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'Report of a committee of enquiry on the lighting and buoyage of the Persian Gulf. 1909' [6r] (11/18)
The record is made up of 1 volume (9 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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The foregoing proposals, if adopted, will involve the removal of the whole
of the existing buoys on the Shatt al Arab Bar, the buoy at Bunder Abbas,
and three buoys at Bahrein.
The only remaining buoys of the present system will be three at Koweit
and one at Bahrein.
In the opinion of the Committee the British India Steam Navigation
Company assess the value of their buoys at a figure which is not justified by
their apparent condition. Nothing is known as to the condition of the
moorings.
A copy of correspondence with the Company on this subject is attached.
In preference to taking over any buoys from the British India Steam
Navigation Company it is suggested that a more satisfactory course will be
to lay new buoys on the uniform system in those positions where it is
proposed in this report that buoys should be retained or established.
9. Summary of Proposed Lights and Buoys.
Lighthouses and Light Vessels.
Buoys.
Place.
Position.
Range
in
Miles.
M uscat
.T ask
M usaxdam
B under A h has
J
B unueb A bbas (al
ternative).
T anb
L inoah
S haikh S huaib
R a S al M u TAF
B ushirk
S hatt-al- A rab B ah -
K oweit
B ahrein
B ahrein (alter
native).
lias Muscat - 20
Little Quoin - 20
Kishm Point - 15
liight vessel off 10
Kishm Point.
North-west summit 20
British India 5
offices.
South-west Point - 15
Light vessel south 11
of shoal.
Light vessel at 11
outer anchorage.
Light vessel - 11
Kubbar - - 15
Ras-al-Arz - 12
Fasht-ad-Dibal - 20
Light vessel near 10
outer buoy.
Light vessel north 11
of Kasht - ad -
Dibal.
Light vessel near 10
outer buoy.
I *
D ebai
Sea fi-ont
Character.
Fl.
PositioTi.
Description.
Two miles north
west of .Task
Point.
One unlit.
Fl.
Occ., W. Off shoals east
and R. of Kishm.
Anchorage at
Bunder Abbas.
Fl. or Occ. Anchorage at
Bunder Abbas.
Fl.
F., red
Fl.
One lighted.
One unlit.
One unlit.
Fl.
Fl.
FL
Fl.
Fl. or Occ.
Fl.
Occ.
Fl.
Inner anchorage
Bar channel
Anchorage
Has Kaseifa
West Spit
Off Jadum
Has Kaseifa
Fl.orOcc. ^\ est Spit
Off .Tadum
F. red -
One lighted.
Four lighted.
Three unlit.
One lighted.
One lighted.
One unlit.
One lighted.
One lighted.
One unlit.
S. 11.
D
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A report of a committee of enquiry on the lighting and buoyage of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1909.
The report discusses the existing lighting facilities in the Gulf (at Kuwait and Fao) and the details of a proposed scheme to construct a comprehensive network of lights at the following locations: Muscat, Musandam, Bunder Abbas, Tanb, Lingah, Shaikh Shuaib, Ras Al Mutaf, Bushire, Shatt Al Arab Bar, Koweit [Kuwait], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Debai [Dubai].
The members of the committee are listed as follows:
- Major Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- Mr. D W Hood, A.M. Inst. C.E., Trinity House.
- Commander S Litchfield, R.N., H.M.S "Sphinx".
- Commander W G Beauchamp, R.I.M., in charge of the Marine Survey of India.
The report includes an appendix (folio 8-9v) entitled 'Correspondence Regarding Buoys of the British India Steam Navigation Company'.
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Condition: A report bound with string.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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. This is the sequence which has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the volume.
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