Karachi Port Trust Customs and Shipping Records for Donated Relief Goods

Sub title : Clearing Agent Documents, Wharfage Bills, Import Entries, and Packing Lists for Refugee

Subject: Port Customs | Relief Goods Shipment | International Donations | Refugee Relief

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 9 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28657

Keyword: Karachi Port Trust -- Fairways Clearing Agents -- Relief Goods | International Donations -- Refugee Relief -- Customs Documentation | Wharfage Bills -- Import Entry -- Packing Lists -- Lourenço Marques -- Mozambique -- Second-hand Clothing -- Blankets | Central Flood Relief Committee -- Port Clearance -- 1950s Pakistan -- Shipping Records.

Abstract: Customs and shipping documents from Fairways Clearing Agents, Karachi (1955-1956), detailing the processing of donated goods for Pakistani refugees and flood victims. Records include packing lists of second-hand clothing, blankets, and other items shipped from Lourenço Marques, Mozambique, along with Karachi Port Trust wharfage bills and import entries.

Description: Collection of shipping and customs documents dated 1955-1956 from Fairways Clearing Agents, Karachi, processing donated relief goods for Pakistani refugees and flood victims. Includes detailed packing lists for four cases of second-hand clothing, shirts, trousers, ladies' garments, children's clothes, blankets, and other items shipped from Lourenço Marques, Mozambique per S.S. Karanja. Also contains Karachi Port Trust wharfage bills, import duty entries, sales tax documents, and storage receipts. Documents illustrate the port clearance process, customs assessment, and logistical handling of international humanitarian donations destined for distribution through relief committees in 1950s Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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