Author
an agent.
provided statistics in response. The enquiries were then discussed in correspondence
Publication Date
9 Feb 1931-17 Feb 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
66
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1356
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00005b
Library Location
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.
Date
9 Feb 1931-17 Feb 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence relating to imports of cement into Bahrain. The file includes enquiries from The Cement Marketing Company Ltd, London, about the amount of cement imported into Bahrain for each of the years 1929-1933, to which the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
provided statistics in response. The enquiries were then discussed in correspondence, dated 1935, between 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.
(Percy Gordon Loch) and the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
(Trenchard Craven William Fowle), and the Agent was instructed in future to forward such enquiries to the Department of Overseas Trade. The papers also cover the importation of 'poor quality' Japanese cement, starting in 1934; correspondence with the Office of the Indian Government Trade Commssioner on imports of cement to Bahrain, dated 1940-1941; and related papers. The Arabic language and script content of this file is confined to bilingual English and Arabic business letterheads.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office files: 10/20
