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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [460r] (924/1028)
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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Indo- European Telegraph Department.
The office at BANDAR ABBAS worked satisfactorily in spite of the
strength of the staff having been reduced from three to two.
The Indian Government Telegraph Steamer “PATRICK STEWART”
with Mr. E. E. GCJINTER, O.B.E., Director of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section,
on board, accompanied by Mr. G. E. O. DE SMIDT, Director-elect, and
Mr. 1. F. 1EBETT arrived on the 7th April. The office was inspected
by Mr. GUNTER. On the 28th April, the vessel called again on her voyage
to KARACHI, when Mr. DE SMIDT who had succeeded Mr. GUNTER
as Director, visited the office.
Three instances ox insulators being damaged by tribesmen on the
BANDAR ABBAS section of the telegraph line going to KERMAN were
brought to the notice of the local authorities. In one of these cases, com
pensation for the damage done was recovered by them.
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Imperial Bank of Persia.
Mr. V. H. GLENDENING remained in charge of the local branch of
the bank throughout the year.
The Imperial Bank continued its efforts in assisting the Persian Gov
ernment to improve the currency of the country by the removal from circula
tion of defective coin. It is estimated that a total of 315,000 debased Krans
was collected during the period under review against 420,000 in 1927.
Selling quotations of the bank for exchange on LONDON and
BOMBAY were as follows:—
London :—
Highest Krans 50-25 per £.
Lowest Krans 40-75 per £.
Average Krans 48-29 per £.
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Bombay : —
Highest Krans 370 per Rs. 100 .
Lowest Krans 348-50 per Rs. 100.
Average Krans 360-34 per Rs. 100.
The A nglo-Persian Oil Company y Limited .—At the latter part of the
year, the Company despatched a party of six geologists under the leadership
of Dr. HUGQ DE BOCKH, the eminent authority on oil, to make a survey
of the country in the BANDAR ABBAS-LAR-JAHRUM-SHIRAZ area.
It is intended to undertake further surveys in the cold weather of the two
next ensuing years.
Foreign interests.
German —Two German mining engineers on behalf pf the South Sea
Phosphate Company visited BANDAR ABBAS in March for the purpose
of mineral exploitation of the Persian Coast and islands in the vicinity.
They inspected the possibilities of mineral exploitation at the islands
of HORMUZ, LARAK and KISHIM and had a look at KHAMIR on the
’majpland.
Red Oxide of Iron on Hormuz Island.
The quantity of ore exported showed a marked decrease on the two
preceding years. , ...
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938'
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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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