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'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [93v] (191/418)
The record is made up of 1 volume (205 folios). It was created in 1926-1931. 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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42
On the 7th December two aeroplanes of 84 (Bombing) Squadron, R.A. F..
visited Kuwait, and on the 29th December three aeroplanes, on each occa S1 on
returning the same day.
P ostal.
There was a weekly service of mail steamers from India throughout the
vear and a fortnightly service from Basrah. To supplement the latter, mans
were sent from fifsrah to Fao on alternate weeks, and brought from there by
water boat.
E xchange.
The rate of exchange of the Maria Theresa dollar varied from Us. 134-4-11
P er hundred dollars ^n February to Rs. 129-7-0 in November, the average
being Rs. 130-13-6 British sovereigns and Turkish pounds a\eraged Rs. 13- >-4
and Rs. il-5-8 respectively. , f „
Indian Currency notes were exchanged at par from t ,ie end of May to
the beginning of October, and at a small premium during the rest o the year,
6 annas per Rs. 100 being the highest, which was the rate at the close of the
year.
C limate.
The summer was an unpleasant one, as the or seasonal north-west
'wind which is supposed to blow for forty days from the 6th June, faded. The
highest temperature was 118° on the 25th August Ihe autumn was mddei
than usual, as too was the winter up to the close of the year Only 2 43 inches
of rain fell during the year, of which 1 '61 inches fell in the latter part ot the
year. This latter was well distributed, and, with the mild weather, there is
every prospect of a good spring in 1928.
gipd—m410 (c) f&pd—16-8-28—38.
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The volume includes 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 1925 (GIPS, 1926); 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 1926 (GIPD, 1927); 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 1927 (GIPD, 1928); 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 1928 (GIPS, 1929); [ 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 1929 ] (GIPS, 1930); 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 1930 (GIPS, 1931); . The volume bears some manuscript corrections.
The Administration Reports contain separate reports, arranged in chapters, on each of the principal Agencies, Consulates, and Vice-Consulates 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. , and provide a wide variety of information, including review 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. ; details of senior British administrative personnel and foreign representatives; local government; military, naval, and air force matters; political developments; trade and economic matters; shipping; aviation; communications; notable events; medical reports; the slave trade; and meteorological details.
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- 1 volume (205 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 207 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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- 'Administration Reports 1925-1930'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:206v, 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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