File 8/9 Annual Report on the State of Bahrain for the year AH 1351 [‎76r] (156/200)

government would nermit his local agent to transhin
his cargo within the rort of Bahrain^re-payment oi the
two per cent duty, hrut without payment 01 the Import
Yard charges leviable if the cargo were landed ashore.
Since this arrangement did not aifect the right of tne
Bahrain government to collect the 2/o duty upon a lf
land cargo brought to this port, and was consistent with
other collections pf duty upon cargo transhipped here
by native craft, there was naturally no objection to the
proposal; and no doubt the B.I.S.N.&oy. were satisfied
to secure their freightage on such cargo.
However, while this understand A was being arranged,
the s.s. Tt Ahme r i tT a ship of the Nema^i. line, was char-
tered by certain interested persons, and laden with
15,339 packages for Bahrain, of which 6,938 packages
were manifested for the mainland nort oi Oqair via
Bahrain, and these packages were shipped partly by
Haiy Hassan bin Marzuk, and partly by the Bombay rela
tives of this man’s local -hgan^. ihe steamer
arrived here on 27th Jamad al Thania 13^1 (27th jctooer
1932) under the command of a Certain R. Parcou, who
declared that he had been specially chosen to command
this ship on account of Ms long experience m seaman
ship and mercantile negotiations; and he intended to
land the Bahrain cargo here, and to. proceed to Oqair
with the quantity^intended^for that port, and also to
buoy the channel in the neighbourhood o. has fanura tor
the benefit of future steamers going^xn that direction.
It happened that there was no Agent for tms steamer
in Banrain, and the government aid not sanction tne
appointmenu of certain persons who were invited to
work as Agents by the ship’s owners.
raruuu wao *e ra:ilS
here, his Bahrain cargo would not be permitted to oe
landed. Some lengthy discussion followed during
which the Commander of s.s. TT Ahmedi T ’ endeavoured to
insist on what he urged were his righuS to land c^rgo
here and to proceed on with cargo; and he wanted
it to be inferred that he was especially chosen by
some government authority for this vayag® particularly
to mark the channel to Ras Tanura, and the name oi
Captain Philby the Port Officer of Bombay was frequently
mentioned.
However the Bahrain government maintained its
attitude so the ship proceeded to Ras xanura where it
landed its mainland cargp and its Bahrain cargo, and
after returning to Banrain to land coolis,^9ler^s etc.
proceeded onwards to Busrehwhere it was said uo have
another charter-party awaiting it. me ^ommancier had
previously pointed out what heavy demurrage wpuld be
payable on account of the shiMs delay m arriving at
Busrah, and hinted that he believed his owners would
hold tie Bahrain government responsiMe ^or the cost
of such delay. These owners have, m tact, made,
such a claim; but I understand they are not pressing it
wisely enougn.
The effect of this incident is quite satisfactory,
fnr thfi authority of the Bahrain government m its own