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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [83r] (178/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. 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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GHnPTSR VIII
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, MUSCAT, FOR
THE YEAR 1945.
/
PART I .
I.
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
OFFICIALS .
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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.
:
Assistant Poli
tical Agent:
Treasxjry Officer:
Medical Officer:
II. MEDICAL .
(a) General.
The Municipality were unable to find a successor to
Saiyid Abbas bin Faisal, whose services as Director of Public
Health were terminated last year. In so far as his time al
lowed 7 the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon assisted in the supervision of anti
malarial measures and sanitation, but lack of equipment, the
reluctance of the public to permit inspections of house pro
perty, and the absence of any responsible official in the Mu
nicipality to carry out any suggestions made, rendered progress
difficult. Towards the end of the year, some improvement in
public health measures was manifest due, principally, to the
personal interest taken by the new President of the Municipality,
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur.
(b)
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Hospital,
*
The hospital was open throughout the year. Although
some difficulty was experienced in obtaining an adequate sup
ply of drugs, particularly quinine, attendance figures showed
a substantial increase. With the end of the war, it became
possible to consider the general improvement of facilities
available at the hospital and generous support for the achieve
ment of the object was received from all communities. The
attendance figures were as under:
(1) New cases .. 9376
(2) Total number of cases treated
during the year .. 24798
(3) Average daily attendance 6B
(4.) Total admitted to hospital 211
(5) Major operations (emergency) 2
(6) Minor operations .. O
As•*...•
Lt. Col. A.C. Galloway, O.B.E. from
1st January to 21st April.
Mr. R.I. Hallows from 22nd April
till the end of the year.
Mr. R.I. Hallows from 1st January
to 21st April.
1
Vacant from 22nd April till the end
of the year.
Mr. K.D. Bhasin from 1st January to
7th October.
Mr. G.H. Khan from 8th October till
the end of the year.
Captain A.G.T. Matthews, I.A.M.C.
throughout the year.
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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the 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. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear 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. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/1/720
- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence