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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [499v] (1003/1028)
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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‘2 574 tons of this ore were exported on account of British firms, of
which 250 were shipped to Calcutta and 2,300 tons to Bremen in a German
steamer.
Trade and Commerce.
The general depressed state of trade obtaining at the end of 1925, con
tinued during the first half of 1926.
The strict enforcement of the surtax on tea and sugar and the introduc
tion of the new Compounded road tax on the 18th of February added to
the adverse conditions against which the Commercial community had to
contend.
Needless to mention, the new impositions gave a greater stimulus to
smuggling.
The total volume of the trade of the Bandar Abbas district during
1925-1926 (Persian Year 1304) the latest year for which statistics from the
Customs Department are available, amounted to £1,697,405 of which the
value of imports is estimated at £1,230,180 and exports at £467,225.
Ling ah. —Imports £221,405, Exports £86,700 making a total of
£308,105. These figures show an appreciable decrease both in regard to im
ports and exports, as compared with the preceding year.
Shipping.
Bandar Abbas. —161 steam ships aggregating 326,446 tons entered and
cleared the port, of which 155 were British and 6 German.
29 vessels brought merchandise from the UNITED KINGDOM. Of
these 11 belonged to or were chartered by the Ellerman and Bucknall Steam
Ship Company and 18 to Messrs. Frank C. Strick and Company Limited.
Six ships of the German Hansa Line of BREMEN, called with cargo
from HAMBURG and ANTWERP.
Ling ah. —89 steamers (86 British and 3 German) with a total of 167,058
tons discharged cargo here.
According to the statistics furnished by the Port authorities, 479 sail
ing craft of all descriptions aggregating 14,152 tons also entered and
cleared during the year.
Political.
The old established policy of friendly and helpful sympathy towards
the local administration and the Persian population was strictly adhered
to, and no further remarks under this head are considered to be necessary.
Elections to the sixth Mejliss at Tehran. —These gave rise to a certain
amount of excitement but only amongst a very limited circle. Two Candi
dates both alien to BANDAR ABBAS, contested the single seat allotted to
this district, one of whom was the ex-Deputy for the constituency and a
nominee of the Central Government. His rival was supported by the local
Governor personally, and was successful in capturing the seat.
The elections, if they may be so termed, continued to drag along be
tween July and December and the polling was farcical. No interest what
ever can be said to have been evinced in them by the man in the street.
Quarantine and Medical.
Bandar Abbas. —Assistant Surgeon D. L. MACKAY, I.M.D.. held
the post of 'Quarantine Medical Officer of the port and remained in charge
of the Consulate Dispensary and the town Charitable Dispensary through
out the year.
The attendance of out-door patients at the town Dispensary has in
creased considerably and advantage has been taken by caravan men arriving
from the outlying districts of the relief being afforded by that institution.
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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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