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'Administration Reports 1905-1910' [‎216v] (437/616)

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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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16
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP
in the Gulf Trade resulting from the failure of crops and scarcity of grain.
Their vessels brought 17,097 packages to Bushire as compared with 19,869 in
1908 and 3 of the steamers left the Gulf in ballast. Only 2,657 packages were
exported from Bushire as compared with 4,272 in 1908.
The chief item of import has been Belgian sugar and Galician kerosine,
but owing to their direct connection with Antwerp, the German line are
generally at an advantage compared wih the 3 British Lines. Messrs. Wonck-
haus now have ten Europeans in the Gulf ports, and the German line
appears to depend on them for its cargo; thus, out of 104,410 packages im
ported to all Gulf ports 73,682 were for Messrs. Wonckhaus or their clients.
Messrs Wonckhaus & Co. have not been much in evidence during the
year as far as Bushire is concerned. Like other firms importing from Europe,
and from the same causes, their local business was practically paralysed.
The only fact worthy of record is the attempt believed to have been made
by them to secure the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of the Societe du Tambac. The contract for
shipping the Society's consignments had of late years been in the hands of
the Russian Steamship Company, but this contract is shortly coming to an
end and the German Firm were anxious to secure the next one for German
Shipping.
His Majesty's Minister was addressed and received the authority of the
Foreign Office to do what was possible, in co-operation with his Russian
colleague to bring about the re-appointment of the Russian Agent when the
time came. His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Marling, reported in reply
that the Society was practically a department of the Ottoman Bank, and that
there was nothing he could do to influence it. The Tehran Manager however
informed him that the contract did not expire for another year, and that the
best, offer obtainable when the time came, would be accepted.
The general health of Bushire has been good. As regards the rest of the
Gulf, there was a mild outbreak of
Quarantine and Health. plague at Bahrain between the 12th of
May and 24th of June, during which time 27 deaths from plague were re^
ported. The disease died out as in previous years as soon as the great heat
commenced.
The Quarantine Administration worked very smoothly throughout the
year; the 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. Surgeon's relations with the Sanitary Council at Tehran
were' cordial and satisfactory, and no causes of friction worth mentiomng
arose in the Gulf.
The 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. Surgeon's Memorandum is attached.
The Resident and His Majesty's Consul-General had received instruc
tions during the previous cold weather
Movements and changes of officers. to proceed to Tehran in the spring to
discuss various matters wUth His Majesty's Minister. His departure was
rendered impossible however by the Nationalist movement in Bushire, and the
season having become so far advanced by the time it became practicable for
him to leave, he requested permission, on urgent private grounds, to take 3^
months' privilege leave to Europe and to proceed to Tehran from London.
Sanction was accorded to this proposal and he accordingly left on the 25tn
of, August, Major A. P. Trevor, First Assistant, acting for him during nis
absence. Colonel Cox had a satisfactory visit to His Majesty's Minister,
early in November, and returned to London, where he was detained on duty
until early in the new year.
The 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. Surgeon, Captain T. S. B. Williams, I.M.S., after 3|
years in the post, was placed on deputation, in November 1909, for the purpose
of continuing, at one of the leper hospitals in the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , tne
Deycke treatment which he had used with a considerable amount of success
among lepers an Bushire {vide the last year's report).
He was relieved by Captain C. B. McConaghy, I.M.S., formerly Resi
dency Surgeon at Baghdad, on the 22nd of November.
Captain M. F. White, I.M.S., Mobile Assistant to the Chief Quarantme
Officer, proceeded on furlough in March 1909, and was not replaced, it bei g

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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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1 volume (304 folios)
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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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