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'Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75.' [49r] (5/46)
The record is made up of 23 folios. It was created in 1875. 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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ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE
ADMINISTRATION
■
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
MUSCAT POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
FOR THE
Year 1874-75.
No. 615-154, dated Bushire, 18th June 1875.
From— L ieut .-C ol . E. C. R oss , H. B. M.' s Poltl. Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
To— C. U. A itchison , Esq., C .S.I., Secy, to the Govt, of India, Foreign Dept.
I HAVE the honor to submit herewith the Annual Report on the
Administration 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 Muscat Poli
tical
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for the year 1874-75, with reports on trade.
2.^ As regards the Trade Returns for the Gulf, the sources of in
formation are generally indicated in foot-notes, and the whole have been
carefully compiled and corrected by Mr. G. Lucas, Uncovenanted Assis
tant Resident.
3. Should these Reports be printed, I beg to be furnished with a
few spare copies.
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.
,
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
A dministbation R epobt fob 1874-75.
Introductory Remarks.
In last year's Report the different countries and districts with which
the Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is brought into political connection were
classed, and the various Offices and Agencies under his control, and also
the names of the independent Arab Chieftains with the extent of their
territories were noted. No changes have taken place in these respects
except such as will be noticed under other headings in this Report.
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Annual Report on the Administration 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 Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the Year 1874-75 , printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1875.
The report consists of a number of subsections, as follows:
- An administration report 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, with notes on personnel changes, Royal Navy vessels serving in the region,disturbances on land, The Maritime Truce, weather and winds, Bahrein [Bahrain], the coast from Kutr (Guttur) [Qatar] to the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al ʻArab], the Persian coast, the town and district of Bushire, postal services, and the slave trade (folios 49-52);
- A report on trade, also written by Ross (signed and dated 18 June 1875) (folios 51-52);
- Twenty-three tables and statements of trade statistics and data, including a memorandum on the opium trade, written by George Lucas, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 25 January 1875 (folios 52-63);
- A memorandum on the trade of Muscat, with six accompanying tables of trade statistics and data, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Miles Barrett, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul at Muscat (folios 63-69).
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The report is arranged in sub-sections, those relating to the Bushire 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. appearing first, those related to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat appearing second. There is a table of contents (folio 48) that gives page references.
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