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'Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905' [15] (25/246)
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 VI.
15
CHAPTER VI.
Ports of Arabia to which the Government of India notification dated
9th January 1839 to apply.
Vessels of every description belonging to these ports to be provided
with Register or Passes countersigned by British officers.
1839-47.
I. On the 9th January 1839, the following notification was published by the
Government of India:—
<s No. 88, Separate Department, Fort William, the 9th January 1839.
"Under the authority conveyed to the Governor General of India in Council
11 by Act No. XIV of 1837, it is hereby directed, that goods imported into the
several Ports of the
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.
of Bombay, in the vessels of any of the
" States and Territories herein undermentioned, in which British Vessels are
" received and treated on terms as favorable as Native Vessels, and likewise
" goods exported from the Ports of Bombay in the Vessels of such States and
" territories, shall be treated and dealt with in all respects as goods imported and
" exported in British bottoms.
" 1. The Ports of Arabia and of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
" 2. Ports in the Red sea belonging to the Ruler of Egypt, and
" 3, The dominions of the King of Ava.
11 By order of the Hon'ble the President in Council,
(Sd.) H. T. PRINSEP,
Secy, to the Govt, of India"
This notification was re-published by the Bombay Government on the 2 1st
February 1839, and on the 2Sth March 1846 it was also made applicable to the
Government of Madras
From 1684-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Madras [Chennai] and southern India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj.
.
In a letter dated the 28th August 1846 Captain Hamerton, Her Majesty's
Consul at Zanzibar and the Hon'ble Company's Agent in the Dominions of the
Imam of Muscat, reported that in order to prevent Boats trading with Ports in
India, and other places, from unauthorisedly using His Highness' Flag, His
Highness had determined that henceforth, Vessels of every description, belonging
either to himself, or to his subjects, and sailing under his flag, should be pro
vided with a Register or Pass signed by Captain Hamerton.
In a letter dated 8th January 1847 from the
Government of Madras
From 1684-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Madras [Chennai] and southern India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj.
, the
Bombay Government were requested to inform that Government in what mode
the notification alluded to in paragraph 1 was understood and acted upon under
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.
. This reference
Volume r ^ x of 1847. was made in consequence of Mr. Blane,
the Collector of Kanara, having with reference to the recent resolution of His
Highness the Imam of Maskat, requiring all vessels sailing under his flag to
carry a pass signed by Captain Hamerton, expressed a doubt whether it was
not intended that the provisions of the notification issued by the Government of
India in January 1839, should apply only to Vessels belonging to Ports within
the Dominions of His Highness. The Revenue Board at Madras however
intimated to that Government that they considered the above notification admitted •
"to the privilege of British Bottoms, the Vessels of all the Ports of Arabia and
tl of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
."
A reference having on the 13th February 1847, been made to Mr. Spooner,
then Acting Collector of Customs, he stated that under the provisions of the
notification alluded to, "allgoods imported in Vessels from the Ports of Arabia
"and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
were treated and dealt with in all respects as goods imported
"in British Bottoms" until the receipt of Captain Hamerton's letter above
mentioned, " since which time an examination of the passes and certificates
14 brought by the Vessels arriving from the said Ports has taken place, and only
" those Vessels producing registers according to the form (resolved upon by the
" Imam) have been treated as British Bottoms."
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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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- 'Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905'
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- front, front-i, 1:2, 1:6, 1:6, 9:20, 20a:20b, 21:65, 65a:65b, 66:74, 76:80, 80a:80b, 81:86, 86a:86b, 87:104, 104a:104b, 105:110, 119:224, back-i, back
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