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‘Trade of United Kingdom and India with Persian Gulf ports.’ [16r] (9/26)
The record is made up of 1 file (13 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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Sir T. Holderness,
Secretary of State would like to have statistics,
for a sufficient period of tine to show what progress is
being made, of Indian trade with the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
Mesopotamia.
(Initialled) F.A.H.
15/7/08,
Please see subjoined statement which has keen
compiled in consultation with Sir R. Ritchie* So far
as any clear inference can be drawn from the figures,
it would seem that
(1) Imports into India from Persia have declined.
(2) Exports to Persia from India of Indian produce
have held their own.
(3) Exports to Persia from India of non~Indian
produce have declined.
The last may merely mean that goods which formerly went
to Persia by way of India now go direct from Europe.
The Turkish trade with India is not unsatisfactory,
«
the improvement being marked in respect of exports from
India of Indian produce.
The note appended to the return, regarding the
Bahrein
\o
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The papers constitute a report, prepared by Henry John Tozer of the Revenue and Statistics Department of the 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. in April 1909, of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The contents of the report are as follows:
- A summary with tabulated figures (folio 13), for the value of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports of Bushire, Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Arabistan [Khuzestan], Oman and Bahrein [Bahrain], for the period 1907-08;
- A report of trade with Persia (folios 14-15), which includes figures for Russian trade into and out of Persia;
- Copies of memoranda (folios 16-17), dated 15 July 1908, concerning Indian trade with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- A report of the trade of England and India with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 18-20), covering the period 1895-1907;
- Muscat trade (folios 21-22), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1896-1907;
- Bahrain trade (folios 23-24), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1897-1906.
Preceding the report is a note (folio 12), whose author is unknown, which summarises the proportion that the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. trade represents to the total trade to the United Kingdom and India.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 12, and terminates at f 24, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 12-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- ‘Trade of United Kingdom and India with Persian Gulf ports.’
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- 12r:24v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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