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‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’ [199v] (400/428)
The record is made up of 1 file (212 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1939-9 Jun 1948. 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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My own view is in accordance v/ith Mr.Ti kamdas 1 s, i.e s ,
that a profit of is adequate. Were it not so 9 Messrs. Bassam
and Fakhroo would not have large shipments of foodstuffs coming
forward. Naturally every merchant would like to make a profit
of 100$ if he were allowed to. I agree with Mr.Tikamdas, however,
that a profit of up to 25 $ should be allowed on ghee and oil to
cover loss by leakage. Ghee and edible oils have, therefore,
been transferred from Schedule [lL to Schedule 7T (a) in the draft.
’ ' (2) The large discrepancy between profits allowed to whole
salers and those allowed to retailers is explained by the fact
that retailers take fewer risks on their goods of loss or damage
in transit; secondly they are able to turn over their capital
more quickly than the wholesalers.
i k < I went on to discuss the working of the present
system with Mr.Tikamdas. He told me that, with the exception
of the sales of wheat, barley^and sugar, which are made on ration
cards, hardly any business is done at the prices fixed by the
Food Controller. Merchants receiving a large consignment of,
for instance, cigarettes are in the habit of selling a small
quantity at the controlled price, then of telling customers who
^re not prepared to ray a higher price that they have no stocks
left. The bulk of their stocks are then disposed of confidentially
to whoever is prepared to pay black market prices and to say
nothing about it. It is my belief that; since the original Price
Control Order was passed in September, 1939, no godown or shop
has ever been searched for hoarded goods, and merchants have
been able with impunity to pretend to customers requiring goods
at the controlled price that they have no stocks. To prevent
the concealment or hoarding of stocks I have extended in the
Draft Order the principle of registration of stocks held, introduced
by Mr.Wakefield in respect of piece goods, to many other commodities.
Such a system is of necessity cumbersome, and it may not in practice
be possible to extend it to all the commodities of which the
price is at present alleged to be controlled. It may, however, be
^ A
vantage to extend it to some of the commodities and to maintain
the previous system for the remainder. This is for further
consideration.
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The file contains correspondence relating to, and copies of the various orders, regulations and notices, issued under the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. States (Emergency) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , 1939. The file’s principal correspondents are 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (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 (Edward Birkbeck Wakefield; Major Tom Hickinbotham; Cornelius James Pelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway).
The file includes:
- ordinances and amendments to the existing defence regulations and judicial procedures, enabling capital punishment, ‘rigorous imprisonment’ or whipping to be used as forms as punishment for theft or looting in the event of damage to property as a result of enemy action, including air raids, and the transfer of such judicial decisions from the Government of India 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 3-46);
- a letter from 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, to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, dated 2 December 1943, enclosing a number of drafts to replace existing orders, ordinances and notifications relating to: Order No. 13 (controls on goods exported from Bahrain, ff 50a-50); Order No. 14 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 52-56); Notification No. 15 (trading with enemy regulations, f 57); Order No. 14 (export controls on currencies and gold bullion, f 58); Order No. 17 (postal censorship and restrictions, f 59);
- copies of orders for 1944: Order No. 1 (export controls, ff 61-66); Order No. 2 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 63-68); Order No. 3 (trading with enemy regulations, f 69); Order No. 4 (export controls on currencies and gold bullion, f 70); Order No. 5 (postal censorship and restrictions, ff 71-72); a copy of Order No. 1 of Hijri year 1363 (equivalent to 1944), issued by the Government of Bahrain (ff 75-82, and in large format at f 85), relating to price control orders and closely based on Order No. 2 of 1944 (ff 63-68);
- numerous orders issued by 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. in 1944 for the appointment of nominated Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) employees as Special Police Officers at the BAPCO refinery (between ff 86-130), and, in January 1945, the announcement of the cessation of the appointment of certain nominated officers (ff 140-142);
- printed copies of orders and notices: the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939 (ff 146-151); Chapter 10 of the Supplies and Services (Transitional Powers) Act, 1945 (ff 152-155); Order No. 255 of 1946 Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Colonies &c (ff 156-157); the Emergency Laws (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1946 (ff 158-170);
- correspondence dated 1943 onwards relating to the review and repeal of various orders and regulations (ff 97-99, ff 144-145, ff 171-174);
- copies of orders for 1947: Order No. 1 of 1947 (the maintenance of supplies and services, ff 177-178, f 187); Order No. 7 of 1947 (price control orders for rationed and unrationed foodstuffs, piece goods, with schedules of the goods covered, ff 180-185).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (212 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 194-212) 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 2; 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. Two additional mixed foliation/pagination sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-185 and in the file notes between ff 194-212; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. Foliation anomaly: f 50 a, f 50.
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- IOR/R/15/2/727
- Title
- ‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 12r:16v, 27r:28v, 31r:31v, 35r:37v, 39r:42v, 46r:49v, 51r:51v, 60r:60v, 83r:84v, 87r:95v, 101r:103v, 108r:109v, 111r:111v, 115r:116v, 118r:119v, 121r:121v, 124r:124v, 126r:127v, 129r:130v, 134r:137v, 141r:141v, 144r:145v, 171r:176v, 179r:179v, 186r:186v, 188r:191v, 194r:212v, 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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