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'Administration Reports 1920-1924' [40v] (85/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (202 folios). It was created in 1921-1925. 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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62
administration report of the i
The price of dollars varied constantly during the year due to the fluctua
tion of the silver market.
Trade.
The average monthly rates were :—
J armary
February
March
April ,
May .
June .
July .
August
September
•October
November
December
Re.
256 per 100 dollars.
•242
239-5
226
213
193
207
208-2 „
206-2 „
213
215
204
Por the year ending 31st March 1920 imports, for Muscat and Muttra
only, amounted to Rs. 39,20,444 and exports to Es. 43,15,080 as compared to
Us. 43,49,471 and Rs. 36,34,842 last year. The total volume of trade therefore
remains about the same.
Trade is now almost entirely concentrated in British Indian hands, and
the Arab merchants of Sur are now the sole survisors of the enterprising
Omani traders of former days. Even the Arab merchants of the interior are
not traders in the true sense of the term, as they only buy and sell from the
Banians and Khojas of Muscat and Muttra who absolutely control prices and
supplies.
The lack of rain affected the date crop slightly, and t^e supply of fodder
and locally grown cereals seriously. The price of camels has gone down 50
per cent, due to the lack of fodder and the poverty on the
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
,
caused by the stagnation in the pearl market, which has greatly diminished the
demand.
The slump in prices at the end of the year resulted in merchants being
left with considerable stocks of rice which they had bought in anticipation of
the continuance of high prices. There is therefore a momentary cessation of
imports, holders of stocks endeavouring to keep up prices by artificial scarcity
and so to save as much as possible of their losses. This combined with the
decreased purchasing power of the dollar due to the fall in the exchange has
reacted somewhat hardly on the poorer classes.
There has been a remarkable decline in the trade and population of
Muscat during the year, at the expense of the neighbouring port of Muttra.
The trade of Muscat with the cessation of the arms traffic has been confined
for some time to the supply of interior Oman and the Oman coast. !Por this
purpose Muttra is far better adapted than Muscat as it is in direct communica
tion by caravan road with the interior and more suitable for sailing vessels.
jj J ost of Muscat is now empty and in ruins and the value of house property has
greatly decreased, while the reverse is the case in Muttra.
Ichabod may well be added to the numerous names that adorn its red hot
rocks.
Monsieur Vadala, Prench Consul at Bombay, arrived here on 2nd December
and left with Monsieur Yvoneou on 20th December for Bombay.
The affairs of the French Consulate and Coal Depot have been wound
up and the depot leased to His Britannic
Majesty's Government from 1st January
1921 for the period of a year,
charge of the Mission. Doctor (Miss)
Hosmon and Miss Lutton were among
the members of the mission. As usual
Bev. V. Peursem and Miss Hosmon went to India on their summer recess in
French interests,
Bed. G, Van Peursem was in
American Mission.
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The volume contains the following Reports: Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1920 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1921); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1921 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1922); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1922 ; Annual Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the Year 1923 ; and 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 1924 .
The Reports consist of chapters containing separate administration reports on each of the agencies, consulates, vice-consulates and other administrative areas that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . In addition, the Report for 1923 commences with a review of the year as a whole 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. . The Reports show some manuscript corrections.
The Reports include information on personnel; foreign representatives; local government; the administration of justice; political developments; notable events; official visits; military and naval matters; shipping and maritime matters; trade and commerce; economic matters; customs administration; pearl fisheries; British interests; oil; roads and communications; postal services; aviation; arms traffic; medical and health matters; water supply; meteorological conditions; slavery; and related matters.
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- 1 volume (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. There is a list of contents toward the front of each Report.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 204 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 89-91.
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- 'Administration Reports 1920-1924'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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