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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎462v] (929/1028)

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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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boys below the age of 8 . The School is now recognized by the Persian Gov
ernment and the pupils will in future sit for the Government examination
as well as for the C. M. S. examination. Some of the young Persian
teachers have in consequence given up teaching in order to work for the Vllth
Class certificate, and the School is therefore short-handed on the Persian
side of the staff.
The company of Girl Guides under Miss Eardley is doing splendid
work and the C. M. S. hope very soon to enrol them officially.
(b) Medical. —Dr. G. E. Dodson remained in charge of the Men’s Hos
pital till the middle of October when he proceeded to England on fur
lough. Dr. Mary Price remained in charge of the Women’s Hospital
throughout the year, and also supervised the Men’s hospital during the in
terval between the departure of Dr. Dodson and the arrival of his successor
Dr. E. F. Molony from Ispahan in November.
The Medical Mission throughout the year continued to do good work.
The normal staff is 12 trained Persian assistants, two of whom (men) ob
tained Persian licenses to practice medicine during the year. One of these
two has obtained the post of Medical Officer to the Amnieh.
The number of patients treated in the C. M. S. Hospital in 1928 was ag
follows: —
In-patients .....
• • •
792
New patients .....

5,230
Repeat visits of out-patients
• • •
18,922
Operations .....
• • •
500
(c) Welfare Centre .—Welfare work in Kerman Town was begun in
1922 and it forms perhaps one of the most valuable of the C.M.S. activities.
The staff is small consisting of one European, one part time European and
two trained Armenians, but much very useful child-welfare and maternity
work m done, the total number of visits in 1928 being 3,998 and the number
of cases treated at the Centre being 2,055.
6 . British and British-protected Firms.—(a) Carpet Trade—Vat fol
lowing are the British and British-protected firms trading in carpets in
The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Ltd .
The Standard Carpet Co., Ltd. ....
Messrs. H. S. Tavshanjian Inc
Messrs. A. and M. Karagheusian Corporation for Overseas,
Ltd. • . . . .
Messrs. Costikyan and Co.
Messrs. Atiyeh Brothers . .
The Wetli Co., Ltd. .
(British.)
( » )
(American).
( „ )-
( „ h
( „ h
(Swiss).
Messrs. B. Kazanjian and Co., and Messrs. Bardwil Brothers, both Ame-
noan farms, closed down during the year, and Messrs. H. S. Tavshaniian
also practically closed down their carpet business and confined their activi-
ies to the export of pistachios from Rafsinjan.
, y Q h 0 V' ota !: alUe ca JP! ts and rl, ? s exported during the years 1926, 1927
and 1928 m thousands of Krans was approximately as follows:
—-—
1926.
1927.
1928.
r '
Kerman carpets and rugs
.
. 8,948
9,000
7,465
Tribal rugs
.
385
1,500
2,243

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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:

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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