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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [351r] (706/1028)
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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CHAPTER IV.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
His Majesty s Consulate, Kerman, for the year 1930.
A. —British Interests.
1. His Majesty's Consulate : personnel. —Major E. W. C. Noel, C.I.E.. D.S.O.
remained in charge throughout the year. In February he visited Bandar Abbas
and m September-October travelled to Tehran and back.
Khan Bahadur Abdul Alim, L.K., held the post of Indian Attache to His
Majesty s Consul, throughout the year.
2. Consulate Work, (a) 57 British subjects were registered during the year.
(6) When I arrived at Kerman in the summer of 1929 I found the qanat which
waters the Consulate Garden badly silted and giving only one-third of its proper
flow. I was told that owing to the fragmentation of ownership the problem of
collecting funds to put the qanat in order was beset with great difficulties, but that
if the British Consul took the matter in hand something might be done. I agreed
to do so and now a,fter 15 months and the collection and expenditure of nearly
T. 6,000 the water has increased by 200 per cent, and the qanat owners and users are
genuinely appreciative. I have welcomed the work as it has provided opportuni
ties of seeing large numbers of Persians of all classes who, under present conditions
in 1 ersia, avoid the Consulate. There have been frequent meetings lasting many
hours at which the attendance has been over forty. Now that the work is nearino-
completion I have been approached by other qanat owners asking me to take ove?
all the qanats of the Kerman district.
At one time I had some fears that the authorities might view my activities as a
cloak to something else, but the Governor-General has on more than one occasion
afforded me assistance in recovering moneys due from defaulters.
(c) Kerman and Yezd import about 400 tons of cotton yarn every year from,
abroad, although cotton of more than double this quantity is grown locally. The
question converting the local cotton into yarn was discussed with the merchants and 1
landowners who expressed their readiness to embark on the enterprise providedThey
felt sure that the local cotton could be spun into yarn of 20 counts which forms the
bulk of the imports. To decide this question a sample of local cotton was sent to
Bombay for spinning. At the close of the year it had not returned bub the export
from the Mill indicated that it had proved satisfactory for conversion into No ■ 20-S
yarn. In September I visited Tehran and obtained an interview with the Minis'ter
cf Economies who promised the full support of Government. In November when
His Majesty visited Kerman I took the opportunity to bring the proposal to his
notice and he was pleased to commend it and even held out hopes of investing his
own money in the enterprise. fe
(d) The American car and lorry is so well established in Persia that it is diffi
cult for a British make of motor vehicle to invade this preserve by ordinary methods
of competition. A method which, however, suggests itself is to take advantage of
the uses to which 6-wheelers could be placed in Persia. The majority of Persian
roads must remain unmetalled tracks for many years to come and as such become
impassable in winter for periods running into weeks. Moreover there are- still
many towns connected by tracks not passable for 4-wheelers but which could be
used by 6-wheelers with an expenditure of a few
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. An example is Kerman-
Khorasan. There is a considerable pilgrim traffic between these two centres which
at present has to follow a roundabout route either via Duzdap or Tehran. The
direct route across the Lut to Birjand would effect a saving of nearly 300 miles. In
December I reconnoitred the Kerman end of the route and found an alignment
which could be made passable for 6-wheelers at a cost of a hundred
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
.
3. Indo-European Telegraph Department .— Mr. C. E. Duggan was in charge of
the Sub-Division throughout the year and Mr. A. Robertson continued to hoM the
post of Asisstant Superintendent, in charge Kerman Office. Mr. Bottomley re
lieved Mr. -T. ff. Lovell as Assistant Superintendent, Dehaneh Baghi, on the 27th
September.
From the time of H. M. the ShalTs arrival at Duzdab in November until his
departure from Kerman a special through wire was placed at the disposal of the
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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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