"ملف F/2 II مراسلات متنوّعة مع بلدية المنامة" [و‎‎٧‎٣] (٤٦٤/١٤٥)

GOVERNMENT OF BAHRAIN
D.O. No. 415/8
Bahrain, July 23, 1935.
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Dear Cole,
With reference to our recent conversa
tion regarding municipal house tax. The
question of the payment of municipal house
tax by the Asiatic members of the Agency
staff who have taken houses on lease in
Manamah has now arisen. I was informed
that some of the members of the Agency staff
told the Secretary of the Manamah municipality
that they were not liable to pay the house
tax and he referred the matter to me some
months ago but until a decision was reached
on the principle of the taxation I took no
action.
It is a question which should be defi
nitely settled and not one which should be
argued between the municipal council and
the people concerned. It is now established *
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that as in the past tenants are to pay the I
tax, not landlords. The Political Agency
enjoys special privileges which includes
freedom from taxation and I think that this
privilege should apply to all its official
buildings such as the Court of the Indian
Assistant on Government Road. I gather that