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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎517r] (9/73)

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The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in 10 Jul 1933. 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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CHAPTER 1.
Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland for the year 1932.
SECTION 1.
Personnel.
The undermentioned officers held the following appointments during the
year under review :—
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. and Consid-General.
The late Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hugh Vincent Biscoe, K.B.E.,
I.A., from the 1st of January 1932 to the 16th of July 1932.
The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. W. Fowle, C.B.E., LA., from the
29th July 1932 to the end of the year.
Secretary to 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. and Consul.
Captain E. H. Gastrell, I.A., throughout the year.
Under Secretary to 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. .
Captain R. G. E. W. Alban, I.A., from the 1st January 1932 to the 19th
January 1932.
Mr. J. Croning, M.B.E., from the 20th January 1932 to the 9th March 1932.
Lieutenant F. C. L. Chauncy, I.A., from the 10th March 1932 to the 31st
August 1932.
Mr. J. Croning, M.B.E., from the 1st September 1932 to the 31st October
1932.
Lieutenant F. C. L. Chauncy, I.A., from the 1st to the 8th November 1932.
Mr. J. Croning, M.B.E., from the 9th November 1932 to the end of the year.
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. Surgeon.
Major H. J. H. Symons, M.C., I.M.S., from the 1st of January 1932 to the
22nd April 1932.
Major J. J. Rooney, I.M.S., from the 23rd April 1932 to the end of the year.
Assistant Surgeon.
Military Assistant Surgeon M. L. A. Steele, I.M.D., throughout the year.
Vice-Consul, Bushire.
Mr. J. W. Blanch, H. M.’s Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service, from the 1st January
1932 to the 26th July 1932.
Mr. J. G. Baillie, H. M.’s Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service, from the 4th November
1932 to the end of the year.
Assistant Engineer.
Mr. Fateh Ali Shaikh, throughout the year.
Registrar, 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. .
Mr. M. A. Fernandez, M.B.E., from the 1st January 1932 to the 22nd April
1932.
Mr. E. M. Sequeira, M.B.E., from the 23rd April 1932 to the end of the year.
Treasury Officer, 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. .
Khan Sahib M.J. Gazdar, M.B.E., throughout the year.
Interpreter to 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. ,
Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ali Soofi, from the 1st of January 1932 to the
5th October 1932.
(The appointment of Interpreter was abolished with effect from the 6t!
October 1932.)
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Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1932 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 by the Government of India Press.

The report is divided up into the following sections:

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
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1 file (34 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 front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 36. 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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