"ملف 8/8 VI التقرير السنوي لسنة ١٩٤٧" [و‎‎١‎٢‎٨] (٣٠٦/٢٥٥)

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made by merchants against the landing arrangements at Sltr* tw>e
oil port) and at Manama (the Bahrain general port) which are
Tactically speaking a monopoly of Messrs. Cray feackeneie and Co.
td. A meeting wns held on the 8th of April «
Puler of Pahrain and.about thirty prominent merchants. Proposals
r were put forward but nothing concrete was dedided at this mfetinb.
In Hay a second meeting was held by the Bahrain Merchant community
to consider a proposal to form their own landing company. " sum
of Rs. 7,00,000 was promised to finance it. A third meeting was
held on the P9th May at the Agency, ihe Political Arent, is
Highness the Ruler of Bahrain, .Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa, uncle of
His Highness, Mr. C.D. Belgrave, the Adviser, and representative.,
of Messrs. Gtay Mackenzie and Co Ltd., were present. At this
meeting it soon became' •ppMWRt that the merchants wished not to
oompete 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 a.,
held. It was stated that the merchants would withdraw tueir
application to the Bahrain Government provided Messrs, uray
Mackenzie accepted certain terms regarding delivery and care of
cargo which should be discharged at Manama, • ^ ln
the existing scale of landing charges, and that the rahrain
Government would review the scale of landing charges yosriy. . p.
Meikle of Messrs. Gray Mackenzie agreed to most of the terms, tut
said that the question of discharging cargo at i anama wou.d n®ve
to be taken up with the shipowners before he could give an outright
decision. Ke state*' that the company could not agree to the
proposed reduction of 20 %. After some discussion a reduction
of 16 I was agreed to oncargo landed ex vessels anchoren at Manama.
The merchants then announced their withdrawal of their application,
but requested that they be allowed to meet once 8
any grievances et cetera. This was agreed to by the Gray Mackenzie
Representative, present at the meeting. No further compla. nts
have been made.
16. POST OFFICE
The following officials held charge as Sub-Postmaster
BAHRAIN .
in 1947*-
-A-
(i) Mr. Dewan Chand Sharma
From 1.1.1947
to 31.10. 1947
(il) Mr. Rajab All
one packer.
From 1.11.1947
To 31.1?.1947
They 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
6,182
Rale of Stamps
Money Order Commission
Pritish Postal Order
Poundage
Indian Postal Order
commission
Postage dues
Rs.
2,96,919
30,661
81
68
841
As.
11
4
9
8
8
P.
9
0
0
0
Total
3,28,462
9
/ Value of Money Orders