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Persian Gulf Administration Reports 1883/84 - 1904/05 [‎253r] (510/602)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (299 folios). It was created in 1884-1906. 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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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. AND MASK AT POLITICAL AGE N C Y FOR THE YEAR 1901-1902. 19
Wheat. —The decline of Rs. 1,59,472 is due to no shipments having been
made abroad owing to a partial failure of the crop and heavy prices ruling in
the local market.
Q um ,—The decline of Rs. 1,14,234 is owing to a dull market abroad and
large quantities lying uncleared in London did not afford sufficient inducement
to shipments being made to any considerable extent.
Hides and Skins. —Trade in this article which had dwindled to a consider
able extent due to plague and quarantine measures in India, is again regaining
its old proportion, and this year the increase recorded is Es. 2,64,970. A large
quantity was exported to India and to the United Kingdom. The shipments to
India are, as a rule, intended for transhipment abroad.
Qr)ium The^decrease under this head is Es. 5,30,575. Prices in China
having J fallen heavily, merchants have been unwilling to part with their stock
and a 5 large quantity is accumulated in the country. It is said that this fall in
price is principally due to adulteration of the drug being carried on to a consi
derable extent; and unless some supervision is exercised in the preparation of
the drug, Persian opium may eventually be discredited in China. The attention
shewn by Japan to Persian opium, is likely to promote exportation to that
country. Two Japanese gentlemen, experts in opium, visited the principal
opium centres in Persia to study the conditions of the trade and methods of the
preparation of the drug.
The decrease under this head is Es. 37,490 due to high prices
ruling in the local market, and the markets abroad being overstocked. The
export has been in the hands of regular shippers.
Tohacco.—Wiz increase of Es. 67,890 is merely nominal. In reality the
tobacco crop has been a failure, specially in the Ispahan district, where it is
largely cultivated. It is said that the Societe-du-Tombac has sublet its conces
sions to a syndicate of Turkish subjects in Beyrout, who have sent a representa
tive to Ispahan. This monopoly continues to be distasteful to Persian merchants,
but as the Societe pays a certain subsidy to the Persian Government, the priests
and the merchants are unable to free themselves from the yoke of the foreign
monopolists.
Wool —Though the statistics show an increase of Es. 55,640, yet operations
have been "disappointing. The expected prices which led to the shipments were
xicxt
Carpets —The decrease of Rs. 2,63,384 is due to the overstocked state of
the markets abroad, in consequence of which, shipments fell considerably.
0. A. KEMBALL,
Eis Britann
for Far Si Khuzistan, etc.
B ushtre j
The 31st March 1902,

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The volume contains printed copies of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Administration Reports. The Reports are incomplete (according to the introductory letters and lists of contents). Some of the Reports bear manuscript corrections. The following Reports are represented :

The Reports include a general summary 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. (covering the constituent agencies and consulates 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. , and topics such as the slave trade, piracy, the movements of Royal Navy ships, official appointments, and the weather); meteorological tables; separate reports on Muscat (also referred to as Maskat); reports on trade and commerce; and a number of appendices on special topics, such as supplementary notes on the care and culture of date trees and fruit (Report, 1883-84), historical sketch of the Portuguese in eastern Arabia (Report, 1884-85), notes on a tour through Oman and El-Dhahireh [Al Dhahirah] by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles (Report, 1885-86), notes on cholera in Persia (Report, 1889-90), report on the cholera epidemic in Maskat, Matrah, and Oman (Report, 1899-1900), and information on individuals and tribes.

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1 volume (299 folios)
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The Reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is an introductory letter/table of contents at the front of each Report, but these show that the Reports are not complete.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 3 on the second folio after the front cover, and continues through to 299 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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