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'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the Year 1936' [‎11v] (22/74)

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The record is made up of 1 file (35 folios). It was created in 1937. 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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10
Nil
200 cases to
Dairen.
100 „
London.
100 ..
Hamburg.
100 „
Macao.
100 .,
}y
200 „
99
10 ,.
London.
Nil
200 „
Macao.
100 „
Marseilles.
Nil
200 „
Macao.
40 „
Marseilles.
1,350 cases.
The only real road in Bushire, i.e., that leading out of the town to
wards iSabzabad was under repair at the end of the year. The work is,
however, of a superficial nature and only about half a dozen men with a
hand-roller were employed on it. The road is already showing signs of
breaking up again.
There is still no internal air service connecting Bushire with inland
towns such as Shiraz, Isfahan and Tehran.
Opium Shipments. —The following shipments took place in 1936; they
were all stated to be for legitimate consumption
J anuary
February
March .
April
May
June
July
July
August
September
October
November
December
December
Total
The cases are of a standard weight of 160 lbs-
These shipments represent a decrease of about 50 per cent, compared
with 1935. Roughly three-quarters of them went to the Far East. The
average price per case was £115.
The shrinkage in export appears to have been due to China preferring
to obtain her supplies from Turkey at lower prices than those quoted bv
Iran. Isevcrtheless the statistics show that about 75 per cent, of a dimi
nished export went to the Far East in 1936 as compared with 1935 when
the total shipments for legitimate consumption were 2658 oases of which
only 500 cases or about 20 per cent, went to the Far East. It is estimated
that there were about 850 cases of opium in stock in Bushire at the end
of the year awaiting buyers.
Rumours were current during the year that the Government were going
to reduce or abolish altogether the export tax (£25 per case) in order to en
courage exports. If the Government considered the question at all they
apparently thought better of it because nothing had been done about the tax
by the end of the year.
So far as is known there were no shipments for illegitimate consump
tion during the period under review.
A ttitude of local population. —The local population remains quite pas
sive in spite of their hard lot and there is no sign of unrest anywhere. Dis
content is widespread but it has not assumed a vocal form. The people
seem to be too steeped in oriental fatalism to exert themselves to bring
about an improvement in their conditions of life. Even if they could
temporarily throw off their inertia and organise a series of protests the
ringleaders would be speedily "liquidated" by the authorities who would
not brook any such manifestations of popular discontent. This bein"- so it
is extremely unlikely that such discontent will show itself in the form of
riots or stieet demonstrations unless the people are goaded into action bv
the authorities. How far the screw would have to be applied to produce
such action is impossible to forecast.
llth March 19S7.
(Signed) FRAOT H. TODD,
His Majesty's Vice-Consul,

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The file consists of 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 1936 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1937).

The Report, prepared 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. , summarises important information relating to the Gulf and notable events in the Gulf during 1936. The Report contains a review 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. , and separate sections on each of the agencies, consulates, and other areas that made up the 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. . The information provided includes lists of personnel, local administration, military and naval matters, aviation, the political situation, trade and commerce, medical reports, meteorological reports, and related information.

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1 file (35 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of the Report, on folio 2.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 37 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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