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Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [568r] (1135/1148)
The record is made up of 1 file (572 folios). It was created in 18 Aug 1941-31 Jul 1946. 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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No administration can consider this sum as an adequate reserve, and it would
not be considered as an adequate working balance in most Colonial Administra
tions. Only Rs. 1,59,932-14-0 of this amount is “ ready ” money, which it is
possible to utilise as a working balance. The result has been that during the
year under review there has been more than one occasion when the monthly
receipts have not been sufficient to meet the monthly salary bill and recourse has
had to be made to local business men for temporary loans. On one occasion
Rs. 25,0(M) were obtained from the State account in a Bombay Bank to meet
current expenditure. The State has not been able to pay anything towards the
redemption of a debt of Rs. 71,263 which has been owing to Messrs. Khan Baha
dur Nasib and Son for some years, and it is more than probable that fresh loans
have been obtained from State subjects. The financial position is better than it
was last year, but is, however, still unsatisfactory. The State has no reserve
worthy of the name and no working balance, nor is there a margin for much
needed educational and public health measures. A serious shortage of rain
affecting the date crop, or other unforeseeable disaster, and the State wall be in
serious difficulties. It is difficult to see how further economies can be introduced.
Expenditure has been reduced to a minimum. The Customs Tariff has been
revised and duties have been increased. The new duties will come into force
gradually in 1940 and may result in a satisfactory balance on the credit side
at the end of the year. A further diminution in the Gwadur revenue is anti
cipated and there will probably be a fall in Imports at Muscat due to world
conditions and the abnormal imports in the last quarter of this year so that the
yield from the increased duties may only be sufficient to maintain the estimated
figure in the 1940 budget. The Director of Customs with this possibility before
him has been careful not to budget for an increase in Customs revenue during
, 1940. His estimate is the same as the 1939 estimate. As no new sources of
revenue are apparent the State must just carry on and hope that no act of God
or the Sultan’s enemies will precipitate a financial crisis.
7. War Measures .—The Sultan has identified himself wfith the Allied cause
and has repeatedly expressed his friendship for Great Britain and his earnest
wish that His Majesty’s forces may speedily prove successful. He has pro
vided all facilities asked for without question. An agreement has been entered
into with the Sultan by which he has undertaken to grant such facilities as His
Majesty’s Government may require for the Royal Navy and for the Royal Air
Force. In return he received a present of arms and ammunitions and a grant
of Rs. 50,000. He has also been allotted a financial subsidy designed to enable
him to undertake certain defence measures, which the outbreak of hostilities in
Europe has indirectly rendered desirable and which the grant of the aforesaid
facilities may in the future make essential. The Sultan has issued notifications
forbidding any trading with the enemy and making it an offence to do any act
which may in any way be adverse to the interests of His Majesty’s Government
in their prosecution of the war.
Local measures have been taken to prevent profiteering and to maintain a
three months reserve of essential food-stuffs. The export of silver has been
forbidden with the object of conserving the already inadequate supplies of
Maria Theresa dollars.
The Sultan has under consideration the installation of wireless telephony
at Sur, Sohar, Dhofar and Muscat to enable him to keep in close touch with the
principal governors.
The strength of the Levy is to be more than doubled and recruiting has
already been started.
A survey of the Batinah fortifications has been carried out and the long over
due repairs to strong points are to be undertaken as soon as possible.
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This file consists of copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the 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. in Bushire for the years 1939-1945.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire Area
- Administration Report for Kerman & Yazd
- Administration Report for Bandar Abbas
- Administration Report for Kuwait Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report for Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report for Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
- Administration Report for Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report for Khorramshahr Consulate
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections that vary according to each report, but include the following topics:
- Personnel
- Visitors
- Foreign Representatives
- British Interests
- Local Administration
- Transport
- Education
- Military
- Aviation
- Political Situation
- Trade
- Medical
- Meteorological
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .
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- 1 file (572 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 574; 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. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-571; these numbers are written in pencil or crayon and, where circled, are crossed through.
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- Title
- Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:448r, 448r, 449r:573v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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