of such duty, 1935; the decision of the Foreign Office to reverse their earlier decision and to include Bahrain, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Kuwait in the British Empire for the purposes of the Act, 1936; enquiries from various companies over the status of Bahrain and other British-protected states in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for import purposes; a request, which the British Government declined, from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) for imperial preference to be given to Bahrain oil for export to Australia and New Zealand, 1937; the view of the Foreign Office, 1937, that Bahrain should be counted as a British protectorate for the purposes the Narcotics Drugs Convention of 1931; and related correspondence concerning the duty on imports from the region.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (264 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 265; 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.

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