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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [174v] (353/1028)
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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The Finance Minister on his tour of Bushire during the year however
made no great concessions to merchants but only a reduction in the price of
sugar for Bushire area in view of the enormous quantity of sugar being smuggled
into the country.
Foreign exchange during the first half of the year was very firm an d ^
business w r as fairly good but started to show signs of decline in the second half *
of the year when it dropped to Rials 54 for the sterling and Rials 4.05 for
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
. This decline of course gave no help to merchants as they were unable
to export Iranian produce to obtain their import licences. In fact the merchants
ceased forwarding consignments of Iranian produce abroad owing to the
sudden decline in the rate of exchange because {a) of no demand on the
continent and {b) owing to the fact that they had to sell their foreign exchange
at such a low price as would involve them in losses.
Opium .—Opium is most definitely a product which brings great profit to
merchants when exported to the continent if it actually finds a market abroad.
Since the Government monopoly was abolished and a syndicate established
under the same title of “ Monopole d'Opium a Iran ” every effort has been
made to find a market for this valuable produce but apparently with little
success.
It will be noticed from the figures for 1934-35 that exports of opium to
the continent was much less even than last year. The total figure of 2,298 cases
exported both for illicit and legitimate consumption shows a decrease of
3,669 cases as against the total figure of 5,967 cases exported last year. This
decrease of course represents a very great loss to the Iranian revenue.
The following details show the export of opium during the year
April 1934
May 1934
June 1934
July 1934
August 1934
September 1934
November 1934
December 1934
February 1935
March 1935
Legitimate.
85 cases.
330 „
390 „
50 „
80 „
10 „
1 „
400 „
200 „
152 ..
Illicit.
1,698 cases.
600 cases.
2,298 cases.
600 cases.
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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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- 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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