'Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905. By A H Gleadowe-Newcomen.'
IOR/L/PS/20/71
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The record is made up of 1 volume (86 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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Report by Arthur Hills Gleadowe-Newcomen, FRGS, FSA, President of the Commercial Mission to Persia. Submitted to the Government of India, and the Committees of the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore [Kānpur], and the Indian Tea Cess, Calcutta [Kolkata].
Publication statement: Calcutta: Government of India, Foreign Department, 1906.
The report is divided into the following sections:
- I. Introduction.
- II. A General Report.
- III. Notes on Trading Centres, trade usages and other matters of interest.
- IV. Imports and Exports, comprising: a) Articles of Commerce. b) Resumé.
- V. Appendices: A. Tables of Weights, Measures and Currency; B. Statistical Tables; C. Trade routes, description and map [missing]; D. Tables showing cost and time of transport and keep of animals; E. Blank business contact form; F. Itinerary of journey of Mission.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (86 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a contents page at folio 5.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/71
- Date(s)
- 1906 (CE, Gregorian)
- Provenance
The volume originally contained a map enclosed in a pocket at folio 86; this is missing.
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Copy of IOR/L/PS/20/17
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- StatisticsTrade (practice)Customs administrationShippingDiplomacy
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- Persia
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- President of the Commercial Mission to Persia
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- IOR/L/PS/20/71
- Title
- 'Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905. By A H Gleadowe-Newcomen.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:85v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
