Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [310r] (624/1028)
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 excellent services rendered to the local community by the Medical Mission
can be judged by the following statistics :—
[Medical Work).
Number of beds
110
Number of in-patients
805
Number of out-patients (new)
5,968
Repeat visits
16,680
Visits to patients’ own houses
2,125
Major operations
529
Note .—Besides 1,044 patients were seen on itinerations.
(Welfare Work).
Number of confinements
76
Patients attending welfare centre ..
347
Repeat visits
1,125
Visits paid to patients’ own houses
1,614
Number of cases referred to medical mission
126
40). .
7. War Graves. —Captain G. Peek, O.B.E., of the Imperial War Graves
Commission, arrived from Ispahan in the end of April, and, after visiting Zahidan
(Duzdap) and Sistan, left for Bandar Abbas in the middle of May carrying with
him the War Graves removed from Sistan, Zahidan, Dehaneh-i-Baghi and
Kerman.
8. Carpet Trade and the Spinning Mill Project. — {a) Carpet Trade. —The export
of carpets and tribal rugs expressed in thousands of Krans during 1931, and the
three preceding years was as follows :—
1928.
1929.
1930.
1931.
Kerman carpets and rugs
7,465
7,746
13,140
12,079
Tribals
2,243
1,295
913
888
Kerman has suffered to the full as the result of the World crisis. This is only
natural considering that her one and only industry is carpets, a luxury in which
the majority of people have been obliged to cease to indulge. The loss was accen
tuated by the depreciation in the price of silver with a corresponding decrease in
capital, in the shape of carpets, of which every firm necessarily holds a large
floating stock. During the year many firms suspended business and in the last
quarter Messrs, the Standard Carpet Co., Ltd., a British concern, went into
liquidation. But the export figures for the year show only a comparatively
small decrease as compared with those of the preceding year, which may be ex
plained by the fact of the Persian Government regulations stipulating that
imports could only be allowed against exports to an equal extent. A number of
traders in consequence exported large stocks of carpets to the United States,
Europe and India. In this connection it may be mentioned that, as far as the
carpet export trade in Kerman is concerned, the prices declared are always 10 to
30 per cent, in excess of the original value, in order to obtain import permits for
larger amounts than actually sent out of the country.
The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Ltd., at present the only British firm
dealing in carpets in Kerman, which handles about 25 per cent, of this trade, cut
down its commitments to a great extent during the latter part of the year.
In September the Afghan Government approached the Persian Government
for the loan of a number of carpet weaving experts.
(6) Spinning Mill Project. —As the cotton yarn used in weaving carpets in
Persia has to be imported either from Japan or India, Lieutenant-Colonel Noel
in 1930 considered the question of converting the local cotton into yarn suitable
for the purpose, and discussed with merchants and land-owners the possibility of
embarking on the enterprise of importing a spinning mill plant. A sample of local
cotton was sent to Bombay for spinning and proved satisfactory for conversion
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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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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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