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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [350r] (704/1028)
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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Selling quotations of the Bank on London and Bombay were as follows :
London :—
Highest ..
Lowest ..
Average ..
Bombay :—
Highest ..
Lowest ..
Average ..
Krans 66|.
Krans 61.
Kraus 63.
Krans 492 per Rs. 100.
Krans 454 per Rs. 100.
Krans 469| per Rs. 100.
Red Oxide of Iron.
Hormuz Island. —Although the Concessionaire is a Persian subiect, this pro
duct is practically taken up wholly by a British Shipping firm in the United King
dom. °
\
8,000 tons of ore were available for export, of which 4,000 tons were shipped
to Bremen, 1,500 tons to the United States and 2,500 tons to Avonmouth (on order)
The whole consignment was transported in British bottoms.
Foreign Interests.
National Bank of Persia. —A branch was opened on the 28th July. Although
it is the State bank of Persia, the superior staff is recruited from Banks in Germany
Russian. The Russian Company “ Sharq ” whose imports constitute the sole
cargoes of vessels of the Soviet Mercantile Fleet trading with the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ports, opened a branch in this town in November.
Although the Company is not popular with the local merchants, it is said to
be doing a brisk business.
Trade and Commerce.—Both trade and trade facilities were bad owing to the
fiscal policy of the Persian Government in levying exorbitantly high Customs
duties to which may be added the existing monopoly dues and the notorious road
taxes. The imposition of a twenty per cent surtax materially increased the
already heavy burden borne by the commercial community.
The introduction by the Government of the Control of foreign exchange, how
ever, aggravated the situation and rendered trade conditions almost impossible. |
In short, trade has never suffered as badly it did during the year under review, \
No statistics are now available from the Customs Department.
The import of foreign goods was discouraged by the rising rate of exchange
which maintained a regular upward tendency and the business of loczl merchants
declined accordingly.
British imports were badly hit.
Manchester piece-goods although still in demand cannot compete with the \
Russian article, especially with cotton prints which are flooding the bazaars.
Besides being cheaper and suited to local requirements, long credits are given
by the Russian Company’s Agents.
Steamers of the Soviet Volunteer fleet continued to dump down loaf and soft
sugar in large quantities.
Shipping and Navigation.
Bandar Abbas .-— 157 steamships aggregating 378,442 tons comprising 141
British, 8 German and 8 Russian entered and cleared the port.
26 vessels of which 23 belonged to Messrs. Frank C. Strick and Company and
3 to Ellerman Bucknall Steamships Company, brought merchandise from the
United Kingdom. The eight ships under the German flag were of the Hansa
Line and embarked their cargoes at Hamburg or Antwerp, and the eight Russian
belonging to the Soviet Mercantile Fleet transported Russian produce from Odessa.
Political.^-Not much interest is evinced in politics by the ordinary Abbasi
and the situation at the Capital and other towns in Persia barely has its re-per
cussions in this part of the Gulf.
M C 171 F. D.
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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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- 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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