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CONFIDENTIAL Political Agency, Bahrain.
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Dated 28th February, 1220.
To
The Deputy Politlonl Resident in the Peroian Gulf,
B U S H I R E .

SUBJECTS- Objeotion on the part of Bln Saud,Ruler of Nejd and
Dependanciea, to the Shaikh of Bahrain's policy of
imposing a 5# tax (or maximum Import duty) on goods
deotinod for NoJd and Hassa although such goodn never
leaved the Bahrain Custom House.

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For eorae monthn paet there has been growing dls-satls-
factlon among Nejd and Hanna merchants who have branchea in
Bahrain,at what they call the unfair customs charges levied by
orders of Shaikh Isa on goods and food stuffs landed from B.I#
Steamers at the Bahrain Customs House which are consigned to OJaii
and Q.atlf, the ports of Uaesa and Nejd. This dia-satlsfaction
culminated in the form of a deputation addressing me, consisting

of representatives of the houses of A1 Bassam, A1 Quealbl,Al -
Hannas, and by the Bahrain merchant, Ur. Yusuf Kanoo, U.B.E.,
K.I.H., K.3. I informed the deputation that I did not propose
taking aotlon unleso Bln Saud himself took the matter up. This
was early in January last. The aotual nature of the complaint
of the deputation was as follows

"That Shaikh lea was imposing a fixed tax of (ad valorem)
on all goods entering Bahrain, whether from India or else­
where, which were consigned to Hassa and Nejd, putting
such goodB on a par with those entering Bahrain Islands.
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That up to 19 17 Phaikh Isa had been accustomed to impose
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thio 6$ tax only on goods which cleared the customs House
and found their way into Bahrain itself.

That he used to impose a 2^ % ad valorem tax

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