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'Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905' [‎3] (13/246)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (121 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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PART I—CHAPTER II.
3
CHAPTER II.
Regulations for country ships visiting Bushire, 1813.
When Mr. Bruce was in Bombay in 1813, he complained of the incon-
Political Department Diary No, ^oo-i<S/3. p.p. \6nienC0 CailS0cI by the Conduct of the
2732'2736. Bombay Castle, 8th September 1813. masters of COUOtry VCSSels that visited that
Port arising from the want of some regulations for their guidance; and having
been requested to submit what he conceived to be necessary to remedy the evil
complained of, he formed the following draft Regulations to be observed by the
commanders of ships and others visiting Bushire :—
The Commanders of all ships and vessels with British passes or navigated by British
subjects are immediately on their arrival to wait on the Resident with the manifest of the
cargo and Port clearance from the last English Port; with a list containing the names
and stations of his crew and also the names and descriptions of passengers if he should
have any on board.
а. No ship or vesssel is to leave the Port until the Commander shall have received a
Certificate from the Resident that he has paid all the customary port charges, pilotage,
etc., and conduct himself with propriety towards the natives and that neither the Govern
ment or inhabitants have any legal claims against him.
3. Timely notice is also to be given to the Resident of the period fixed for the de
parture of any ship or vessel in order that he may be enabled to have his dispatches ready
for transmission by the time of her sailing and every Commander is to wait on
the Resident for the purpose of receiving them with his port certificate,
4. All Commanders of ships or vessels are expected to convey, as is done from other
ports in India, the Cape, St. Helena, and at England the Public Packets to and from the
Gulfs of Persia and Arabia free of charge, provided they are not required to wait for
them, in which case an allowance at a reasonable rate per diem, to be agreed upon by the
Resident and the Commanders, according to the class of ship or vessel, will be allowed for
the number of days the ship or vessel may be so detained, but it is at the same time to be
understood that no such detention shall be enforced without the consent of the Commanders.
5. No Commander or any other Officer shall on any account abuse or ill-treat the
Natives; and incase there should be any cause of complaint against them, the Commander
is to be exhibited the charges against the offenders to the Resident, who will institute an
enquiry into the case and see justice done to the parties.
б. As no vessels are to be furnished with pilots from Carrack without receiving
permission of the Resident, application is to be made to him for that purpose that he may
procure the regular from the Governor of Bushire; but previous to receiving such order
the amount of pilotage to and from Bussora, with one month's detention money must be
lodged with the Resident, who will pass his receipt for the same, and on the return of the
vessel from Bussora, the Resident will settle with the pilot, receiving from the Commander
such amount as may be requisite or refunding such overplus as may remain.
7. The pilots are not to be ill-treated nor abused ; but should the Commanders have
any cause of complaint against them they are to make the same known to the Resident, in
order that he may represent the case to the Governor of Bushire ; that, if on enquiry the
pilots should be found deserving of punishment, they may suffer such punishment as may
be ordered to be inflicted.
If any pilot sent on board should not appear to be sufficiently acquainted with thd
navigation of the River or Hanks ; and be likely from ignorance, to expose the ship or
vessel to risk, the Commander suspend him from his duty, but in doing this he is not as has
too often been the case, to ill-treat or abuse him allow him to remain on board till his
arrival at Bussora when he is to be sent on shore; on such occasions the pilot will only
receive a portion of pilotage: viz. If suspended after entering the river one-half; and if
previously thereto one third.
8. Commanders of ships and vessels are positively prohibited from receiving any
Native Passenger without the written permission of the Governor of Bushire countersigned
by the Resident, nor is he to take on board any British subject or Native of India as a passen
ger or otherwise without the sanction of the Resident.

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The volume is a précis on trade and communications in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in 1906.

The volume begins with a preface by Saldanha, written on 26 March 1906, and is then organised into five parts, each divided into chapters, and eight appendices at the end, as follows:

Part I, Regulations and Duties, 1803-1847: Chapter I, Line of conduct to be pursued by the Resident at Basrah with regard to the American vessels trading in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1803; Chapter II, Regulations for country ships visiting Bushire, 1813; Chapter III, Rules for the guidance of British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1831; Chapter IV, Export and import duties in Persia and export of mules and horses from Persia, 1822-23, 1835-42; Chapter V, Question of exempting Arab ships from the discriminating duty imposed on foreign ships, 1836-37; Chapter VI, Ports of Arabia to which the Government of India notification dated 9 January 1839 should apply. Vessels of every description belonging to those ports to be to be provided with Registers or Passes countersigned by British Officers, 1839-47; Chapter VII, Mode and extent of taxation in operation at Bushire and surrounding districts, 1847.

Part II, Trade and Traffic, 1834-71: Chapter VIII, Report in the trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1834; Chapter IX, Traffic between Karachi and Bushire and other Persian Ports, 1854-58; Chapter X, Trade between Bombay and Bushire and Basrah [Basra], 1856-57; Chapter XI, Trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1863-1869; Chapter XII, Colonel Pelly's reports on the trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1870-71; Chapter XIII, List of British subjects and British protected persons on the Persian Court and islands, 1869.

Part III, Review of the Trade reports from 1872 to 1905: Chapter XIV, Trade of the Gulf of Oman and Persia, 1873-1905; Chapter XV, Persian Opium Trade.

Part IV, The Gulf Telegraph Line: Chapter XVI, Construction of the Telegraph Line; Chapter XVII, Telegraph Station at Fao; Chapter XVIII, Telegraph Station at Bushire; Chapter XIX, Medical arrangements for telegraph stations at Bushire, Fao and Jask.

Part V, Miscellaneous: Chapter XX, Wreck of the SS Hallamshire near Ras-el-Hadd and the measures proposed for the prevention of wreckage by the wild tribes on the Arabian Coasts, 1878; Chapter XXI, New system of registration of native owned vessels in the Gulfs of Persia and Oman, 1883-84.

Appendices: Appendix A, Statement of the exports and imports of Bushire, 1832-34; Appendix B, Statements of Trade between Bushire and Basrah and Bombay, 1857; Appendix C, Comparative statements of exports of Bushire, 1863-65; Appendix D, Trade Returns appended to Colonel Pelly's letter No. 86-37, dated 23 April 1870; Appendix E, Returns of British subjects and British Protected persons on the Persian coast and Islands, 1869; Appendix F, Comparative Statements of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trade with the Principal Countries, 1873-1905; Appendix G, Contrasted Statements of Principal Exports and Imports from and to the Ports in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. namely Bushire, Lingah, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Bahrein [Bahrain], Basrah, and Maskat [Muscat] from 1893 to 1904; Appendix H, Returns of Shipping of the Ports of Bushire, Maskat and Basrah.

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1 volume (121 folios)
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The volume is arranged in parts, each relating to a different subject. Each part is arranged roughly chronologically and divided into chapters. There is a list of contents on folios 3 to 4, with no reference to folio or page numbers.

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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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