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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [509v] (1023/1028)
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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middle classes, some families having been nearly wiped out. [Next in import
ance was smallpox, which was responsible for a large proportion of the town’s
hh’h infant mortality. To this latter, summer diarrhoea, an almost universal
complaint during the hot months, also contributed a large proportion. The
heavv floods in ’Iraq were the cause of more malaria than usual.
*3,670 out-patients, including 659 women and 888 children, were treated
in the’Charitable Dispensary during the year, as against 3,645 in 1925. 92
minor operations were performed.
On the men’s side of the American Mission Hospital 2,150 patients were
treated, and on the women’s side 5,435 ; making a total of 7,585, as compared
w ith 6,492 in 1925. 616 surgical operations were performed, and 182 patients
were admitted into the wards.
American Mission.
Hev. E. E. Calverley and Dr. (Mrs.) Calverley were in Kuwait through
out the vear, as also were their three children and their Governess, Miss
Kobertson.
Dr. C. S. G. Mylrea, O.B.E., and Mrs. Mylrea were also in Kuwait except
for three months from the 20th July, when they went to Shiraz. Also Miss
- Yan Pelt, except for three months from the same date, when she went to
India.
llev. G. E. and Mrs. De Jong and Miss De Young arrived from America
to take up w ork with the Mission on 13th November.
Exchange.
The rate of exchange of Maria Theresa dollars varied from Rs. 157 2As.
per 100 dollars at the beginning of the year to Rs. 132 at the end.
Climate.
There was no excessive heat or cold during the year. There was, however,
an exceptionally heavy rainfall of no less than RSO inches, of which 3'7 inches
fell in November.
GfPD—131(c) P & PD—28-6-27—38.
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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.
- 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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- 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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