'Arms Traffic in Persian Gulf. Supply of information by exporters to the Custom authorities'
Date:
1899/1899
Description:
Abstract: The file consists of a letter from Richard Thomas Prowse, Secretary to the Board of Customs, to the Under Secretary of State for India concerning the question of whether the Customs Consolidation Act 1876, empowers the Board of Customs to require, under penalty, names of suppliers and consignees of arms, ammunitions, and munitions of war.It includes a copy of the case as laid before the Law Officers of the Crown and their opinion.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 73, and terminates at f 75, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.