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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [88v] (181/1028)
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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A new customs tariff was brought into force on the 21st May. Under
this new tariff duties mostly based on weight superseded those of the old
tariff which were on an ad valorem basis. Heavy increases of duty were
imposed on many articles from abroad with smaller increases on foodstuffs.
This resulted in a good deal of profiteering by local retailers who siraply
added the increased duties to the price of goods previously imported by
them. No attempt was made by the local authorities to stop this practice.
Additional monopolies created during the year were in respect of
wheat, tea, motor cars, lorries and their spare parts. The creation of
these Government monopolies on foodstuffs and other articles of necessity
does not mean cheaper living for the people as might reasonably be expect
ed. On the contrary the cost of living continues to rise and discontent to
growx Tor instance tea formerly cost 15*50 rials per packet of 500
grammes whereas the price in December had risen to 20 rials per packet.
Other commodity prices have also risen, such as fat for cooking the price
of which in December was 35 rials per “man” of 7-75 lbs. whereas the cost
in January 1936 was 23-00 rials per man; meat which cost 7-20 rials per
man in January 1936 was 8-25 rials per man in December and so on.
Towards the end of the year a start was made on the erection in Bushire
of a cotton weaving and spinning mill. This will provide sorely needed
work for the people and tend to stop migration to other places which had
already set in. The erecting work will demand about 1,500 labourers and
the mill when in operation will ease the economic situation, by absorbing
a considerable number of work people as operatives.
Imports from the United Kingdom were on the whole well maintained
during the year although the position can hardly be regarded with equani
mity. Price continues to be the determining factor rather than quality
and will continue to be so until some measure of prosperity returns to this
region. A new opening for British trade in cheap ready-made clothing,
footwear, haberdashery, etc., was given by the Government decree ordering
the unveiling of women and their compulsory adoption of European clotU
ing. Competition in these lines however is bound to be of the keenest and
here again if they wish to secure a portion of this trade United Kingdom
manufacturers must keep constantly before them the price question.
Direct imports from India are declining. The only remaining import
on a considerable scale from India is tea of which 31,094 cases were import
ed through Bushire in 1936 compared with only 5,227 cases in the preced
ing year. Tea imports from the Dutch East Indies were 2,035 cases in
1936 and only 76 cases in 1935; imports from Japan were 4,670 cases in
1936 as against 2,160 cases in the preceding year. These figures show that
India supplies by far the largest proportion of tea imports into Iran but
theie is growing competition from Dutch and Japanese suppliers. The
large increase in the imports of tea in 1936 was due to the laying in of
heavy stocks by the Government under the newly created monopoly of this
Japanese commercial penetration continues. Besides her well-known
domination of the piecegoods market she is also making serious inroads into
the trade of other countries in cement, crockery, tea, etc. She seems likely
to maintain her trade position as long as buyers consider price and not
quality. I hey will no doubt continue to do so until prosperity returns to
this area and thus enable them to purchase higher grade goods.
German trade has increased as a result of the Irano-German clearing
agreement made towards the end of 1935. This is evidenced by the increas
ing number of German steamers arriving from Europe. Germany supplies
mostly ironware, machinery, haberdashery, dyes, etc., and seems likely to
continue to increase her imports into Iran.
Imports from the Soviet Union were for the most part sugar and
matches. Of the former 122,867 bags of loaf sugar were imported direct
from Odessa during the year compared with 49,832 in 1935. There was,
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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)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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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