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'35/149 I (A 67) Batineh date trade. Dowson's reports' [51r] (107/164)
The record is made up of 1 volume (78 folios). It was created in 15 Nov 1927-28 Aug 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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with that. I do not thiiifc I wxild attenpt tho interior;
baoauae tha datos ther© or® more soattared, and baoausa of
tha politioal diffioalties* You # I expeot, will not b« in
Masoat in » bat if you could laave a vrord with tha nioa
old lall of Mat rah thfet you would be obligad, if h@ ^would give
me one of his saalliwago as a guide and give ma his blessing
then, I think, all would be wall,
I heard yesterday that there ia now a Ford agent in ITuscat
la that so t and t if ao # what is his name, that I may get
into touoh with him ? How doea one manage for petrol along
the Bat in ah ? carry it with one ? That should not be
difficult. It would mean lugging along about five tins, I
sappose*
You are no doubt familiar with -a^or Gill's note on Malaria
in Fruseat. I road it vshen it was first ubliahed; but, when I
wanted to reread it a little while ago, I found it was out of
print In England» But 1 got a oopy from India, and it has just
arrived# Ilia description of the climate is so documented, so
calm, so free from exaggeration that I feel tempted to say to
myself, ^Let the dates of : Muscat steam in their own juice I?
✓
The aooounta of the old travellers, who reported finding
boiled gazelle lyin^ on tho d8sert do not so much make one's
hair rise as Gill 1 a figures#
^hat exactly are the prioes in your schedule based ? Are
they the figures used by the Customs for estimating export
duty ? Or are they bazaar wholesale prices ? Or are they tha
average of weeJcly prices ? Or how are they obtained ? I
presume they are not the pfrices actually paid to the garden
owners, which, I imagine, would be less than these# MOTI I
teke to be a synooym for tUGC 3XLAL, the commonest of the
Batinah dates#
Would it be any more difficult to load steamers at (say)
Kh aba rah than it is now at Tlatrah ? In both, native craft
o •
would have to be used at lighters. Am I right in believing that
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Consists of a report by Valentine Hugh Wilfred Dowson entitled 'Notes on a few day's journey to the West of Maskat'. The report is divided into sections including climate; geology; communications; flora and fauna. There then follows three sections on agriculture. Agriculture I reports on labour, cultivation and implements and irrigation. The section 'Agriculture II' reports on dates and date palms, their distribution and incidence; cultivation; date of ripening; cooked dates, disease, yield, price, packing and varieties. The section 'Agriculture III' examines other crops such as fruit trees and ground crops. Other sections cover population, government, and trade.
There is correspondence between Dowson and Major George Patrick Murphy, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Muscat discussing the report's significance. Also included is correspondence between Lionel Berkeley Haworth, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the 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. and Department of Overseas Trade about the potential of the date trade in Muscat.
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- 1 volume (78 folios)
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The contents page for the report is given on folio 26.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A second foliation sequence runs between ff 2-71; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and type (sometimes the pencil corrects the type, or duplicates it), are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
Foliation errors. 1 and 1A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/460
- Title
- '35/149 I (A 67) Batineh date trade. Dowson's reports'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:78v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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