Page 214 - Records of Bahrain (3) (ii)_Neat

630 Records oj Bahrain
3. Th* nubotfuioo or dhnikh lou’a reply* exo you will ass* i« as
folloao i

(a) llo requests to bo allowed to take on coo^.s passing
through hi-I customs Tor Ncjd, ami not »;'< ao ordered by Qovernmsnt*
(b) Uvj pl<®;.dn for or tho ardor that no duty be
taken on good* tr&nuferrod diroot from .itoumero Into dhows prdooud-
ing diroot to tho mainland*
in othor words nhaikh loa vary cunningly auks to bo allowed to
go back to tho old condition or things as arranged between him and
Uin ;>&ud* boforo tho \iar*i*e* taking on'Najd goods only* even
though ho axproouly refused to epterbain such a ouggeetlon when
mudo by wy vide my 7JJ-0 dated iQth Jlaroh, 19«?0*
4* Urltlolfuqo* in xsy opinion request (a) ahoull not for a aouent
be outertalnod or ovon dleouoood* and dhaikh loa bo. told that a
duty of %jb nae boon fixed aud U/i it must remain*
Regarding request (b)« Tho matter at present stands so follows
ho o-rgo lo evor at present transhipped from ntonueru to
dhowo und taken direct to tho mainland. There iu no proopeot of
in tho future as far c,o I cun sou* wooing that tho
suoh happening
Landing Ooir.puny* alno a a*I, oonoorn i i» interested in landing -all
»• • , .
oargo -t Bahrain* Tho7 would lone houvlly if cargo were pi$t dlrsot
into lighters for mainland* ilonoe tho 13*1* muy be counted ,fh. l&
distinctly diaoourugo uuoh tranul'er of cargo* Shaikh leu therefore
at undo to looo nothing by (iovorument’e order/ as far ao it. oonoofss
steamer* trunoforring cargo•
un tho other bund, cargo urrlvlng by dhow from foreign jportf) .
io frequently transferred to onallor craft and is eont diroot to
mainland* This transferronoo takon place in the inner harbour,0*^
liua&mah* end lo carefully natobod by Ouotobs. Officials * A ^k»:.er
5y4 full in ohargod on goodo a so tranehippod though thoso arc WTO?
lundod in Bahrain* dliulfch Isa feuro under the now order to'.lop#.- -
this partloulur revenue* and thlo lo his moaning wheu hu.jplOf^bvfdr
•• •. jY ? • ••'. V'- c *'
entire cancellation of order (b). • .
/is a matter of uotual fact* Lhalkh lou has lu 'oliutdnoo a
•: '• . • \;y^A^:.r
«a local rule* whlob axAiwz* enables Uskhudas of dhows, to
*; * >'.-V--V-
paying this transhipment tug* if tboy oara to go to the. tfOVbXf ‘.