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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [564r] (31/72)
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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23
X.
Red Oxide of Iron.
Hormuz Island.—4,200 tons of ore was shipped by British vessels during the
year to the following places °
Tons.
United Kingdom .. .. _ 2 000
Germany .. .. .. ... 2> ’o00
India .. ... .. ' .. 200
Trade and Commerce.
Bandar Albas. The trade of Bandar Abbas during the year under review
was, as m the past years, very limited and the merchants here, who in the maioritv
ot cases, are clearing and forwarding agents of the business houses at Yezd and
Kerman, remained idle due to the following facts :
(1) ilie Trade Monopoly Law restricting the import of many useful com
modities was m force. 111
(2) The monopoly of sugar and matches was reserved to themselves bv the
' . ^ Persl!l '» Government, the Russians being the sole suppliers
(3) The activities of the Russians who'are now trading under the name
“Li ' e “ shto ^ > and have opened their office here on a larger
scale. They still specialise m the system of barter.
+i e' he - ne " f 1 *!-. - ma . r ket was of the Japanese piece-goods against which
the Russians had to face serious competition the oualitv of tho T Qr ? ' • llC ^ 1
goods being preferred by the local merchants’. q 7 6 Ja P auesc P le “-
„„ni,T b ° Sl 5 Sar I h i- h ,-? va ? , sole J y su PP liecI ^ the Russians, was very inferior in
Qualit} and much disliked by the consumers. * in
Ihe Russians remained, as before, unpopular in the market TWr ™
even m good terms with the local Customs against whom thev hoi / wc , re no
to the Central Administration. The Customs have alsoTubmittl th C . om P !a \ Md
complaint against the Russians ’ unfair dealino-s and chentino- Hi n ir C0uil ^ er ”
by supplying goods much inferior to tliat agreed upon Itlf hoi ' e, ' nn ! en
°f the two Hindu firms that existed last year one closed down in a f
^IifstlSglmlntsTrf^i^^ ^ " ' aIS ° elosing as' Ion
Shipping and Navigation.
clearedT]iI]xuIduilIIeI«lI’lnl a lre^Ii|^.;ggJ q f^j 2 o 0 g a jt i . aa tY®^ and
Kingdonr VeSSelS - SeVen vessels brou S ht merchandise from the US
^ ° f B ~ a n<l
of Soviet Mercantile Fleet bringing goods frfm Odessa RUSSlan VeSSels were
Lingah .—64 steamships with a total of 49K tnno ^ t i
C igatioulvlpaiil' Whl0h was German ’ beloa S-l to the British Mr'ltelm
Navigation^ Conipany ranlground off Banda? Abbaf alt) lioff Sleftm
January when a strong Shamal was blowing She was towed cl the /p 0 Gth
evening by His Majesty’s Ships “ Ormande ” and ^ tt ,' d off tlle following
summoned for the assistance.
Hastings ’ ’ which
were
Political.
town remained Quiet throughout the vear tviiii + 1-1
demonstration which was shown in December on'receint of tl? eXCept, P n of some
lation of the D’Arcy concession of “ll-lrTan n Irr™ ° f fhe ca,lcal -
bazar was decorated and illuminated. ° 0 Com P an y when the
the StlSl^tsaU 023 Shah PehIevi ^ -•.ebrated 01 ,
Lc338FP
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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:
- Review by the Honourable 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Report on the APOC Southern Area
- Summary of Events and Conditions in Fars
- Administration Report for Bandar Abbas and Lingah
- Administration Report for Kerman
- Administration Report for Muscat
- Administration Report for Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. of 'Oman
- Administration Report for Bahrain
- Administration Report for Kuwait
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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