‘Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Persia. Report for the Year 1908-09 on the Trade of the Provinces of Seistan and Kain.’
Mss Eur F112/533
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The record is made up of 1 file (25 folios). It was created in Jan 1910. 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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The file consists of a printed report on the trade of the provinces of Seistan and Kain [Sīstān and Qā’en] in Persia [Iran] for the Year 1908-1909, by Major Roger Lloyd Kennion, HM Consul for Seistan and Kain. It is Number 4396 of the Annual Series of Diplomatic and Consular Reports. The report was edited at the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade, and presented to both Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom in January 1910.
The report includes a table of contents, which lists sections including: tabular statements showing currency, weights and measures, and population and products; the movement of trade in articles in which British and Indian industries are principally interested; openings for British trade; the comparative progress of foreign competition; difficulties which the law and practice of the country place in the way of trade; trade routes; concessions to traders; local products; livestock; mines; factories; current prices; the cost of living; population and health; and statistics of imports and exports.
The report includes a map showing trade routes in Seistan and Kain and the surrounding area (folio 3).
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- 1 file (25 folios)
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- 2 imagesRef: Mss Eur F112/533, f 3
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 25, 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.
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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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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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- Mss Eur F112/533
- Date(s)
- Jan 1910 (CE, Gregorian)
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- PersiaKainSeistan
- People & organisations
- British Consul, Seistan and Kain
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- Mss Eur F112/533
- Title
- ‘Diplomatic and Consular Reports. Persia. Report for the Year 1908-09 on the Trade of the Provinces of Seistan and Kain.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:24v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- Mss Eur F112/533, f 3
- Title
- ‘Sketch Map to Accompany Trade Report Seistan & Kain 1908-9.’
- Pages
- 3r:3v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence