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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎144r] (300/414)

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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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(d) POST AND TSLEG-RAPHS.
(i) The Indian Postal Administration continued to
run the Post Office throughout the year. Theland
telegraph line to Basra has worked satisfactorily & although
there were occasional breakdowns resulting in considerable
inconvenience to the Kuwait Oil Company and to the mercant
ile community. The Director of Posts and Telegraphs,^ Sind *
and Baluchistan Circle, Karachi has authorised the Sub-
Postmaster, Kuwait to accept and transmit messages written
in Arabic. It has not been possible to do so for lack of
trained personnel.
The Post Office continued to operate a twice-
weekly mail service in each direction between Basra and
Kuwait.
(ii) Messrs. Gable and Wireless have ^continued to
operate their wireless telegraph station efficiently. The
automatic telephone system installed by Gable and tireless
only serves 100 subscribers. There are 135 applications
for new connections pending with the Cable and ./ireless
and an expansion to 300 phones is planned.
(e) MUNICIPALITY .
The af^irs of the Municipality were directed
personally by^His Highness. Its activities are mostly
confined to a weekly meeting and routine registration work.
(f) haj .
The pilgrim traffic through Kuwait was very small
on account of the continued ban by the Saudi Government on
the entry of persons into their territory who were not in
possession of regular travel papers and money to pay the
oilprim tax of Saudi Hials 520 . About 700 people, mostly
Kuwaitis of Persian origin, left for the Haj during the
vear. 300 Kuwaitis performed the journey on camel-back
and the charges va^fried from Rs 400/ to 500/- per head for
hire of camel exclusive of food. 400 liajis went by motor
transport paying Ha 1,000/- for a fronjf seat in a lorry or
Rs 800/- for a back seat. A seat in a saloon car cost
us £ 000/-. These charges were inclusive of tax, water and
tenta^e. Durin^ the months of August and September Indian
destitutes, mostly Sindtiis, started arriving in Kuwait on
their way to Mecca. They came by foot and occasionally
bv boat from Makran, mostly via Gwadur, Muscat, the Trucial
Coast and ^atar, but some follo¥;ed the South Persian Coast.
None of these had any means of subsistence and were in rags.
In October they tried to proceed from Kuwait to Mecca on
foot but were twice turned back by Ibn 3aud T s frontier
o-na-rds A batch of 18 sent a telegram to Ibn Saud stating
tint they had come on foot all the way from India, and not
oniv obtained permission but had a lorry sent for them by
t be kin^ and the customary tax remitted. The destitutes
rm :beriS- 55 adults and 2 children were maintained here,
and repatriated at the expense of the Government of India.
(g ] PICAHLJ. «
The pearling season, which was split into two halves
nn account of Ramadhan, resulted in a good yield. ^About 130
dhows took part. The following were the ruling prices
rs 5°°/- to p ' s ,V e l o ^ 0w
Shirin Rs ^ «n/ " ft
Na'im • • riS if," 0 'Jl'T ff , T
Golwa 10^" to 1! 15^- " "
Badla 10 > " to hs 15 /
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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.

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1 volume (203 folios)
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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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