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1. Mss Eur C446

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur C446
Title:
`Anecdotes of smuggling into and out of the Port of Bombay during the late 1930s and the Second World War': undated notes, author unknown, describing attempts by smugglers of gold, silver, jewellery, currency and narcotics, to foil the Bombay Customs Department.
Scope & Content:
`Anecdotes of smuggling into and out of the Port of Bombay during the late 1930s and the Second World War': undated notes, author unknown, describing attempts by smugglers of gold, silver, jewellery, currency and narcotics, to foil the Bombay Customs Department.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1945
Extent:
26 folios

2. Mss Eur D1169

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1169
Title:
Patrick Brian Sweeney papers.
Scope & Content:
`A Game Warden's Permit for a Corpse (The life and times of a Customs Officer)': privately published memoir by Patrick Brian Sweeney (b 1914) of his career in the Customs and Excise Depts in Bombay 1933-46 and Nawanagar 1946-49, in the Indian Army 1940-45, and in the Colonial Customs Service 1949...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1965
Extent:
1 volume; 1 file