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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [22v] (49/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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The Shiraz Electric Light Station continue d to supply ligWfrom4P.M
to a.m. with reasonable efficiency m spite of the breakdown, tli.ougn
i nexperienced handling, of their new Mirrlees diesel engine.
No noticeable effect was made on industrial conditions by the new wag -
law, since local wages were not above the new him .
10. Miscdlanems.—rhe Church of St. Simon Zealot at Shiraz was con
secrated on St. Simon’s day, October 28th. The plan o ,
cruciform but the structure and ornamentation are m purely Persia y •
The Government Training School for Nurses, directed hy a n American
trained nurse, was established in a house near the C. M. S. hospital, where
its pupils attend demonstrations.
The Khiaban-i-Zand, the 130 feet wide central aven " e 3
opened for traffic early in the year and is now being beautified with tree
gardens. . .
The Irantour Hotel in Shiraz was brought near to completion but the only
person competent to manage it appears to be the proprietor ot its rival,
the Hotel Sa’adi.
The Church Missionary Society school, under Miss Gerrard, has far out
grown its present premises but has failed to obtain possession of the new build
ing which it purchased in the Spring and which is occupied by the depart
ment of Justice. The British and missionary connections of the school are
not advertized locally.
The Shapur river has been dammed near Kazerun for irrigation purposes.
The Anglo Iranian Oil Company’s policy of forbidding the distribution
of petrol in tins in order to stimulate bulk sales caused great inconvenience.
The number of filling stations, except on the Bushire road, was quite m ade
quate and lorries were constantly being stranded for lack of petrol between
Shiraz and Isfahan.
A serious outbreak of small-pox occurred at Ardakan and carried off some
hundreds of young children.
11. Shiraz Weather Report—
Maximum temperature . . . 98°F on. July 23rd.
Minimum temperature . . . 25°F on February 13th and 14th.
Total rainfall for the season 1937-1938 was 16-18 inches as compared with
10-27 inches for 1936-1937 and 12-27 inches for 1935-1936.
Earthquake shocks were felt in January and February,
A. H. KING,
H. B. M. Consul
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This volume contains 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 and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
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. .
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (510 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:511v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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