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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [107r] (218/1028)
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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19. Medical, —(1) Victoria Memorial Hospital. —(i) Assistant Sur
geon R. Holmes, held charge of the Victoria Memorial Hospital
from 1st January to 4th August and from 6th December to the end of the
year. He was also Quarantine Medical Officer.
Assistant Surgeon C. E. Hynes held charge during Assistant Sur
geon Holmes’ absence on leave.
(ii) 14,774 outdoor patients and 275 indoor patients were treated as
opposed to’17,454 outdoor and 293 indoor patients during the preceding
year. 726 major and minor operations were performed as compared with
I, 190'. There has been a further slight decrease in the number of malaria
cases treated. Smallpox has remained endemic during the year.
(2) Hospitals of the Arabian Mission.— {i) Dr. L. P. Dame, M.D.,
assisted by Dr. W. W. Thomas, M.D., and Dr. W. H. Storm, M.D held
charge of the Hospital until May 2nd when he went on leave. Dr. Dame
subsequently tendered his resignation and took up an appointment with
California Arabian Standard Oil Company.
(ii) A ladv doctor Dr. E. Barny, M.D., was in charge of the women
hospital from April until the end of the year. She was assisted by J\ iss
J.
Bast
(Per.) A Persian custom allowing an individual to seek asylum at a designated location.
.
(iii) On 31st March, Dr. Storm returned from a ten months tour ot
the Arabian peninsula. During the course of his tour Dr. Storm visited
Asir Hadramaut and Dhufar. Dr. Storm is said to have discovered seve-
ral hitherto unknown centres of indigenous leprosy.
Dr .W. W. Thomas went to Riyadh on 26th December and had not
returned at the end of the year.
(iy) 79,127 cases were treated during the year as compared with 51,379
during 1935. 1,355 indoor patients were treated compared with 1,283.
l,304 rt major and minor operations were performed as compared with 1,371
performed during the previous year.
20. Judicial—The total number of civil suits was 1,588 as compared
with 1 804 in 1935. The total number of criminal cases was 224 as com
pared with 403 in 1935. No insolvency cases were dealt with during the
21. Movements of foreigners.— (j) Mr. K. Ohba (Japanese), a repre
sentative of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Limited, arrived at Bahrain on 21st
February During a week’s stay Mr. Ohba arranged that Khan Sahib
DVH Yusuf bin Ahmad Kanoo should undertake shipping
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
work
Sr J hiJZe Whilst L Bahrain Mr. Ohba stayed with an Daman mer
chant, Mr. Muhammad Tayib Khunji, who has a son “
business Mr Ohba at first wished to arrange for Mr. Muhammad layih
Khunji to take up his line’s shipping
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, but th ? ^g e f st V^Vork d
by the Bahrain Government as the firm had no experience of such work.
fiil Herr H I. Fritze (German), agent m Bushire of the Hansa Line,
W Jr , • ^ Anril 1936 He lived on board the S. b.
arrived from.Bushire op the Lin e’ s Manager for the
pSn Gulf area. He left by the S. S. “Marienfels” on the 10th April.
(iiil Herr R. Kulenkampff (German), the representative of Johann
Schlinz Nfg., Vienna, arrived in Bahrain, to buy pearl she s.
22. Movements of British Officials.— (i) The Honourable Lieutenant-
Tnlrmpl T C Fowle C.B.E., 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.
m the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
arrived at BahrZ on 15th January and left on 23rd January. He was
accompanied by his Under Secretary Mr^ . roning, • •
(\\\ On the 28th April Lieutenant-Colonel Loch,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, ac-
VJ./q Pantain T Hickinbotham, Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, and
Sant Su?geon P R. Holmes, in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Launch “Felix Jones” visited
the "aiyah Pearl Bank, where early pearling is taking place. .Very
few boats were out.
46(0) ExAffairsDept
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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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