"ملف F/2 II مراسلات متنوّعة مع بلدية المنامة" [و‎‎٢‎٢‎٦] (٤٦٤/٤٥١)

(A)
To 26th June f 32
(B)
26th June f 32 to
26th April ! 33
( 0 )
26th April T 33 to
31st «July 1 35
(B)
1st August f 35 to
5th March f 26—
1st Muharram bb
[retrospective
effect^/
a :
6th March *36
onwards
foreigners and Agency employees in part icu.la t r»
i
Position as on 21.6.36.
Baladiah xtiles ( wheifer accepted by f.A. or not) .
Tenants pay at rates on page Bo oi Baladiah Bye Lav/s .
Landlords pay ditto
Tenants pay —
T'/4 page 70 .
ditto
Leased houses over hs.300/- pei* annum pay annas 2 in
the mpee (l2n%Hfrom tenants). Owner^occupied
houses, and houses below its.300/- per annum as beiore<
P/4 page .lo.2_g-
Leased houses (all) pay 1« annas in the nupee ( from
tenants). Owner - occupied houses as beiore.
r.A’s position rei'. the B alariiah mies.
1. Gole (p.57-59 of F/2; agreed that tax should be
collected from i-hp" of ioreiuu house omexsA i 1 his
.
is not the same as foreign tenants of house-owners).
2. The Bah lain Oovemment have tried (p.l/O & p.176
para 4) to make this the ground ior collecting tax 1 rom
the Agency staff} who have, I gather, been reiusing to
pay house-tax on the grounds that the lates taken Irom
tenants are in excess of those taken irom landlords
occupying their own houses, who pay at the old rate. ^A ;
3 # I am not (^uite clear whether their house allowance
is calculated on the basis of their paying house-tax, or
tha landlord doing so; it seems that if we agree to
their