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'File 8/2 Smuggling of Gold' [‎126r] (251/488)

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The record is made up of 1 file (242 folios). It was created in 6 May 1940-20 Mar 1946. 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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In the Office of the Collector of Central Excises and Salt
Revenue, Cathedral P .0 ., Madras.
Order No.P.Dls.351-Cus./43 dated 2 «th May 1943.
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Passed by the Collector of Central Excises & Salt Revenue,
Madras.
ORDER (ORIGINAL)
h.3. (l) This copy is granted free of charge for the private
use of the person to whom it is issued.
(2) An appeal against this order lies to Central Board
of Revenue, Simla, rithin three months of its date.
Any appeal should bear a Court-fee stamp of ^ .4/-
and must be accompanied by ihis copy, or another
copy of the order; such copy must bear the Court-
fee stamp of Annas 12 prescribed under Schedule I,
item 6 , of the Court Fees Act of 1870.
Subject:
Export - Restricted goods (Sovereigns etc.) -
Seizures at Calicut and Palghat - Confiscation
and Penalty.
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The records of the case.
• • •
ORDER.
The West Coast of the Madras Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. and particularly
the area North and South of Calicut is ideally suited to smug-
gl: ■'g. There are rivers and deep indentations up and down the
coait, while a good road runs along the coast not far from, the
_ Villages and small towns are scattered here and there
within easy reach of the sea 9 and there is ample cover of trees
and jungle tb *oughout one area. The Malabar coast has an old
historical connection ^ r ith the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and this connection
w is exemplified by the extensive business in exporting local a
produce to Arabian ports which is now carried on, based at/"the n
port of Calicut. In addition to the legitimate trade in local
produce, tamarind, wood, etc., the opportunities for contraband
traffic provided by the geography of the coast have been utilised
tor traffic in restricted or prohibited goods* since the out
break of ^ar there has been reason so suspect a connection with
che enemy, possibly an underground route by way of Iraq.
2. In ,the open season of 1941 towards the end of the sea
son information began to con^ through to the Collector of Salt
uevenue, Madras, on the smuggling of sovereigns and other
goods from India via the West Coast. Action was
taken during the closed season to strengthen the preventive
work uf the Salt Department on that coast and the ^cope of the
^f^ ent ; S WOrk was greatly increased in the open season of
9x1-42. But effective control over the movement of craft on
tiie coast after they had left port was not established since
it was not possible to organise a sea patrol. Very little in-
rormation was rece.v/ed during that season in respect of gold,
° /ip is possible that the course of the war and in particular
one threat or invasion to India caused the falling off, which
was apparent in contraband traffic, at least as much as the
activities of the Sa*lt Department.

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This file contains general correspondence, surveillance, and intelligence reports pertaining to the smuggling of gold between India and the Middle East by way of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly through Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence is 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. in Kuwait, and the British consular staff in Baghdad, as well as the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire. Of note are documents that track efforts to identify smugglers' methods and intermediary networks. Other documents trace gold and currency prices between various Gulf and Indian Ocean ports by British officials in order to ascertain the profitability of various smuggling routes.

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1 file (242 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 244; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 present in parallel between ff 1-243; these numbers are also written in pencil, but, where circled, are crossed through.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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