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'File 33/11 VI (T 94) Transfer of Naval Base' [19r] (39/162)
The record is made up of 1 file (80 folios). It was created in 16 Mar 1935-19 Jan 1939. 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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Food and dri^s of ail kiodu imported toy Hi a Ha^sty's
Ship# for exclusive consumption by the officers
within the precinct# of their Club stoould be Unded
duty free*
(f) furniture for the Officers* Club would be dutiable.
if you are to be guided oy the Indian &@e Custos^ #»ct
then you will have to elloe this, further conc^»»» j. on•
Government of India, F»D iC*E), iotif icetion «4oi4 l 7
dated the ^ata June litt reads as follows*-
exercise of the power conferred by
section S3 of the Sea Customs Act, 1873
(fill of 187S), the Governor General in ,
Council is pleased to exeiapt fro® the
import duty leviable thereon under the
Indian Tariff Act, 1884 (VIII of 1894),
all articles imported by or on behalf of
a laval Officer serving on any of His
Majesty 1 s ships for his personal use**
Under the circumstance# It mould probably be better to
grant this further concession and allow the Officers*
Club to hav« their furniture if isported landed duty
free, the amount recoverable in mj case would fee very
small*
5. In view of paragraph 4(e) above I have told the Senior
laval Officer In the Persian %1£ that there is no objection to
his having as officers* test pitched within the Halt# of the
land acquired by His S&Jesty*# Government at Jufair, and of his
officer# consuming in It such drink and food as they B&y bring
with them fros the Ship#.
6. * I have written to the Senior level Officer is the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and the Mr Officer Commanding, British Force© in 1
* Iraq, ainaidi, and impressed os the® the necessity for officers j
encl asen under their eo®*'<and not conaussiiig alcoholic orinus ouv—
side the special buildings provided for that purpose *
7* Would you please let m Smew as soon ©s possible whether
you confirm this letter, and what action you propose with regard
to paragraph 4(c) stove. Cm receipt of your reply I propose to
send both a copy of this letter and. of your reply to the denier
B&wel officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. I think however before we
assume this letter and your reply to It to be the last word t
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The file concerns the decision by the Admiralty in 1935 to transfer the Royal Navy base at Henjam [Hengam] Island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to a site at Jufair (also spelled Jafair) in Bahrain.
The papers consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Admiralty's decision to evacuate the naval base at Henjam and to construct alternative accommodation at Bahrein [Bahrain] at an estimated cost of £25,000, March 1935; correspondence between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, and 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. , Bahrain relating to the purchase of property at Jufair, with list of payments made to individual landowners, April 1934; papers concerning the question of the levying of customs duty on articles imported by Royal Navy ships into the new naval base at Jufair, and the use of alcohol at the base by Royal Navy personnel, including correspondence between Belgrave and Captain George Ashmead Cole, Officiating 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. , Bahrain, and correspondence in Arabic and English between Cole and Sheikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah, Ruler of Bahrain, April -June 1935; confidential letter from Belgrave to Cole, dated 8 June 1935, giving his opinions on the way in which the Sheikh had been treated by the British, and explaining how the price had been settled for the land bought from the Sheikh; and papers concerning the compensation to be paid to owners of fish traps adjacent to the naval area, July 1935 - January 1939, including receipts in Arabic, January 1939.
The covering dates of the correspondence (the main body of papers) in this file are 16 March 1935 - 17 January 1939. The closing date in the overall date range is provided by references in notes on documents at the rear of the file.
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- 1 file (80 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) would have referred to entries in the notes, but there are no notes present in this file.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 79, which is the final folio in the file. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: 24-27, 29, 54. Two additional incomplete foliation sequences are also present in the file between ff. 2-79 and ff. 29-79. These numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and may be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/1/389
- Title
- 'File 33/11 VI (T 94) Transfer of Naval Base'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:7v, 18r:20v, 23r:25v, 29r:33v, 37v:46v, 48r:65v, 67r:77v, 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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