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'File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries' [99r] (198/495)
The record is made up of 1 file (249 Folios). It was created in 23 Jul 1929-29 Nov 1934. 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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Group 8.— Engineering.
(а) Steel and Ironworks Equipment.
(б) Mechanical Handling of Materials.
(c) Power Generation (Prime-movers).—
Water turbines, steam boilers, steam, gas
and oil engines, and all associate equip
ment, including industrial filters.
(c?) Machine Tools and accessories for
metal, wood, etc.
(e) Plant for Industrial Processes.—
Cement, rubber, textiles, paper, leather,
footwear, laundries, foodstuffs, brewing,
distilling, etc.
(/) Chemical Plant of all descriptions.
{g) Scientific Instruments.
Group 9.— Electricity.
Generation and Transmission.—Genera
tors, motors, transformers, rectifiers, con
densers, accumulators, switchgear, cables,
meters and all accessories.
Use.—Industrial and domestic applica
tions for heating, cooking, lighting and
power, and all accessories. Telephone and
telegraph apparatus.
Group 10.— Services.
Export journals, trade journals, transport
services, publicity services, trade organiza
tions, industrial welfare associations, pack
ing materials and cardboard boxes for all
trades represented in the Birmingham Sec
tion of the Fair.
ALLOCATION OF PUBLICITY GRANT FOR 1930-31.
Northern Europe.
£250
150
300
50
100
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Poland
Central and Southern Europe.
Belgium £250
500
10
200
150
100
50
£850
Holland
Austria
France
Italy
Switzerland
Turkey
Dutch East Indies
£100
North and South America.
United States of America £500
Argentine 600
Mexico 50
Brazil 100
Chile 200
The Empire.
Canada and
Newfoundland £1,900
Australia 1,100
South Africa 1,000
£1,260
£100
£1,450
New Zealand 900
British East Africa ... 150
Federated Malay States 100
British West Indies ... 150
Egypt 50
India and Ceylon ... 500
Editorial Publicity ... 1,350
Follow-up campaign ... 3,000
Home Press
(а) Export Trade
Journals ... 1,000
(б) Home Trade
Journals (provi
sional) 3,000
(c) Home General
Press 5,000
Trans-European rail
ways 500
Chamber of Commerce
Journals (home and
abroad) 300
" We buy at the British
Industries Fair"
showcard ... ... 100
Reserve and contin
gencies ... r .. 1,240
£5,850
15,490
Total £25,000
(7812—9) Wt. 9919-69 1000 8/30 P. St. Q. 3.
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Correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and customs officials in Bahrain, and United Kingdom companies relating to trade in Bahrain. The file includes papers concerning an upsurge in orders for bicycles in Bahrain, 1929. Other commodities covered include mother of pearl and the pearl trade, Lingah shells (known in European markets as 'Bombay shells'), bedsteads, margarine and related products, electric generating sets and motor engines for motor launches, cloth, cotton, silks, machine tools, condensed milk and chocolate, biscuits, sharks' skins, locks, sport goods, scotch whisky and a proposal for a golf course. The objective was to increase the volume and range of trade carried on in Bahrain by British firms. The papers also include reports, and correspondence with local companies in Bahrain.
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- 1 file (249 Folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The system of foliation in use appears in a circle in the top right-hand corner of each folio. The file is also foliated 1-15, 19-256 (uncircled).
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- IOR/R/15/2/1352
- Title
- 'File 10/8 Overseas trade enquiries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:2v, 4r:4v, 5v:13v, 14v, 15v:16v, 17v, 18v:20v, 22r:23v, 26r:31v, 32v:39v, 41v, 43v, 46v:48v, 50r:51v, 54v:64v, 66r:66v, 68r:68v, 70v, 72r:75v, 76v, 81r:81v, 83r:83v, 85v:86v, 87v, 90r:90v, 92r:92v, 93v, 94v:112v, 113v:114v, 116r:116v, 118r:120v, 122r:126v, 127v:128v, 135v, 141v:145v, 147v:148v, 149v:153v, 156r:156v, 158v:161v, 162v:180v, 181v:189v, 190v, 191v:193v, 201r:201v, 202v, 203v, 206r:208v, 213v:214v, 218v, 219v, 223r:223v, 225r:231v, 232v:234v, 236r:240v, 241v, 242v:246v, 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