Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎88r] (180/1028)

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MANUMISSION.,
During 1936 the following number of slaves was manumitted
Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. 17
Muscat Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ..... ^
Sharjah Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ....... ^
C. C. L. RYAN, Major,
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Secretary to 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. .
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l TBADE AND TRADE FACILITIES.
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General state of Trade .—During 1936 the trade situation of Bushire
gradually worsened and there are few if any signs which might encourage
the belief that any marked improvement will take place in the near future.
Formerly Bushire merchants imported goods on their own account for local
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and a higher Customs tariff have been added to other restrictive measures
on their part merchants have practically given up the unequal struggle
against such Governmental interference with private trade and have become
mere forwarding agents for importers in the interior of the country. Con
sequently the bulk of the goods landed at Bushire are simply in transit and
extremely little merchandise remains for local consumption. This accounts
for the paradox that the economic condition of Bushire and the Hinterlan^
is deteriorating whilst the total volume of imports through the port of
Bushire has increased in many lines. Bushire is thus much more of a
channel for trade with the interior rather than a market in itselt.
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There has been and still is great congestion in the Customs and every
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the other and the resultant chaos becomes progressively worse as every in
coming steamer discharges its cargo. Extra space has been taken over by
the Customs authorities in an endeavour to ease the situation but withou
visible result. The reason for this state of affairs is the great difficulty
experienced by importers in obtaining foreign exchange from the Exchange
Commission in Tehran in order to retire their accepted b 11s from “nfe
.r,,, their goods. The consequence of this lack of forei-,n e.
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steamers are sometimes obliged lu uvercarry D
Smiuwlino- continues practically unchecked and results in considerable
Smuggling cont nues p - of the fiscal licy of the Govern-
which came nt . 0 ‘ n H g ath y D P enalty inflicted on armed smugglers who
by court-martial and the deatn p . oWn t n those who surrendered.
• , i lio-hter sentences would be given to tncx „ ovf - i
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resisted anest.. iigntei bcuLc , effect The sort ot articles
This law has, however produced det f re piecegoods, clothing, etc.
mostly smuggled cou^aTe sdd toSnnL actively at this traffic
The preventive agents themselves are , , ^mparative immunity
and to this fact must be ascribed the ^muggle^ ^. P.^ nature of t he
from capture and punishment and « ^ of CODtr ahand goods makes
traffic. However, that may bf, *6 ava^b ^ ^ otherwise would be
anTnoTonuTaveTtS p^plDrom being driven to complete despair,