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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [218v] (441/1028)
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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? 8
Business is mostly conducted through agents in Bombay who quote C. I. P.
terms. The method of payment may be 10 per cent, with the order and balance
against documents at Bushire or consignments of Persian goods may sometime
be accepted on account.
The hrm of Sankoyu at Tehran at present have an active agent in Bushire
(Agha Abul Casim Tawakkul) and it is rumoured that other offices will soon he
established here. d
In the following list of Japanese goods at present available in the market
it has not been possible to obtain, in every case, the prices offered by Bombay
agents so the prices paid by local shopkeepers have been inserted and starred.
Only in a few cases is comparison of prices possible as similar goods from other
sources are not stocked :—
Description of goods.
Japanese.
British,
Russian.
* Shirting, coloured drill, 21" X 30
yards
Rials.
20 • per piece
♦Coloured prints, 21" X 41 yards
20-
do.
....
27" x 40 yards Rials 55
♦Coloured Poplins, 21" X 30
yards
30-
do.
per piece.
♦Satteens : 28" X 30 yards
40-
do.
....
••
♦Striped drills, 28" X .30 yards
32-50
do.
. . . .
28 X 44 yards Rials 160
♦White Shirtings : 28 " X 40 yards
54
do.
• • • •
.per piece.
28" x 44 yards Rials 62
♦White Mulls : 44 ,/ X 20 yards ..
27-
do.
50" x 20 yards Rials
per piece.
Small glass & Saucers used for tea:
per case of 100 dozens
Rs. 25- C. I. F.
50 per piece.
Tumbler : per dozen ..
Bushire.
Rs. 0-8 do. ^.
Hurricane Lanterns per dozen
with glass
Rs. 9*12
do.
• • • •
Sun glasses (assorted colours) per
dozen
Rs. 1-10
do.
—
••
Forks and Spoons : (Inferior
quality) per gross ..
Rs. 9
do.
Rs. 14-8-0 per set of 18
Mother of pearl buttons : Set on
cards and in boxes of 144
pieces.—Superior quality per
gross : (i.e., 12 boxes of 144
pieces)
Rs. 1 • 10
do.
pieces in Bohahay offered
by merchants.
*
Buckles (Trousers) per gross
Rs. 4-8
do.
• • • •
Artificial silks (white) 22" X 30
yards per yard
Rs. 5-8
do.
Artificial silks (coloured and stri-
pefi) 21" X 30 yards per piece
Rs. 7-8
do.
• •
Carpenters’ nails per 1 cwt.
Rs. 9
do.
16/per cwt. C. I. F. Bushire
••
No orders have yet been placed for Japanese cement, which is offered at 28
per ton 0. 1. F., Bushire, against 35 per ton British cement, as merchants are
afiaid of the quality. The paper bag packing recently introduced to Bushire
has met with approval.
(6) Russian. Russian activities were already moribund at the beginning
oi the year and apart from a few shipments which arrived during the first months
t ion chief concern was the liquidation of stocks preparatory to closing down.
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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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