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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [267v] (539/1028)
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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Mohammerali-Cltarhar Coastal Hoad. —The construction of this road re
mained in abeyance.
Slave Traffic.
Bandar Abbas. —No manumission certificates were issued. Only two Arab
slaves took asylum at this Consulate, one of whom disappeared and the other was
referred to the Governor for the grant of necessary papers.
Aviation.
Bandar Abbas. —Four aeroplanes landed on the aerodrome during the year.
British. —Lieutenant-Commander F. G. Hall of the Australian Navy landed
in his Gypsy Moth on 14th on his way from England to Australia.
Spanish. —Monsieur F. R. Loring landed on 2nd May on his Solo Record
Flight from Spain to Philipine Islands.
German. —Junkers’ monoplane which was chartered by the Geologists of the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company arrived here twice on the 25th and 31st August
respectively.
Navy.
Bandar Abbas. —His Majesty’s Ships “ Ormonde ” and “ Hastings ” arrived
here on the 7th January and returned to ilenjam the next day.
French. —The French Training Cruiser “ Jeanne D’Arc ” arrived on the
2nd November and sailed the following day.
Persian. —The new Persian Gun-boats “ Babr ” and u Palang ” with
Despatch Vessels “ Chahbaz ”, “ Chahrukh ”, “ Seemnrgh ” and ” Karkas ”
arrived from Italy via Charbar and Jask on the 28th October. Yawar Ghulam
Ali Khan Bahandur was in command.
Visit of His Majesty’s Representatives.
Mr. G. A. Richardson, O.B.E., His Majesty’s Consul, Bandar Abbas, and in
additional charge of the Kerman Consulate, visited Lingah and British Basidu
in January and Minab in February. He left for Kerman on 1st March and
returned in October. He sailed for India on leave preparatory to retirement on
the 16th December.
Captain C. 11. Lincoln, O.B.E., who took over charge of both the Consulates
m 8th December visited Kerman between 19th and 24th December.
British Interests.
Consular Escort.—This was abolished with effect from 1st June.
Imperial Lark of Persia. Mr. E. S. Matheson remained in charge till 28th
November when he was relieved by Mr. A. S. Chapman.
. tf^kct in .free exchange was very dull throughout the year, and the
majority of the business offered being on India.
J he Impel ial Bank of Persia Notes were collected during the year and a
small percentage of the Notes still remained in circulation.
v A11 bll J s ^re well met by the merchants and there were no cases of bank
ruptcy during the year under report.
Selling quotations of the Banks on London and Bombay were as follows :—
London. Highest Rials 110 to £1.
Bombay.
Lowest
Average
Highest
Lowest
Average
Rials 78 to £1.
Rials 98 to £1.
Rials 834 lo Rs. 300.
Rials 589 to Rs. 300.
Rials 739 to Rs. 300.
• (1 , 'e .National Bank of Persia was a keen competitor resulting in a fine margin
i i eS and freer c , redlt facilities granted to the merchants. A great part of
\T S a P poa ™ d to consist of operations in Exporters’ Exchange and their
them S kA n SU T r 'h arl ofte " remarked that that class of business gave
tlvii fhof, ( rr 11 ° r f ou J )e com P ar ed with the small profit they made on it and
that their staff was not adequate enough to cope with the work.
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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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