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'File 9/30 Naval & Shipping: Persian Gulf Lighting Service' [21r] (41/154)
The record is made up of 1 file (75 folios). It was created in 8 Nov 1945-23 Aug 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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fcaaa givan tba aaaa rapiy as vaa glTao to Bapoo*
?hara aro hovovor biffloui-tioa io obtaining partioaiara
of abippiag using Haa Tanura aa it ia a Baudi Arab part.
Tba ioiitioai Agora t aada anuuiriaa froa tha ^oapany aha
bar a raruaad to supply tha info mat ion as * tuny auat
cons idar tha paaaibility that tha Baudi Arab aoram&eit
«ight quaation tha propriaty of thair raporting to tha
Indian OorarnKsnt traffic at a oaudi Arab part 1 *. Thay
add that thay ara alraaay oorrosponding with tha iaraian
Qalf Lighting Sarrioa with ragard to tha appropriate con
tribution to thair costa* Thaoa nagatiatluna hare be n
appro red by tha Baud! Arabian OoTam^act riu© paragraph 8
of Jowaaroa Lapartaant Kxpraaa Latter Ko* 506^'•XU(13)/38»
M«2ii/44 dated tha 4th Cotobar 1945* Xhc Majority of
raacala Tiaiting Haa tanura call at Bltra to pics up a
pilot and 1 hart aakod tha ioiitioai Agent Bahrain to
obtain figures af ouch Taasala calling at <ra ao aa to
snabls us to fom a fair ssttaata of the total awount of
shipping using Hae tanura* La far aa Araacs ara aotioemad
think our only ooursa la to obtain an annual contribution
from thar to oorar tha lighting duos whiob would ordinarily
ba payable by tha tenters shipping thair oil. Apart from
tankers there must ba Tory few Teasels indeed whiah eall
at Baa Tenure without also Tieiting Bahrain*
is} & y» A IT OIL AkY* 1 hare already suggested
Tide my *xpresa Uttar So* /664 dated tha 13th August 1044.
that tha Kuwait Oil Cempany should be asked ta pay a
regular oocitribution to the p*Q*ua* to cover tha payment
of light dues by tha vessels shipping thair produets.
The number of ataamauipa other than auoh Tea ala whi oh
visit Kuwait and da not either sail at Bahrein or enter
tha Lhatt al Arab la nagligibla.
This Company baa not yet gone into
product ion arid tho quest ion of asking it to pay a contribution
towards the maintenance of tha Culf Lights sun ba taken up
whan it does ao.
4. with reference to the last sentence of paragraph 8(4
above, tha oonsequenoes arising from the construction by
Hepoo of a wharf at Sitra alongside whi oh ocean-going vessels
can berth have not yet bean properly considers a. During
tna month of August no lass than bd tankers visited 3lira
and apart from this other freighters ara new constantly
using inis port. One result of tha development of this
part la that tha quarantine Medical Off leer Bahrein who
■ c ' • ingl«*handad has mare work than ha can adequately oops
with and that tha provision of an additional mad leal affloor
far quarantine work has become essential. ho pert dues
ara recovered from vessels visiting Bltra and 1 would
therefore suggest that arrangements should ba made far
reoovai Img suoh dues in future to oover the expense of both
lighting and quarantine* hueh questions aa thosa of legal
oavar and machinery for tha rasa very af these dues will
have to ba as ref ally considered. At prosent the company
recover ao oharges of any kind for the use of tha port
which ia really thair private oonoero.
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the workings of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service. The majority of the file is made up of brief quarterly reports containing information on oil tankers passing through Muscat and any shipping not travelling on to the Shatt al-Arab from Muscat. These reports were submitted by Gray, Mackenzie and Company Limited and Khan Bahadur Nassib bin Mohd & Sons, then forwarded by 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. , Muscat, to the Government of India, External Affairs Department.
Further correspondence covers a number of matters, including: the question of introducing a levy for services provided by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service; the matter of financial and administrative responsibility of the Service; the report that the Persians are thinking of taking over all lights on the Persian side of the Gulf; and the proposal to erect a lighthouse at Ras Al Hadd. This correspondence comes from: 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. ; the British Embassy, Baghdad; the Port Directorate, Basrah; and the Admiralty.
Included in the file is a list of all navigational aids maintained in the Gulf by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Lighting Service (folios 34-36).
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- 1 file (75 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
At the rear of the file are internal office notes (ff 73-76).
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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 77; 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 2-66; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- 'File 9/30 Naval & Shipping: Persian Gulf Lighting Service'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:7v, 9r:10v, 13r:14v, 17r:22v, 25r:26v, 29r:36v, 40r:41v, 44r:51v, 54r:60v, 63r:63v, 66r:67v, 70r:76v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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