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'Administration Reports 1920-1924' [129v] (263/412)
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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10
annual eepokt of the
SECTIONS.
T eade and T eade F acilities.
Trade. —During the year, the tendency shewn in last year's Trade Eeport
for the reduction of the adverse trade balance, has continued.
The value of imports is being reduced and that of the exports increasing.
This increase is due mainly to the export of opium. In the year 1922, the total
number of cases of opium exported from Bushire was 1,567 at an average price
of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
1,200 each. In 1923 the number of cases increased to 4,090 and the
price to
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
1,400. This resulted in an increase in the value of this export
of Ts. 3,845,600 or £76,912 at an average rate of Krans 50=£1.
On the whole, trade has been very dull, money being tight, but this quiet
period is generally regarded as a healthy sign, as it enables the country to re
cover from the inflated conditions which immediately followed the War.
No foreign ship visited the port during the year.
T eade C ommunications.
Roads. —Since the trade of Bushire is mainly due to the use of the town as
an entrepot for commerce destined for the interior, the safety of the main artery
for the distribution of this trade—namely the Bushire-Shiraz road—is a large
factor in determining its volume.
^ Since the disbandment of the South Persia Rifles the road had been guarded
by irregular (and irregularly paid) riflemen whose extortions were only slight
ly more endurable than those of robbers. Since March 1923, however, the road
has been guarded by Cossacks of the regular Persian Army and under this
regime, the complaints of travellers on this road have been very greatly reduced.
Muleteers and others are very satisfied with this arrangement.
There is another-aspect of the military control which was, however, pro
ductive of bad results. This is the presence in Dashti and Dashtistan of a
Persian force sent there to collect arrears of revenue. The officers and men
of this force were in the habit of commandeering mules and muleteers both
for Government use and for their own. This became so common that muleteers
sometimes refusal to take loads along the road and when they could be persuaded
lo do so, demanded extra hire. This naturally increased the price of goods in
the interior and reduced demand.
The exaction of illegal taxes from travellers on the road continues despite
the efforts of the Minister of War in November 1922. ' Navaghel ' or municipal
lax continues to be levied at two points on the road on all vehicles and animals.
The other taxes ' rahdari ' ' alifi etc., are still collected.
The condition of the actual road steadily deteriorated. There was a certain
amount of motor traffic up and down, but if it is intended to open up the road
on a service scale for motor (passenger) traffic (and a Parsi Syndicate has
ambitions in this direction) very considerable repairs and alterations will have
to be undertaken. As the Persian Government intends to use the road for
large cars and the transport of heavy and bulky military material, it is probable
that something will be done. The very heavy winter rains have already done
a lot of damage to the surface and it is clear to everybody who has seen the
road that to put it into proper order, and to keep it in reasonable repair, will
be a very costly business, especially so long as the existing alignment, which
was never meant for motor traffic, is adhered to. But the cost of the diversion
which was aligned by the engineers of the British force in 1919 and which in
volves building a new road over hilly country for about 60 miles, will probably
be heavier than the Persian Government can face at present.
P ostal F acilities.
As had been arranged at the Postal Conference held at Bushire in December
1922, the Indian Post Office handed over charge to the Persian Postal Authori
ties on 14th April. It was hardly to be expected that after little more than
6 months the Persian Postal service should be able to invite serious comparison
with that of the Indian Postal Department with its 60 years * experience in the
Grtilf. And in many ways the new service is indifferent. There has been at times
an insufficiencv of stamps, and there is regularly a ereat delay in the delivery of
the "nareels. The rupee money order and-V. P. P. system has almost ceased
to exist. The defects are not due to lack of willingness on the part of the local
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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)
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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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