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14. (ii) Landin^ of Cargo, There were a number of complaints
made by merchants against the landing arrangements at Sitra (the
oil port) and at Manama (the Bahrain general port) which are
practically speaking a monopoly of Messrs. Gray Mackenzie and Co.
Ltd. A meeting was held on the 8 th of April presided by eh by the
Kuler of Bahrain and/about thirty prominent merchants. Proposals
were put forward but nothing concrete was dedided at this meeting.
In May a second meeting was held by the Bahrain Merchant community
to consider a proposal to form their own landing company. A sum
of Rs. 7,00,000 was promised to finance it. A third meeting was
held on the ?9th May at the Agency, The Political Agent, His
Highness the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdulla bin ’Isa, uncle of
■ is Highness, Mr. C.D. Belgrave, the Adviser, and representatives
of Messrs. Gray Mackenzie and Co Ltd., were present. At this
meeting it soon became apparent that the merchants wished not to'
compete but to co-operate with Messrs. Gray Mackenzie and the
general impression was that the proposed landing company was un
likely to materialize. On the 1st of June a. fourth meeting was
held. It was stated that the merchants would withdraw their
application to the Bahrain Government provided Messrs. Gray
Mackenzie accepted certain terms regarding delivery and care of
cargo which should be discharged at Manama, a 20 % reduction in
the existing scale of landing charges, and that the Bahrain
Government would review the scale of landing charges yearly.. Mr.
Meikle of Messrs. Gray Mackenzie agreed to most of the terms, but
said that the question of discharging cargo at Manama would have
to be taken up with the shipowners before he could give an outright
decision. He stated that the company could not agree to the
proposed reduction of 20 °/o . After some discussion a reduction
of 15 % was agreed to on cargo landed ex vessels anchored at Manama .
The merchants then announced their withdrawal of their application,
but requested that they be allowed to meet once a month to discuss
any grievances et cetera. This was agreed to by the Gray Mackenzie
Representative, present at the meeting. No further complaints
have been made.
15. POST O FFICE
The following officials held charge as Sub-Postmaster
BAHRAIN .
in 1947:
(i) Mr, Qewan Chand Sharma
(ii) Mr. Rajab Ali
From 1.1,1947
to 31.10. 1947
one packer.
From 1,11,1947
To 31.12.1947
T hey were assisted by four clerks, three Postmen and
Registered Letters received
Registered Letters ’despatched
Registered Parcels received
Registered Parcels despacthed
23,304
26,288
10,008
5,182
Sale of Stamps
Money Order Commission
British Postal Order
Poundage
Indian Postal Order
commission
Postage dues
Total
Rs.
2,96,919
30,551
81
58
841
AS ,
11
•4
9
8
P.
9
0
6
0
0
3,28,452
9
A Value of Money Orders