Coll 30/82 'Import duties charged by Sheikh of Koweit on goods arriving by sea.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/82 'Import duties charged by Sheikh of Koweit on goods arriving by sea.'
- Date:
- 1934/1943
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns various increases in import duty (from 4½% to 6½%) by the Shaikh of Kuwait on goods imported into Koweit [Kuwait] by sea, and the question of whether the increases should apply to British subjects. The increases are discussed against the background of the Bunder Shweikh lease of 1907 (copy, folios 44-60), which provided that the Sheikh should not collect duty on goods imported by British subjects at a rate in excess of 4%. The file includes correspondence from the Foreign Office, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Political Agent Kuwait. Agreement was reached that the 6½% increase of 1941 should also apply to British subjects and British-protected persons.The file contains some papers of an earlier date than the main date range: copy of the Bunder Shweikh lease dated 1907 (folios 44-60); extract from the report on the trade of Kuwait, 1932-33 (folio 43).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 60; these numbers have been applied in ink with a hand stamp, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Customs duty
- Geographic region:
- Koweit
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00016e_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00016e_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3799
IOR/L/PS/12/3799