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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [16r] (36/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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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 1905-1906. 15
C HAPTER L—BUSHIRE AND PARS ADMINISTRATION REPORT,
1905-1906.
Monsieur J. Heynssens who was mentioned in the last report as having Customs and
relieved Monsieur Waffelaert on transfer Comm3rce -
Customs Administration. from the Caspian two or three days before
the close of the year remained a3 Director-General of the South throughout the
present 12 months, and to the European mercantile community at any rate has
proved a reasonable and business-like Director. His transfer from Enzeli is said
to have been a source of much gratification to the Russian Consulate to whom he
had given a good deal of trouble, having gradually become de facto Governor
of the port; and having, as he said, left the Enzeli customs in a high state of
efficiency, he arrived with somewhat oversanguine ideas of his ability to
cleanse the Augean stable at Bushire ; but was to some extent doomed to
disappointment. His advent took place at a difficult juncture, when the
oppressive effect of the B^glement Douanier issued in September 1904 and
enforced with some strictness, had generated much irritation and discontent
in mercantile circles. He was at first inclined to pursue even more hard and
fast lines than his predecessor and his action under certain provisions of the
R^glement, especially article 15 under which he insisted on consignees
declaring their goods in person and imposed fines in the case of the slightest
discrepancy between invoices and verified contents, caused much high feeling,
ultimately resulting in the refusal both of Persian and European merchants to
clear their goods from the Custom House pending the ventilation of their
grievances. The native community went so far as to telegraph appeals to His
Majesty the Shah and the Prime Minister and at the same time endeavoured
to get the support of their comrades in Ispahan, Shiraz and Yezd.
Not only did a great congestion of merchandise on the limited customs
premises inevitably ensue, but orders were countermanded by importers and
consignments diverted elsewhere to such an extent that in April and May
trade at Bushire was practically at a stand still.
On learning what the position was, the Tehran Authorities telegraphed
to His Excellency the Derya Begi at the besrinning of June and called upon
him to co-operate with the Director-General of Customs in making such con
cessions as would induce the merchants to clear their goods. This after some
persuasion, the latter undertook to do, on the understanding that pending full
investigation of their grievances the usages previously holding would be
reverted to.
Meanwhile all the European firms, British and Foreign, had jointly
framed and presented to their respective Consuls identical memoranda of their
grievances under several heads of the R^glement, and the Director-General,
who had already shown a disposition to remedy the reasonable complaints of
the community as far as he could, received instructions from Tehran to
discuss their difficulties with them with a view to ascertaining how far they
could be ameliorated locally and which items required the orders of the
Central Government.
Monsieur Heynssens in a memorandum dated 2nd August 1905 responded
to the merchants' representations in a way which removed many of their chief
grievances ; and the result was that in spite of frequent reminders from His
Majesty's Vice-Consul they would not bestir themselves to meet again in order
to frame a reply to Monsieur Heynssens' memorandum. That was the position
at the end of the year and warranted the presumption, which is believed to be
a fact, that they have since been treated with reasonable consideration, and
now have much less cause for discontent.
On the whole, during the 12 months under report the
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.
has
enjoyed a welcome period of rest from those difficulties with the customs
which were formerly so frequent. It is to be feared, however, that Monsieur
Heynssens* methods with the native merchants and coasting traders have been
too direct and inelastic to please them, and with the native public, who
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The volume contains Administration Report on 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 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on 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 Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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 Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); 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 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).
The Reports contain reviews 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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 folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 40, 261.
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