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'Reports on (1) the Conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab river from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf and on (2) the Development of the Port of Basra. By Sir George Buchanan Kt., C.I.E' [9v] (22/62)
The record is made up of 1 volume (29 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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(ii) Bandar Abbas.
Trade. —Bandar Abbas serves Kirman, wbicli is a distributing centre for
South-West and Central Persia and to a smaller extent Western
Afghanistan and Khorasan. In 1912-13, 110 steam vessels having a
' registered tonnage of 224,871 entered the port, whilst the value of
the import and export trade in 1913-14 was £459,000 and £266,700,
respectively.
Communications:. —There is a fairly good road for pack animals to Kirman,
and a reconnaissance survey for a railway has been made to that town,
a distance of 437 miles ; a survey is also in hand for a motor road.
Port Facilities. —The roadstead is well sheltered except from the south
east ; but the 4-fathom anchorage is 2 miles from the shore, and that for
larger ships 4 miles from the shore. There is a landing pier 110 yards
long for lighters, but they can only go alongside from about 3 hours
before to 3 hours after high-water, as the remainder of the time the
pier is dry. Landing arrangements are also liable to complete
Stoppage in rough weather.. An alternative site for the port has been
discovered at Bostaneh, 18 miles west of Bandar Abbas, where sound
ings shewed an average depth of 40 feet at low-water for an anchorage
area of 5. miles with the 3 and 5-fathom line within 180 and 200 yards
distant from the low-water line.
(iii) Lingah.
f rode.-Reives Lar, Jahrum, Bustak, etc. In 1913-14,, 86 steam vessels
having a tonnage of 169,585 entered the port, and the value of the
imports and exports was £180,000 and £126,000, respectively.
Communications.—The inland routes to Lar, Bustak and Jahrum are good and
safe.
Port Facilities.—The 5-fathom anchorage is | mile from the shore. There
is a quay at the customs house, and two boat basins, but in rough
weather there is great delay in landing cargo owing to boats being,
unable to enter the basins.
On the western side—
(i) Bahrein.
Agriculturally and commercially Bahrein is reported as being the;
most valuable district, on the western side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. It,
serves, the mainland and is the principal pearl market in the Gulf..
In 19X2-13, 117 vessels having a tonnage of 222,000, entered the port
and the total value of. the imports and exports in 1913-14 were :
imports, £1,878,000 inclusive of pearls and specie valued at £897,252 ;
exports, £1,740,000 inclusive of pearls and specie valued at £1,556,500.
Communications^ —By native craft with the mainland, the internal com
munications being by donkey;
Port Facilities—The anchorage is a bad one, and at certain states of the tide-
vessels have to he 4 miles from the shore, which is not even approachable 1
by boats — passengers, mails, and cargo having to be landed on donkeys
at some distance from the shore.
(ii) Koweit.
Trade,-, —Koweit serves the immediate surrounding country, but is not of
commercial importance as it is situated in a desert with neither industries;
nor agriculture, nor any prospect of either.
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This file contains two printed reports written by Sir George Buchanan, Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force "D".
The details of the reports are as follows:
1) 'Report on the Conservancy of the Shatt-El-Arab River from the Port of Basra to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (folios 1-7);
This report is separated into the following sub-headings:
(a) General Description of the River.
(b) Physical Characteristics.
(c) Obstructions to Navigation.
(d) Removal of the Outer Bar.
(e) Lighting and Buoying.
(f) Pilotage.
(g) Financial.
(h) Conclusion.
A number of charts and plans referred to in the report are contained in a seperate pocket at the rear of the folder (folios 21-29).
2) 'Report on the Development of the Port of Basra' (folios 8-18)
This report is separated into the following sub-headings:
1) Suitability of Basra as the Principal Port of Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
2) Trade Prospects.
3) Administration.
4) Works and Equipment.
5) Import Trade.
6) Export Trade.
7) Inland Vessels' Trade.
8) Trade with Southern Persia.
9) Miscellaneous private trades and industries.
10) Finance.
11) Charges on Vessels.
12) Dues on Goods.
13) Inland Vessels' Trade.
14) Land Rents.
15) Conclusion.
This report includes an appendix entitled 'A brief note on the future development of the Port of Basra and its communications by land and water, by Sir George Buchanan, Kt., C.I.E., Director of Port Administration and Conservancy, Indian Expeditionary Force, "D" (folios 16-18).
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Two thematic reports followed by a number of maps and charts that are referred to in the first report.
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A bound volume with a pocket attached to its inside rear cover containing nine fold-out maps.
There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last of the various maps that are inserted at the back of the volume, on number 29.
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