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'Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75.' [53r] (13/46)
The record is made up of 23 folios. It was created in 1875. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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and muscat political
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for the year 1874-75. 9
No. 2.
lldnrn showing the import and export trade between Bombay and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
for the year 1873-74.
Y bab.
I m p o b t s.
E xpobts.
R rmarks.
Merchandize.
Treasure.
Total.
Merchandize.
Treasure.
Total.
1873-74
Us.
46,96,403
Rs.
29,17,008
Es.
76,13,411
E».
83,07,970
Es.
10,71,755
Es.
93,79,725
Bombay, | (Sd.) J. H. GKANT,
The %)th February 1875. J Acting Cummr. of Customs.
Statement showing imports into Kurrachee
from
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during the year 1873-71.
ARTICLES. V alue.
I mports. R h.
Animals, living ... ... ... 1,640
Apparol ... ... ... 679
Cotton, raw ... ... ... 19,611
„ piece-goods ... ... 90
Drugs and medicines.
Brimstone ... ... ... 1,575
Other sorts ... ... 3,478
Dyeing and colouring materials ... 6,173
Fruit and vegetable*.
Other sorts ... ... ... 3,58,796
Grain and pulse ... ... ... 11,307
Hides and skins ... ... ... 10,956
Provision and oilman stores ... ... 1,724
Seeds ... ... ... 7,507
Shells ... ... ... 1,467
Silk, and manufacture of.
Raw ... ... ... ... 3,315
Piece-goods ... ...• ... 4,400
Spices ... ... ... 925
Timber and wood, and manufactures of... 529
Wool, raw ... ... ... 14,575
„ manufacture of ... ... 631
All other articles ... ... ... 6,234
Total ... 4,55,645
Treasure ... 33,901
Grand total ... 4,89,546
i. 3.
Statement showing exports from Kurrachee to
Persian On If during the year 1873-71.
ARTICLES. V alub .
E xpobts.
Indian produce and manufacture. Its.
Apparel ... ... ... 015
Cotton, manufactures of ... ... 4,899
Drugs and medicines ... ... 3,545
Grain and pulse ... ... 90,251
Hides and skins ... ... 2,655
Indigo ... ... ... 2,80,432
Jute, manufactures of ... ... 5,147
Oils ... ... ... 59,140
Seeds, oil ... ... ... 4,529
Spiees ... ... ... 70
Tea ... ... -... 561
All other articles ... ... ... 7,614
Total ... 4,59,458
Foreign merchandize.
Es.
Cotton, manufactures of... ... 29,116
Liquors ... ... ... 5,147
Provision and oilman stores ... 1,775
Metals, wrought ... ... 132
Sugar and other saccharine matter... 18
All other articles ... ... 3,317
39,505
Total ... 4,98,963
Treasure ... 1,25,775
Grand total ... 6,24,738
Kurrachee,
The \st August 1874.
(Sd.) W. T. Cole,
Collector of Customs.
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Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the Year 1874-75 , printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1875.
The report consists of a number of subsections, as follows:
- An administration report by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, with notes on personnel changes, Royal Navy vessels serving in the region,disturbances on land, The Maritime Truce, weather and winds, Bahrein [Bahrain], the coast from Kutr (Guttur) [Qatar] to the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al ʻArab], the Persian coast, the town and district of Bushire, postal services, and the slave trade (folios 49-52);
- A report on trade, also written by Ross (signed and dated 18 June 1875) (folios 51-52);
- Twenty-three tables and statements of trade statistics and data, including a memorandum on the opium trade, written by George Lucas, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 25 January 1875 (folios 52-63);
- A memorandum on the trade of Muscat, with six accompanying tables of trade statistics and data, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Miles Barrett, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul at Muscat (folios 63-69).
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The report is arranged in sub-sections, those relating to the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. appearing first, those related to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat appearing second. There is a table of contents (folio 48) that gives page references.
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