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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [139r] (290/414)
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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^ ■ L - i(5 only two motorable roads - namely Bandar Abbas/
Kerman anu Jandar -ibbas/Lar, built several years ago have been
breached a^ several places but no repairs have been carried oat.
fheir condition is so bad that they ar^OfiCteb Tor motor tEaffic#
£ scarcely fir
VII. ECGNO^C.
v
There has been no shortage of wheat in Bandar Abbas
during the year but prices have fluctuated according to the season.
In May^ when there were large imports from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and
Khorpamshahr as well as from the interior, the price fell to its
lowest i.e Rials 4/~ per kilo. But in the months of November and
December when imports were stopped the price rose to Rials S/- per
kilo. ^ ^
Prices of most other commodities remained unchanged.
VIII . PU3LIC Ex..;LTH.
The year under report was comparatively healthier than
the previous year. Except for a few cases of typhoid and typhus
in early spring there were no cases of any other serious infectious
diseases. Guinea worm infection was on a milder scale. The same
was the case with malarial fever. Gastro-intestinal disorders -
diarrhoea and dysentery were however more frequent in children
and were responsible for at least half the deaths in their age
group. Sye and venereal diseases remained at the usual high level*
IX. MEISQRQGICAL.
Maximum temperature on 7.S.46 111.8 Fah.
Minimum " on 30 .1 .4-6 47. o Fah.
am
Maximum Humidity 100^
Sinimum " 25%
Total rainfall 5.76 inches
r, PUBLICITY.
During the year 1946 publicity activities in
Bandar Abbas were on a limited scale. There was only one
Heading Room which was supplied from Tehran with all the usual
reading matter and publicity material. The Kerman Consulate
Cinema Van paid occasional visits there and gave successful shows
to the public, the schools, the military garrison, the Khunji Mills
and the Fish Canning
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
workers which .veae greatly appreciated
by all.
♦ • ♦ • /
His Majesty's Consul,
Kerman and Bandar Abbas #
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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.
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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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- 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