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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [139r] (282/1028)
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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erectefwST'r^P 7 the ^ ^ and the buildin g was
a" a creaifto both 11 A ‘ P ' ^ ° f SWedlSh The works
Growers in the area 30 miles round the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
received advances for
the cultivation of beetroot. The crop of the year is estimated at from
Knarvars 40,000 to 45,000 (Tons 11,450 to 13,000). The yield of the beS
is about 18 per centum, allowing for a production of 2,300 Tons of sugar
in cubes and crystals. Quality is white and good. But it is not appreciated
as the people are accustomed to a coarse and slow melting sugar.
The sugar produced by the end of the year was given at 1,000 000
kilograms (about 980 Tons) of crystals and at 100,000 kilograms (about
90 Tons) of cube sugar. Prices fixed by government were Rials 12'90 per
man Tabriz ( 6 | lbs.) for cube sugar and Rials 12-00 per man Tabriz
( 6 J lbs.) for crystals.
Cotton Spinning Mills.—'The Cotton spinning mill of the Pars Manu
facturing Company (Shirkat-i-Sahami-i-Nasaji-i-Fars) which began work
in June 1934, has proved successful and a dividend of 20 per centum was
declared this year. The profits of the first year’s working are believed
to have reached 50- per centum.
The principal shareholder is now Khalil Beg, Nasir Zadeh, a wealthy
Khorassan merchant.
A second Mirelees Diesel engine, 175 klw., 260 B. H. P. was installed
at the end of the year, as a reserve to the first power engine, by the same
firm, which had been working for over nine months on double shifts.
The Dehkan Brothers, owners of the Shiraz Electric Lighting Power
House, are putting up another cotton spinning mill near their power works
in the town of Shiraz. The spinning machinery has been ordered from
Germany, iron and steel work for the buildings from India. Messrs.
Dehkan "are shareholders in the first spinning mill and are not likely to
compete with it. They will probably turn out other grades of cotton yarns.
Agriculture .— Agriculture benefitted by favourable weather conditions
and by the abolition of the land tax. Financial assistance was also given
to the growers by the Government. They were promised facilities for the
marketing of their produce by the Trading Companies.
No locusts were reported during the year
Wheat and Barley .—Statistics are not obtainable but the crop was
arge.
Heavv purchases of both products were made by government throughout
he year and large quantities are now stored m Shiraz. Payment was made
( y the Finance Department, acting with the government trading company.
The following were the princes paid
In February: Good grade wheat . • • Rials 90 per 6 J lbs.
r For old crop . • • R^s 1-30 „
In July : < Rials 1-40 „
I For new crop • • *
f Best grade • • * M0 ,>
. . Rials 1-00 ,,
Rials 0-90
In August : Medium grade
I
Third grade • * *
The prices patd in August were fixed on the basis of the revised pnce
bread ordered by the municipal y ^ are not obtainable but
Opium .—Statistics Jdie T 16 ^ . w ^ g p e iped by favourable weather
ire was a large crop as the cultiva we P by government. Spring
iditions and the el )S? ur . a ? e " 1 ? ! n h ^ reW formerly prohibited as the product
huy-in the crop.
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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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