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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [235v] (475/1028)
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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42
It is satisfactory however to note here that two important cases outstanding
from last year, i.c. f the 44 Isa case at (tv adur, and that of Sheikh Ali hin
Abdullah at Sur, have since been effectively dealt with.
The commercial Treaty between His Majesty’s Government and the Sul
tanate has been renewed as usual during 1 the } ear.
4. Judicial .—Judicial matters form the subject of a separate report.
5. Trade .—Whilst the effect of general financial depression is still very A
much in evidence, there are signs of a slight ie\i\al in tiade and the outlook
of the trading community towards the end of the year under report was on the
whole more optimistic than hitherto.
The following figures, supplied by the Finance Department of the Muscat
State, will show at a glance a comparison of the trade position for the years
1932 and 1933 :—
Year. Imports. Exports.
17,07,327
20,27,334
37,37,118
34,71,618
The apparent diminution of imports is attributable more to fall in the price
of imported goods than to the quantity of imports, which is actually stated to be
slightly higher than in 1932. The increasing influx of Japanese goods, ehiefy
confined to cloth and general dry goods, is largely responsible for the fall in
price of imports.
A s hitherto the main articels of export have been (a) dry and wet dates, (b)
dried fish, and (c) kasha or fish manure, whilst imports have been composed
chiefly of flour, rice, sugar, coffee, cloth and general dry goods.
Owing to a sufficiency of rains in the interior and on the Batinah coast the
date crop has exceeded m quantity and quality any that has been gathered in
the five years.
At the commencement of the date season excellent rates were obtained but
a subsequent fall in the prices of the Beser date in the Bombay market led to
considerable disappointment in the Batinah, whose staple crop consists of this
poorer variety of dates.
The recent prohibition of the import into Germany of kasha is viewed with
alarm for the future as Germany has hitherto proved to be one of the chief
buyers of this commodity.
Generally speaking it is hoped that the rock bottom of prices and depression
has been reached but, none the less, extreme caution is still observed by the
trading community. • .
6. (A) Royal Navy. —Visits of H. M. Ships and Royal Air Force craft to
Muscat are detailed in Appendix “ A ” of this report.
During the year under report neither Service v T as called on for aethe
participation in affairs concerned with this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
but the Senior Naval Offi
cer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
kindly placed H.M.S. “ Shoreham ” at the disposal of die
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
to convey him and the Sultan’s representative to Sur on Ido
February, and, on 25th of that month, the same sloop conveyed the Political
Agent and His Highness the Sultan to Gwadur and back for the settlement ol
local affairs.
On 30th June H.M.S. “ Fowey”, whilst en route to Bombay transported the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
to Khor Jarama to meet a flying boat at that point.
The visit of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla of the Mediterranean Fleet to Muscat
during October, on their return from a friendly visit to the Arab Sheikhs of
Trucical Coast, had an appreciable and most beneficial effect locally.
(B) Royal Air Force. —During the year under report considerable p^ 0
gross has been made in consolidating the Muscat-Dhofar link of the Basdu-
Aden route.
The construction of a petrol store at Khor Jarama, surveyed in mid Jnne,
vus completed by the end of July without incident and with the actre c
operation of the State.
It is hoped in the near future to establish forced landing grounds for d<? ^
planes and further refuelling points on this line but refuelling P 011 j s
Flying Boats of the Royal Air Force now exist at Muscat, Khor 3 ara
Masirah Island, Murbat and Salalah (Dhofar).
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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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