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'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [62r] (123/416)
The record is made up of 1 volume (206 folios). It was created in 1932-1936. 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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CHAPTER V.
Administeatiox Report of His Majesty's Consulate, Kerman, for the year
A.— British Interests.
^ ^'W ls Majesty’s Consulate — personnel. —Mr. G A Rich a rd<?nn o H t? i
tho officiatmg charge of the Consulate (in addition'to'toldin^the’a^ooStr m't
of is Majesty 's Consul, Bandar Abbas) till the forenoon of the 9th December
when he was relieved by Captain C. H. Lincoln, O.B.E., from Mohammerah
Khan Bahadur Abdul Alim, L.K., held the post of Indian Attache to Hk
Majesty’s Consul, throughout the year. ^-wacne to Mis
C I° nsulate W*) r k.~{a) 34 British subjects were registered at the Consulate
during the year, the number registered during 1931 being 54.
. J*l The of e T 0 »a.g e °n the Consulate on behalf of the Police
authorities C0Iltln l ,e d throughout the year. A certain Mirza Darwish a Persian
subject, who was formerly a
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
in the British Vice-Consulate, Bam but since
its closing down m 1906, kept on supplying local news to the Consulate was
arrested m Bam by the Police authorities on the 26th January and sent to Kerman
where he died on the 9th March in the Police lock-up. ^ tvciman
i n Th f J 11] ^ ver ‘ s f r y °f H. I. M. the Shah’s Birthday and the Nauruz were
celebrated by the acting Governor-General on the 15th and 21st March
respectively. On both the occasions the acting Governor-General abstained from
sending any official intimation or invitation to the Consulate as had alwavs been
vRits 0re ' ^ MajeSty S officlatln S Consul, however, paid complimentary
- ^ Hindu trader, Pamanmal, was sent up to Kerman from Bandar Abbas
n May to stand his trial for attempting to smuggle, in April 1931, 413 miscals
o gold out of Persia. The Court of the First Instance sentenced him to three
months imprisonment and to a fine of double the value of the gold. Pamanmal
v ho was absolutely destitute filed an appeal which was heard on the 28th Julv
He received unofficial support of the Consulate. At the hearing by the Appeal
Court he denied having admitted at the lower court that the e-old was hffiW
stated that it actually belonged to another Hindu, Waparimal at Bandar A hbns
The Appeal Court forwarded the dossier to the latter%la^for further enqufrv
and nothing further has been heard of the case. In the meantime Pamanma'l
appears to have, returned to India, his surety at Bandar Abbas (a third Hindu)
has died and Wapanmal has also proceeded to India.
the y? a :Vth r : kcMCou C rts minal ^" C0UCerning British 8nb ^ ts during
3. Imperial Bank of Persia and Trade in General. —Mr. W Y (low con
tinned as Manager of the Kerman Branch till the end of October when he was
mI’Vp ° T n , ( t rai 1 , , sfer Mohammerah, by Mr. V. H. Glendening from Kesht
Mi. J. F. Luttrell was Accountant throughout the year.
There is very little to say about business during the period under review
except to repeat, what is unfortunately becoming an only too monotonmil
remark “• Nothing doing ”. High customs and the new trlde regulations have
not improved matters m any way and the fact that business in general has falffin
off considerably is confirmed by the shortness of ready cash in^ the bazaars
duri^thT^afwe'rT:^ ^ rateS f ° r “ Free " change
Fliymg ‘ • * * •’ • • Rials. 756 per Rs. 100.
Se lng * ‘ ‘ v ' • * • Rials. 762 per Rs. 100.
^ These rates may, however, be taken as practically nominal as verv little
report; 88 WaS cFme in R u P ees ^7 ii 10 local Banks during the period under
4. CJmrch Missionary Society.-(a) General.-Durinx the year the Rev.
o' vr continued to discharge the duties of Chaplain and Mr F T B
^ A ' W T as m cliarge °. f the C - M - S. Boys’ School. Miss J. F.
woodroffe remained m charge of the Girls’ School throughout.
Dr. G. E. Dodson was the head of the Medical Mission, assisted by Dr. (Miss)
Piggot as Medical Officer of the Female Hospital. Miss Stratton,'who was in
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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1931 (Simla, Government of India Press: 1932); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1932 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1933); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1933 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1934); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1934 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1935); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1935 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1936). The Report for 1935 shows some manuscript corrections.
The Administration Reports are divided into chapters relating to the various Agencies, Consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Bushire 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. . Within the chapters there are sections devoted to 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. ; lists of senior personnel; foreign representatives; local government; military and marine affairs; movements of Royal Navy ships; aviation; political developments; slavery; trade and commerce; medical reports and sanitation; meteorological reports and statistics; communications; naval matters; the Royal Air Force; notable events; and related information.
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- 1 volume (206 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 208 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears 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.
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