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'File 10/20 Enquiries re: cement' [38r] (77/132)
The record is made up of 1 file (66 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1931-17 Feb 1941. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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vjuiafaGtaring Company Limlted f l^ondon#
4« I would add the following Infornatlon in cnso It
may b« of uae to the rfepartmant of overseas ?rade and hope
to be able to send figures for 1934 shortly#
Since 1934 the Japanese have entered the Uahrain
market and one shipment In January 1S34 was I3 f 000 bags of
csmenti which sold at about h%l/A a bag* i orbandar cement
wrhieh was then ssllin^r at a bag was reduced to
It seems probable that the Japanese exporters are receiving
some form of assistance* rhe Japanese cement is isported
for ordinary building purposes and is reported to be of a
poor qiiallty f but the low price is the Chief attraction to
the purchaser f and is, Indeed, the case with alswst all
kinds of goods at the present tine of econoi ic stress*
Latterly the quality has, I believe, somewhat Improved
and the BaJirain Petroleum Company Lknifed, a subsidiary
co^any of the Standard Oil Comrany Limited of California,
have been using Japanese cement for the building of their
houaet at their ©11 field In Bahrain#
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
Lieut.Colonel,
politick A^nt, Bahrain#
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Correspondence relating to imports of cement into Bahrain. The file includes enquiries from The Cement Marketing Company Ltd, London, about the amount of cement imported into Bahrain for each of the years 1929-1933, to which the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. provided statistics in response. The enquiries were then discussed in correspondence, dated 1935, between 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. (Percy Gordon Loch) and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle), and the Agent was instructed in future to forward such enquiries to the Department of Overseas Trade. The papers also cover the importation of 'poor quality' Japanese cement, starting in 1934; correspondence with the Office of the Indian Government Trade Commssioner on imports of cement to Bahrain, dated 1940-1941; and related papers. The Arabic language and script content of this file is confined to bilingual English and Arabic business letterheads.
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- 1 file (66 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use runs from the front to the rear of the file and is numbered in the top right hand corner: 1-30 (not circled); 32-50 (not circled); 51-65 (circled). There is no f.31. There is second foliation at the top of the page, running 2-31 (ff 2-32). The notes at the end of the file are also numbered in the top right-hand corner: 1-11 (ff 52-64).
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- IOR/R/15/2/1356
- Title
- 'File 10/20 Enquiries re: cement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1bv, 2r:4v, 5v, 6v:9v, 10v, 11v:13v, 15r:15v, 17r:17v, 18v:21v, 22v, 23v:27v, 28ar:28bv, 29r:29v, 30v, 32v:64v, 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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