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‘File 28/34-II War emergency legislation’ [‎209r] (419/428)

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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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C? P A-/ FO /g^SL /tv
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The amendment will have the effect of upsetting the
ordinary channels of trade and may even promote a trade
in the black market instead of curbing it so long as actual
rationing is not initiated.

1*3
The present system of issuing chits by the customs
is not at all satisfactory apart from being illegal as
suggested by the D* of C* As it is not practically possible
for each individual in the Islands to take a chit from the
Customs by going there and will have no chance of choosin;
what he or she wants the large consignments of piecegcods
that have come will be as good as not having come so far
as the public are concerned.
if at least.a coupon system like the ration cards
for cereals and sugar are introduced the people will have
better chances of getting things. The experience of
people who have tried to get chits from the Customs is
pitiable as they have no regular form and no arrangements
for controlling ’ the people who come in for goods. Invari
ably a lot of veiled women and Hamals and others scramble
for chits at the customs window from morning till evening
making it quite impossible for others to get a chit for
a few yards of cloth.
iojT t Unless the customs can make proper arrangements to
issue fairly reasonable quantities of cloth for personal
use without involving personal hardships for individuals
who may not be able to waste a day in trying to get a
chit the system will be a failure at least so far as the
consumer is concerned.
j_ s n0 £ unusua l for certain type of’ men and
women to trade in these chits by going every day to the
Customs and managing to get chits a® there are no means
of identifying the people either by the customs or by the
retailer.
f °7 » The situation in the market having eased it is rather
too late to think of instituting such a scheme and the
Customs apparently have not the necessary staff to do
all the trading in piecegoods themselves.
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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).

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1 file (212 folios)
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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.

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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