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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [140v] (285/616)
The record is made up of 1 volume (304 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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Customs.
Finance.
Arms and
ammunition-
88
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.
The administration of the Customs has-been fairly satisfactory as far as
the public is concerned. No complaints of importance were made against
it by British subjects.
Nevertheless, the personnel employed are not sufficiently intelligent or
educated for the efficient discharge of their duties. No intelligent system of
accounts is kept either of money received or paid out. Seth Damoder Dharm-
sev, a
Bania
Merchant of Indian extraction.
, is the nominal head of the Customs. He, however, has been absent
in'India for six months, and in tiie interval Shaikh Abdul Karim, an Indian
Muhammadan, who was only a menial gatekeeper when Mohomed Ibrahim
supervised the Customs, has been left in sole charge, assisted by a few clerks of
Bania
Merchant of Indian extraction.
Damoder. it is a pity that hitherto His Highness the^ Sultan has not
thought it advisable to appoint an experienced officer who might reorganise
the entire administration to His Highness's great profit. Patting aside
political considerations, one of the stumbling blocks to that course has been
provided by the unprecedented import of arms and ammunition which lias
enormously swelled the Customs receipts, enabling the Sultan to get rid of his
debts and be free from pecuniary embarrassment for the first time since he
ascended the throne. All the arms merchants willingly pay him | a dollar
on each rifle imported in addition to the customs duty of 5 per cent, ad
valorem. The payment of this tax entitles the merchants to a free pass or
license from the Local Government to export the arms.
The Maria Theresa dollar still continues as the current coin in Maskat,
The great fluctuations in its value cause many of the merchants here to
speculate usually with disastrous results.
A suggestion to try and abolish the dollar and to introduce the Indian
rupee as the current coin is still under consideration. It is stated that the
Arabs are beginning to realize the great advantage of its stability.
Mr. Stephen, Manager of the National Bank of India, Ld., Karachi,
paid a private visit to Maskat in March. He stated that the opening of a sub*
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in connection with Karachi would be an easy matter. Many of the
merchants are anxious to see this plan adopted.
There was a still further and unprecedented increase in the arms traffio
over the preceding year amounting to 148 per cent. Last year it had
increased by 56 per cent, over the preceding year. In two years, therefore,
the trade has risen from Es. 6,10,6^5 to Rs. 41,85,760.
The following table shows the amounts imported from the different
countries
Belgium
United Kingdom
France
Germany . .
Biiles.
45,370
80,800
6,280
5,230
Revolvers.
1 ,565
1,220
220
Nil
Cartridges.
5,055,000
3,870,000
2,151,000
1 ,230,000
The English rifle is still very popular owing to its superior workmanship
and finish. The Belgian one is a plausible imitation of the English and owing
to its cheaper price has a very largre sale. The French and German rifles are
very inferior in quality. The pattern is the Martini-Henry type.
The average market price of a rifle with 100 cartridse is English Rs. 35,
Belgian Es. 30, French Rs. 18 and German Rs. 15. Most of the arms impor
ted are believed to have been sent up the Gulf in dhows.
Twenty thousand rifles with their complement of 100 rounds of ammunition
per rifle left for the Mekran Coast. His Majesty's ships employed to check the
traffic met with no success during the official year. The masters of the badans
and dhingies employed to transport the arms were paid freight money equal
to the value of the vessel tocoTer the risk of seizure by the men -of-war an
often received a bonus besides.
Most of the rifles carried across to Mekran were for Pathans who al
though expelled from Maskat by wish of the .Local Government collected in
large numbers near Jask waiting to receive the various consignments ana
thence convey them to Afghanistan.
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The volume contains Administration Report on 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 1905-1906 (Calcutta: Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1907); Administration Report on 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 Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1906-1907 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1908); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for 1907-1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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. and the Maskat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for April-December1908 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1909); 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 Ending 31st December 1909 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911); and 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 1910 (Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1911).
The Reports contain reviews 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. and chapters on each of the consulates, agencies, and other administrative regions that made up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . The Reports contain information on political developments, territorial divisions, local administration, principal tribes, British personnel and appointments, trade and commerce, naval and marine matters, communications, judicial matters, archaeology, pearl fisheries, the slave trade, arms and ammunition traffic, medical matters and public health, oil, notable visitors and events, meteorological data, and related topics.
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There is a list of contents at the front of each Report.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 306 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. 40, 261.
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