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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [182r] (368/1028)
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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deserter to unauthorised persons caused wide-spread surprise, and can only lead
the public to believe that the powers of the Pehlevi regime extend even to the
countries beyond.
Municipality.
Bandar Abbas .—From the 1st November 1934 six new members have been
elected for Bandar Abbas Municipality. One of the members Mr. Yousif Lutf
Ali Khunji, proprietor of the Bandar Abbas Spinning Mill, has been recom
mended to Tehran by the Governor for the appointment of President of the
Municipality.
When the Minister for Finance received the deputation of local merchants
and traders at his residence, he expressed his regret to see the town in such a
miserable and filthy condition. He asked them, to change these conditions as
soon as possible and assured them of Government support. He also ordered
that the sum of Rials 130,000 standing to the credit of the Municipality for some
years be placed at the disposal of the present Board to utilise it as they thought
necessary. Besides this, he issued orders that henceforth all taxes of 15 dinars
(75 cents) collected by the Customs as wharfage on every package, which was
spent for the up keep of the pier, should be given to the Municipality, and the
Customs should meet the expenses for up keep of the pier from their own budget.
A balance of Rials 9,000 which was with the Customs was, therefore, transferred
to the Municipality. In addition, he promised that he would do his best to allot
a sum of Rials 100,000 annually from the next financial year for the local Muni
cipality so that with ail this income they should be able to improve the conditions
and sanitation of the town and establish a proper Municipal Hospital.
Water Suirply.—The work on the abandoned qanat (underground water
channel) was resumed at the end of November 1934 and a small stream of fiesh
water now flows to the Police Office. As the water flows through uncemented
trenches from Naiband (a distance of two miles) it is a bit brackish. The
Governor hopes that, before the end of March 1935, the trenches in the town will
be completed and when the permanent stream of water flows the clay will radi
cate the trenches and the water will be quite fit for drinking purposes. If this
flow of water continues during the hot season, and the public are quite satisfied,
the Governor intends to destroy all Barqas (reservoirs), which are source of
danger for all water-borne diseases, more specially the guineaworm.
Electricity and Ice Supply.—The electric plant for lights worked well
throughout the year. The ice
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, which was closed for 2 years for want or
an experienced mechanic to put the machine in proper working order, has been
repaired by a German, Herr Hoskar Speck, the tourist in a small canvas canoe,
who was held up waiting for a new one from Hamburg when the old one was
found no longer seaworthy.
Charitable Dispensary.—This dispensary was closed from the beginning of
the Summer as Hr K. H. Dumree, Medical Officer, finding his pay inadequate
wdhout practice and paucity of the staff, resigned the post and taken up an
appointment as Medical Officer under the Road Administration in^lazendran.
The Consulate staff, who were formerly treated tree ot charge by Ih. Dumree,
will have to depend on the Quarantine Medical Officer who cares little for the
treatment and or recovery of patients but is ever ready to pocket their fees.
Roads The main road—the so-called “ Avenue ’—has hen partly com-
nleted the work Uavimr to be abandoned for lack of funds, but the financial sup-
pie led 1 > • • i f TiUnance in February 1935 has caused the
port granted by the Miwster of mellt relW j e red feasible bv one of the
S^ n sct,^dydi a Ai maSSlThange the centre part of the town.
The demolid 1 of a number of small and undesirable houses m the town vn 1
brndt The comtruc ion of cross roads at a very moderate cost. Much of the
SS SRli no SoS.il. • lot ol traffic to to and loom th.
dwii.
. * 1 ca-ntornrisp is Hie construction of a large number oi houses on
ithet ’idrot'the SToad fTr be staff of the Customs Department.
National Gnrden.-At the entrance of the town on the mam Kermanmotor
oad a garden clued Bagh-i-Milli (National garden), which was laid out by the
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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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