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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎102r] (216/414)

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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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QHAPTaR IX
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE KHORRAMSHAHR CONSULATE
FOR THE YEAR 1945.
I.-- H.M's CONSULATE
£grsonne1.-- Major A.C, Stewart, O.B.E,, held charge
throughout the year as Consul,
Captain W.R, Howson held charge as Vice-Consul
till the 25th January, and Mr. W.P. Keelan from the
7th February till the end of the year.
Consular Statistics .
British Subjects in the Area 4995
Passports issued . 415
Passports renewed 146
Endorsements granted 2668
Visas granted 475
Briths registered 40
Deaths registered 14
Marriages performed 7
Documents legalised, attested, etc. ... 1898
Shipping Protests registered 29
Fees levied £2198-9-6.
II.-- BRITISH INTERESTS
Trade.— There is now an embryo Trade Section in this
Consulate, for the promotion of British and Indian trade
in this area. It is in the charge of H.M. Vice-Consul,
and its further development depends on the receipt from
India and the United Kingdom of trade lists, catalogues,
pamphlets, samples, etc. Its present functions are
limited to answering questionnaires as to the local
demand for particular manufactures.
There has been an almost complete absence of
British and Indian goods in the market, due chiefly to
the fact that orders are not accepted owing to the short
supply position in both countries.
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company .-- The Order-in-Council, under
the Defence Regulations of 1939, preventing the Company^
employees from leaving Iran without the permission of
H.M.Ambassador, Tehran, was rescinded on October 1st.
The withdrawal relieved H .m. Consul of the very unpleasant
task of dealing with discontented and recalcitrant
employees. In practice, only the Britishers were affected
by the Order, owing to transport and recruitment difficulties,
and there were no cases of Indians being held to their
posts against their will, even though they came under the
provisions of the Order. Apart from this, and the almost
universal demand for married quarters, most of the
employees appeared reasonably contented: they were
adequately paid, and the food and clothing made available
to them under the Company^ rationing system kept them
better off than they would have been in their homelands.
Projected operations include the provision of
accommodation for the Company's greatly increased staff,
and extensive new drilling operations in the "Fields" area,
at Agha Jari.
Ill

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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.

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1 volume (203 folios)
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There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.

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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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