‘Trade of United Kingdom and India with Persian Gulf ports.’

Content

The papers constitute a report, prepared by Henry John Tozer of the Revenue and Statistics Department of the 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. in April 1909, of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The contents of the report are as follows:

• A summary with tabulated figures (folio 13), for the value of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports of Bushire, Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Arabistan [Khuzestan], Oman and Bahrein [Bahrain], for the period 1907-08;
• A report of trade with Persia (folios 14-15), which includes figures for Russian trade into and out of Persia;
• Copies of memoranda (folios 16-17), dated 15 July 1908, concerning Indian trade with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
• A report of the trade of England and India with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 18-20), covering the period 1895-1907;
• Muscat trade (folios 21-22), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1896-1907;
• Bahrain trade (folios 23-24), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1897-1906.

Preceding the report is a note (folio 12), whose author is unknown, which summarises the proportion that the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. trade represents to the total trade to the United Kingdom and India.

Extent and format

1 file (13 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 12, and terminates at f 24, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 12-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/18/B205

Former external reference(s)

B 205

History of this record

Date(s)

1909 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

International trade

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