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‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [36v] (72/292)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 25 Oct 1939-28 Feb 1943. 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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62
O. XI. r . 3
No. 26.
Contract for Sale of a Ship.
P ^: e 0 lZ C £ mmis ,f °, n ° f Sale from the (be™ fill in the name of the
Que Conn), the ship called the now i y i„ g
I.-
f Particulars of which ship’s registry are as follows, viz. (Set out tar- \
t.culars exactly as tn Bill of Sale, No. 25 (ii), supra.) ' F
Is exposed to Sale on the Conditions following:
-The buyer is to sign the agreement to purchase and to take the !
said ship, her tackle, apparel, furniture and stores including
machinery and appurtenances, with all faults, in the condition
m ." hich they he, without any allowance or abatement for I
weights, lengths, qualities, quantities, errors of description, or
any defects or injuries whatsoever, and neither the age, tonnage !
< escription of the ship, nor the description of the machinery,’
appurtenances and stores, as expressed in the inventories or
printed particulars, are warranted.
—The buyer is immediately to pay to
the Marshal, or to his substitute, one part
of the purchase-money and the remainder thereof within
days in cash, to the said Marshal, and upon
such payment of the remainder of the purchase-money
e k e put into possession of the said ship, her tackle
apparel and furniture, including machinery and appurtenances
as afore-mentioned. But in case of non-payment of the
remainder of the purchase-money, within such time, the deposit
aforesaid of one part shall be and is hereby declared to
be forfeited, and the said ship, her tackle, apparel and furniture
including machinery and appurtenances, may again be exposed
to, and sold at public or private sale, and the deficiency,
if any, by such re-sale, shall be made good by the defaulter
at this sale, together with the expenses attending such re-sale;
and neither the Honourable the Judge, the Marshal, any other
officer of the said Court, nor the auctioneers, shall be sued at
wiu 6 Said m ° ney paid in P art > and forfeited as aforesaid;
but the buyer so neglecting shall be liable for all loss, costs and
damages which may arise thereby.
III.—If delivery of the property to an agent is required, such agent
must produce the buyer’s written authority to that effect, duly
signed, and addressed to the Marshal. ^
IV.
-In order to prevent detention of the ship for non-payment of
Tua/* dues \ the buyer must give three days’ notice to
tae Marshal, or auctioneers, of the day on which he will complete
the purchase. ^
V.—The buyer (if he requires it) may have the Marshal’s bill of sale
tor the said ship.
V I. The ship will be at the risk of the buyer immediately after he
receives an order for the delivery thereof.
5 , '
Lastly. If any question arises at the auction as to who is the buyer of the
said ship, the Marshal, or his aforesaid substitute, is to deter
mine the same. Not less than pounds (or dollars,
or as the case may he), to be advanced at each bidding.
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The file comprises copies of official notices and correspondence relating to prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the capture of enemy vessels and cargo) during the Second World War, based on the understanding, as described in a letter from 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. to his Agents, dated 16 November 1939, that, ‘as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. are on the side of Great Britain the Crown has the right to exercise prize jurisdiction in these States’ (ff 2-3).
The file includes:
- two printed copies of a booklet entitled Provisional Rules and Orders, 1939: Prize Courts: Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. dated September 2, 1939. Made under Section 3 of the Prize Courts Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 39) (ff 6-59, ff 61-114);
- a printed copy of an Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. entitled Reprisals for restricting German Commerce , dated 27 November 1939 (ff 117-118), and a press statement, issued by the Press Section of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, dated 28 November 1939, relating to the issue of the Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. (f 120);
- correspondence relating to a Danish tanker, the Eleonora Maersk (also spelt Elonora Maersk and Eleanora Mearsk ) which arrived in Bahrain from Iran, in April 1940. In a letter to 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior) 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. at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) stated that the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has received instructions from the East Indies Commander-in-Chief that the vessel should be sent to Karachi, presumably as prize (ff 121-124);
- a Department of Commerce notification, dated 31 August 1940, stating that measures taken against German shipping can now be applied to Italian shipping (f 131);
- communications relating to prize procedure in respect of Finland, Hungary, Rumania [Romania] and Japan (ff 139-142).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (144 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end. The file notes at the end of the file (ff 144-145) mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 146; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-6, f 60, and ff 119-143, the intermediate folios being skipped; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not 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.
Pagination: two printed booklets are present in the file (see ff 6-59 and ff 61-114); these booklets each have their own original printed pagination sequence. The file notes at the back of the file (144-145) have also been paginated using pencil.
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- Title
- ‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:121v, 123r:145v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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