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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [170r] (346/396)
The record is made up of 1 volume (194 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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FOE THE TEAR 1919. ^
British Interests.
Indo-European Telegraph Department.—Mr. E. M. Norris held the post
of Superintendent, Indo-European Telegraph Department, Kerman Sub-Divi
sion, throughout the year. In December, the Telegraph office at Baft was
reopened.
Imperial Bank of Persia.— H. L. G. Taylor continued to manage the
Kerman Branch of the Imperial Bank of Persia with the assistance of a British
Accountant, Mr. Gace.
Church Missionary Kerman Medical Mission.
European staff—
Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Dodson.
Native staff—
7 men assistants, 4 women assistants.
In-patients, 1919—
Men . , ,
Women . . , , ,
Out-patients, 1919 —
New patients , .
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Men
Repeat visits .
New patients
Women ^
Repeat visits
City visits (or visits to Doctor's house by patients) . , 2,427
Patients seen during summer holidays . . . , . 505
1919 major operations 287 {viz., men 141, women 146).
Minor operations are not recorded.
155
169
1,466
4,394
1,615
8,267
These statistics are below the average, owing to the work being mainly-
closed down for the first three months of the year, owing to illness among the
European staff.
The work of the 0. M. S. Medical Mission continues in the old quarters
which are cramped and inadequate, but building work has been continued on
the new site, where the men's new out-patient department, one new ward
block for 28 men's beds, the new kitchen and store rooms, and part of the new
Doctor's house have been put up.
C. M. S. School. —The Eev. A. K. Boy land held charge of the Mission
School throughout the year.
Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited. —The firm was represented by
Mr. J. Joannides till late in the year and on proceeding on leave he was
replaced by Mr. GK 1. Bond.
The total number of cases settled by Karguzari under Consulate supervi
sion, including cases in which the interests of foreign subjects or firms and of
British protected Persian subjects were concerned, was 27 and compensation
recovered amounted to krans 111,021. Thirty-four cases were pending at the
end of the year.
No action under the Criminal Procedure Code was taken by His Majesty's
Consul throughout the year.
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The volume includes Administration Report 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. for the Year 1915 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1916); Administration Report 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. for the Year 1916 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1917); Administration Report 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. for the Year 1917 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1919); Administration Report 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. for the Year 1918 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920); and Administration Report 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. for the Year 1919 (Delhi: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1920). The 1915 and 1919 Reports bear manuscript corrections written in pencil.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates that made up 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 provide a wide variety of information, including details of senior British administrative personnel and local officials; descriptions of the various areas and their inhabitants; political, judicial and economic matters; notable events; medical reports; details of climate; communications; the movements of Royal Navy ships; military matters; the slave trade; and arms traffic.
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- 1 volume (194 folios)
- Arrangement
The reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the first folio after the front cover, and continues through to 194 on the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. The following folio needs to be folded out to be read: f. 36.
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- 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:194v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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