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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [48r] (100/1028)
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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2. Finance .—The financial activity of the town bears, like its other acti*
vities, the mark of the general economic policy. The demand for credit is
confined to providing bills drawn on merchants np country on account of
forwarding charges, etc., and fluctuates with the issue of exchange licences from
Tehran. Both the National and Imperial banks have dufficulty in finding
profitable business. Opportunities for investment are few and confidence in
the future non-existent. Uncertainty as to the intentions and future (gene
rally thought precarious) of the Exchange Commission, has not encouraged
trade. During April and June no exchange permits were issued from Tehran
to Bushire merchants and clearing came to a complete stop. Business done
by the Banks was less towards the end of the year. Money was throughout
easy and interest rates varied between the following extremes : Bonque
Mellie Iran 5—7J per cent., Imperial Bank of Iran 7—10 per cent, per annum.
Illegitimate foreign exchange business is not on a large scale and it is
not possible with any accuracy to quote a local “ black ” rate for rials. Indi
cations such as the price at which exchange certificates change hands, show
that the sterling value of rials on the market has declined through the year
and stood in December at about Rials 140 to £1.
3. Foreign trade .—The following table shows the number of foreign
steamers calling at Bushire during 1937 with approximate figures of cargo.
I have no available earlier figures for comparison
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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. .
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- 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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- Open Government Licence