'مجموعة من المعاهدات والالتزامات المتعلقة بمشيخات الخليج الفارسي وسلطنة مسقط وعمان والنافذة حتى نهاية عام ١٩٥٣" [و‎‎٨] (٩٢/١٥)

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being ianded. The above-mentioned duties shall be calculated on the basis of
the wholesale price of dates of similar quality in Bahrein market on the day on
which the consignment in question is cleared from the Customs.
5. The Bahrein Government shall issue manifests to all vessels leaving
Bahrein for ports in Saudi Arabia on the understanding that the Government of
Saudi Arabia shall similarly issue manifests to all vessels leaving ports in Saudi
Arabia for Bahrein.
6. The minimum number of packages which may be trans-shipped without
being landed shall in future be 100 packages.
7. The present agreement shall come into force from the date of this exchange
of notes. Should economic conditions at any time render it necessary, in the
opinion of the Government of Saudi Arabia or the Government of Bahrein, to
reconsider the arrangements set forth in the foregoing paragraphs, the Government
desiring to modify them shall inform the other Government through the diplomatic
channel. Should the two Governments be unable to reach agreement in regard
to such amendment, it shall be open to either Government to terminate the present
agreement on giving six months' notice of their intention to do so.
I am instructed to suggest that, if the arrangements set forth above are agree
able to the Government of Saudi Arabia, your Royal Highness will inform me
accordingly and that this note and your reply thereto shall be held to constitute
a binding agreement between the parties.
Mr. Calvert to the Amir Feisal, Saudi Minister for Foreign Affairs
Jedda, November 16, 1935.
WITH reference to the note which we have exchanged to-day regarding the
future treatment of goods imported into or exported from Saudi Arabia by way of
Bahrein, I am instructed by His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to refer to the discussion which took place at the conference in Bahrein
in March and April of this year regarding the procedure followed by the
authorities at Bahrein in the case of the steamship Ahmedi, when she called at
Bahrein in November 1932. I am authorised to assure your Royal Highness, on
behalf of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the Government
of Bahrein, that the authorities in Bahrein will not at any future time claim any
duties whatsoever on goods shipped to or from ports in Saudi Arabia in ships
calline at Bahrein when the goods in question are intended to be taken direct to
their destination in the ships carrying them and not to be landed at Bahrein for
re-export or trans-shipped without being landed. The permanent validity of this
assurance will not be affected by any notification which may be made in
accordance with the paragraph numbered 7 in my note of to-day.
Fuad Bey Hamza to Mr. Calvert
(Translation) Mecca, November 17, 1935.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 19th Shaban,
1354 (the 16th November, 1935), relative to the agreement concerning goods
exported from territories of the Saudi Arab Kingdom and imported into their ports
in ships anchoring off Bahrein, about which discussions were exchanged last spring
between the representatives of my Government and of the Government of Bahrein.
It provides for the following points: —
1 Duty at the rate of 2 per cent ad valorem shall continue to be levied on
goods consigned to ports in Saudi Arabia, or exported from ports in Saudi Arabia,
which are landed at Bahrein in order to be re-exported.
2 Duty at the rate of If per cent ad valorem shall be levied on goods con
signed to ports in Saudi Arabia, or exported from ports in Saudi Arabia, which
are trans-shipped (that is, loaded and unloaded direct from ships into dhows and
dhows into ships anchoring off Bahrein) without being landed.
3 In consideration of the reduction in the ordinary rate of 2 per cent, which
is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Saudi Government will not make
anv request for exemption from the above-mentioned duties in the case of goods
consigned to His Majesty the King of Saudi Arabia or to his Government.