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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [462r] (928/1028)
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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2. Consulate work. The total number of cases settled in the Governot-
General s Court in conjunction with the Consulate m which the interests of
foreign subjects under the Consulate protection were concerned was IS and
the compensation recovered amounted to Krans 38,791. 12 cases were pend
ing in the Governor-General’s Court at the end of the year.
On the abolition of the Capitulations with effect from the 10 th May the
Persian Government allowed a period of one year for the completion of cases
then unfinished in the Governor-General’s Court and also for the completion
of all unfinished cases in Consular Courts. Every possible endeavour is
being made to finish the present pending cases before the 9 th May 1929.
Since the abolition of Capitulations British and British protected
parties have referred all new cases to the Adliyeh.
Fifty-eight British subjects were registered during the year.
3. Indo-European Telegraph Department. —Mr. P. E. Dormer remain
ed in charge of the Kerman Office throughout the year.
M$. C. E. Treadwell held charge of the Kerman Sub-Division through
out the year.
Mr. J. P. May remained in charge of the Dehaneh-Baghi Sub-Division
throughout the year. The total duration of interruptions in this section
was 36 hours.
There were no total interruptions to traffic in the Kerman Sub-Division
during the year. The branch line from Baft to Saidabad (Sir j an) was in
terrupted for 139 hours in December owing to cyclones having caused 190 of
the wooden poles to fall. This line is uninsulated and is simply for the use
of the Persian Telegraph Administration but the Indo-European Telegraph
Department have a mounted ghulam always stationed at Sir j an to keep the
line in repair. The wilful breaking of insulators on this section also in
creased considerably during the year under review. There were 32 insula
tors broken in the Anar-Bam Section and 109 in the Kerman-Bandar Abbaa
Section against 7 and 2 respectively for the previous year.
Mr. G. E. New, Director, Persian Section, arrived from Tehran early
in April on a tour of inspection and returned to headquarters after a stay
of two days.
4. Imperial Bank of Persia. —Mr. C. A. Gardner remained as Mana
ger of the Kerman Branch throughout the year.
Mr. P. L. Rhodes, acting Accountant, left Kerman on resignation cm
the 9th August and his place was not filled until the arrival of Mr. H. J.
Douglas on the 24th October.
5 . Church Missionary Society and its ivork. —(a) Education. —The Rev.
A. C. Ozanne, Principal of the Boys’ School left for England early in the
year and his place was taken temporarily by Mr. C. L. Hawker of the
Stuart Memorial College, Ispahan, who transferred the School to the new
buildings. In September the Rev. R. Iliff was appointed Principal reliev
ing Mr. Hawker who returned to Ispahan. The number of boys rose from
40 last year to 60 at the end of the year under review and the formal recog
nition of the School by the Persian 'Ministry of Education, which brings
with it all privileges enjoyed by Persian Government Schools, will, the new
Principal hopes, result in further increase in the number of students.
Under its new Principal who is young and enthusiastic the school has re
gained much of the reputation it lost under Mr. Ozanne and it is doing good
work. It has the best building and play grounds of any school in Kerman.
Miss E. Macdonogh remained in charge of the Girls’ School till the be
ginning of December when she left for Ispahan on transfer, handing the
charge over to Miss J. F. Woodroffe who remained in charge till the close
of the year. Miss Gerard, the only European assistant, left for Shiraz to
open a school there in February. The Girls School continues to do excellent
work and the number of pupils is 144 (the same as last year) including 15
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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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