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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [114] (129/148)
The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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114 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS [No. 90
petroleum and partly to its appropriation of half the
pier dues (levied eight years before the pier itself was
built). Jedda and Yambo obtain revenues from
import duties; Sur and other rising little ports
epend laigely on zakcLt, or export duty, only a very
small proportion of which, if any, is remitted to the
central authority.
i The Suluba tribe, a non-Arab tribe scattered
throughout the nomads, pay a date-tax to the nomads
among whom they live.
Aden is under the control of the Bombay Govern
ment. Its budget in 1914-15 was approximately as
Receipts. £
Aden Port Trust Fund ... ... 34,000
Aden Settlement Fund
Local supply bills
Post Office ...
Excise, including customs duties
Income tax ...
Imperial and municipal receipts
28,000
257,000
34,000
6,300
5,000
215,700
£580,000
I he expenditure of the same year was approxi-
mately £556,000. In 1916-17 receipts amounted to
£741,160 and expenditure to £760,650.
The Aden Port Trust manages the port. Its chief
dutv is to see that the harbour depth is maintained,
funds for the purpose being obtained from landing
and shipping tolls and wharfage fees. The Aden
Settlement Fund is obtained from house-tax, octroi,
&c., and is devoted to sanitation, conservancy, and so
forth.
(2) Currency
1 he currency of Arabia is extremely chaotic. It
is largely influenced by economic and political factors,
nearness to and trade with another country will
induce the habit of accepting that country's coinage,
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This volume contains information on the geography, political history and economic conditions of Arabia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in April 1919.
It is divided into four sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'; 'Political History'; 'Political Conditions' and 'Economic Conditions'. There is an Appendix, containing tables regarding trade in Aden, Muscat and Bahrein, 1909-1917.
There is a map 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabia', compiled by the War Office on June 1914.
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- 1 volume (69 folios)
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the map on a sleeve on the inside back cover, on number 70.
Pagination: There is also an original pagination, iv-vi, 2-127.
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- 'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 1:130, ii-r:ii-v, 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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