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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [152r] (308/1028)
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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,?• T J 1 -® Iiealtl1 of Kuwait during 1935 was reported by both the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Medical Officer and by the Doctor of the American Mission to have been
better'man previous years.
7. The political value of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Dispensary continues to be high
particularly as Kuwait is still suffering from a trade crisis with attendant
poverty.
Its educative value is also very high and the number of women attend
ing continues to increase.
There is no trained midwife, and no X-Ray in Kuwait either with the
American Mission or the Dispensary.
The medical resources of Kuwait at the end of the year summarized are
therefore as follows :—
Beds. Operating Tables.
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Dispensary .... Nil NU
American Mission Hospital Men . . 20 Women 10 2(lit by electric
. _ light).
Kuwait Oil Company .... Nil Nil
A wholetime Doctor has been employed by the Company who is at its
Kadhama Camp. They also have a good stock of drugs and dressings.
Doctor Mylrea of the American Mission is retained for the Staff of
the Company in Kuwait at £200 per annum.
A chemists shop, the first of its kind in Kuwait, opened for business
in December. The chemist is an Iraqi Armenian qualfied in Baghdad.
X. Royal Navy.
(a) Friendly visits of His Majesty’s Sloops occurred from time to time
during the year as usual.
(b) On 15th January 1935, His Excellency Vice-Admiral F. F. Rose,
C.B., D.S.O., R.N., arrived in H. M. S. Hawkins, accompanied by Senior
Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in H. M. S. Shoreham and left on the 16th for
Bushire.
XI. Visit of Contre Admiral Rivet in French Cruiser Bougainville.
On 22nd February 1935, the French Warship Bougaiville visited
Kuwait with Rear admiral Rivet of the French Eastern Mediterranean
Squadron on board.
Official calls and parties as befitting the visit of a> senior Naval Officer
of a Foreign Power took place.
The Bougainville left Kuwait on the 23rd February.
' XII. Royal Air Force.
During the year under review the following aircraft of the Royal Air
Force landed at Kuwait in the course of their ordinary routine duties
(a) Flying Boats— ! 3.
(b) R. A. F. land aircraft—15.
The above dbes not include several score of R. A. F. machines which
passed over the Principality en route to Bahrain or Basra respectively.
XIII. Shipping.
96 British steamships
11 German ,,
10 Japanese ,>
1 Italian >,
1 Greek »>
visited Kuwait during 1935.
The last mentioned was the first Greek steamer
landed 400 cases matches. i _
to visit Kuwait and
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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