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File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [‎137r] (284/382)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (187 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1924-11 Sep 1931. It was written in English. 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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cheapening market has tempted merchants to develop an export
trade from this State to neighbouring Ports.
increase in Piece Goods and sundries is a direct
sequal to a good pearling season, which has provided more
money for expenditure upon luxuries.
The R3 collections indicate a satisfactorily steady
improvement of 6%*
The decrease in Native Craft collections is accounted
for by the reduction in fixed duties upon ghee and date-
sticks consistent with the market value; and also to a
considerable decrease in the movement of tobacco and dates,
and to the practice of direct transhipment at sea.
In general the trend of business indicates steady
improvement and the relations between the Customs and txie
mercantile community are good.
Revenue. Vehicle Licenses. The collections are aoout
four times the estimated amount; and although the import
of Ford cars has decreased, other large 111 -4- 1 po./er cars
(mostly Fiat a) have been imported. I fancy that the State
has now absorbed its limit in this direction, though there
is a likelihood that a number of the new Ford type may be
imported next year. 1 think the collections in i347 will
not be so large as in 1346.
Licenses. The collections for 1346 are a
1 •A/r This is due to the fact that
little less than m 1345. Tms is
• thp orudence of renewing their
licenses have appreciated tne pruae
_ • xv»rtii t oavment of the fines imposed for
licenses promptly, without P a y~
m'wo mimhpr of licensed pearling craft in
late renewals. The number axo
Bahrain is 507.
Ttp. gistrations . For the same reasons as above the
collections for 1346 are a little lower than in 1345. The
, « of all classes in Bahrain is 1414.
total number of craits ox ct_Lx
xi r + v, + thp industry keeps steady, an.
It is however noteworthy tiL*o tne mausu j

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Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda relating to the finances of the Bahrain state. The papers cover a number of matters, including the appointment and retention of Sir Charles Dalrymple Belgrave as Financial Adviser in Bahrain, annual budgets and reports, and the economic situation in the country more generally. Correspondence is between officials at 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), and Belgrave himself.

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1 volume (187 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 183; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-72, and between ff 93-122; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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File 522/1922 Pt 6 'Persian Gulf: Bahrain: Financial Adviser: Budget' [‎137r] (284/382), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/1044, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060797524.0x000055> [accessed 27 August 2024]

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