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Coll 30/29 'Persian Gulf, Kuwait: Trade Reports 1930/31 to 19..' [8r] (15/408)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1932-1 Jan 1948. 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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EXPRESS LETTER
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Political Kuwait.
To
RepgUf Bahrain.
No. 1912-27/12. Dated the 12th November, 1947.
Reference your express letter No. 2231 dated
the 23rd October, 1947. Exports from Kuwait reported in
Kuwait Trade Report 1946-47.
It is not possible to make anything else but
a rough estimate of the proportion of the exports to Iran
shown in Table "P” of the Kuwait Trade Report for 194S-47
which are legitimately imported into that country, but enquiries
reveal that the exports may be approximately divided as
follows
Mainly legally imported
Mainly smuggled
Partly imported
Legally and partly
smuggled.
Cotton Raw
Motor Cycles
Radios
Gunny bags
Tyres
Fat
Cinamon
Tubes
Dates
Black Pepper
Cars
Sugar
Sheep Skins
Blankets
Iron
Cardamon
Piece Goods
Soap
Dried Fish
Tobacco
Merchandise
Ginger
Matches
Attari
Bicycles
Cigarette paper
Wool Si Cotton Thread
Chillies
Charcoal
Tamarind
Fish Oil
Coir Ropes <1 Mats
Cigarettes
Aluminium
Coffee
Bamboos
Cement
Chandals
Tea
Second hand clothing
Vegetable ghee
Oil Coconut
Tumeric
Timber.
Approximate
figures for exports
to Saudi Arabia
are enclosed. They are
mainly by land and
may all be regarded
as legitimate.
It has not been possible to obtain any figures for
exports to Iraq by land, but it is believed that they are mainly
illegally imported into that country and are of no very great
volume.
Sgd. M.P.O’C. Tandy.
Major.
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.
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This file contains copies of annual Kuwait Trade Reports that were prepared by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait. These reports contain detailed information related to trade, exchange, imports, exports and shipping in/out of Kuwait. In addition to copies of these reports, the file also contains a limited amount of related correspondence, primarily cover letters.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front 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 204; 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 2-202; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3743
- Title
- Coll 30/29 'Persian Gulf, Kuwait: Trade Reports 1930/31 to 19..'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:41v, 43r:61v, 63r:203v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence