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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [87r] (186/414)
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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*5*
Imports Exports
1943-U
1944-45
1943-44
1944-4;
Aden and Aden
Protectorate
3.20%
2.0tf
4.00$
0.54$
Africa
16.40^
41.54$
2.00$
0.59$
Australia
-
u.m>
-
-
India
68.00$
31.32%
56.00$
39.11$
Iraq
0.6C$
14.51$
12.50$
2.49$
Persia
3*00%
2.20%
4.00$
13.24$
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
6.80%
2.19$
21.00$
41-95$
Portuguese
India
United Kingdom
1.00%
1.00$
0.19$
United States
of America
Palestine
""
0.11$
0.39
0.10
Syria
-
-
-
1.59
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
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The main imports were cereals, coffee, sugar and
tea; and exports consisted mainly of dates and fish.
(2) The exchange rate of the Maria Theresa
dollar, the local currency, remained fairly constant through
out the year, opening at Rs.223/- per 100 M .T. dollars and
closing at Rs,2A8/- per 100 M.T. dollars. The highest rate
was R s .260/- recorded in July and the lowest Rs.213/- in June,
(3) Trade conditions were as favourable as could
be expected, except for the marketing of the date crop. Prices
fetched for Muscat dates in India had, in previous years, been
rising, but during 1945 the difficulty of transport, particular
lyfor distribution within India, caused a considerable drop in
prices and lossesx to a number of merchants.
V. THE SOUTH ARABIA An ROUTE .
The American Air Transport Command ceased operating
from aerodromes in Muscat territory in May. These aerodromes
continued, however, to be operated by the Royal Air Force.
VI. FRENCH INTERESTS .
The French Consulate remained closed throughout
the year and it is understood that the French Consulate buildin
has now been returned to the Sultan by the French Government.
VII. MISSIONARY WORK .
The American Mission continued its work under the
charge of Rev. Dykestra and Dr. W.W. Thoms. Plans have been
prepared and a site cleared for the addition of two infectious
diseases wards to the Mission Hospital at Mutrah.
Slavery
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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]'
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- 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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