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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [30r] (72/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. 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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2./-
Gtofidential,
chaptfsr IV
Administration Report of the Kerman and Yezd
Consular Districts for the year 194§«
As
KSRMAN
I t H,M t CQNSaLATS.
(a) HLM> Consul
(i) Lt # GS)lonel^V # vv # D.Willoughby held charge of His
Majesty(s Consulate,"'Kerman, from the 1st January to the
28th. October 1945 and proceeded on Home leave. He was
succeeded by Lt # Colonel r .G .e .W.Alban, O.B.E., who assumed
eliarge on the 4th-November 1945. From the 28th October to
the 3rd November 1945 Mr ,r # M # Hadow, H.M # Consul, Bandar
Abbas, officiated as H^M.Consul, Kerman, in addition to his
own duties. Lt.Colonel V .w .D.Willoughby officiated as H.M.
Consul, Ba^ndar Abbas from 17th September to 27th September
during Mr.R.M.Hadow's absence on leave in India in addition
to his own duties.
(ii) Hllt^s Consult Tours .
During the period in which Lt.Cdlonel Willoughby
held charge he made the following tours:-
January 24th to 26th, .
March 25rd.
Ma" rch 14th to March 16th.
May 20th to June 2nd.
(b) Efrtra Assistant to HIM.Consul.
to Yezd
to Mahun
to Bam
to Tehran
Mr.H.Nicholas held charge of the post of Extra
Assistant to H.M.Consul, Kerman, until March 9th when he was
relieved by Mr.N.Lester who held charge for the remainder of
the year.
(c)
Cbnsular Statistics.
The following are the British Consulate statistics
for the year 1945:-
British Subjects registered ..
Pa ssports issued .. iF.
Passports renewed ..
Visas gra nted
Documents legalised
Certifica tes of Origin and Interest
Fees levied
9
6
1
129
35
28
£121/5/-
(d)
Official Celebrations.
Owing to restrictions imposed by the War no
officia 1 celebrations were held during the year. On New
Year f s Da y and on the King's Birthday the usual calls were
ma de on H.M.Consul by the civil and military officials in-
-cluding the leading notables and merchants of Kerman.
II. VISITORS TO KBRMAN.
M British Subjects .
1. Ma jor G.A.Naqvi,^Attache for Indian AAffairs,
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The volume contains typescript '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 1945' [1946] and typescript '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 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up 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. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear 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. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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