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'Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80' [44v] (95/164)
The record is made up of 1 volume (78 folios). It was created in 1919. It was written in English and French. 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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ECONOMIC CONDITIONS [No.so
of the port, as given in the British Consular Reports,
has in recent years been as follows;—
—
1895
1900
1905
f
1909-10
1913-14
Exports to all destina
tions
Imports from all
sources ..
£
325,000
477,000
£
103,000
339,000
£
152,000
384,000
£
202,000
340,000
£
266,700
459,000
The harbour is well protected, but the beach is very
shelving, and the anchorage (in 4r| fathoms) is about
3 miles off shore. There is a masonry pier 100 yds.
long and 10 yds. wide, at which all goods are landed
from boats and lighters, but, except for three hours
before and three hours after high tide, it is high and
dry. In calm weather as many as four lighters can
discharge at one time, but in bad weather landing
operations are difficult if not impossible. In order to
enable the pier to be used both at low and high tides by
ordinary country boats, which require a depth of nine
feet when fully loaded, the pier should be extended for
at least another 210 yds.
The Customs administration is very defective, and is
the object of many complaints. Goods frequently
suffer considerable damage before they are despatched
upon the caravan journey up-country, in the course of
which further damage awaits them unless they are very
securely packed.
The following steamship lines made Bandar Abbas
a port of call before the war:—
British India Steam Navigation Co.: weekly on both
outward and homeward journeys.
Bombay-Persia Steam Navigation Co.: fortnightly
on the outward journey.
Hamburg-America Line: monthly on the outward
journey.
Arab Steamship Co., Ltd.: monthly on both outward
and homeward journeys.
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This volume concerns the geography, political history and economic conditions of Persia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in June 1919.
It is divided into three sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'(folios 4-8); 'Political History'(folios 9-32); 'Social and Political Conditions' (folios 33-36) and 'Economic Conditions' (folios 37-64). In Appendix, extract from treaties, in English and French, and statistic tables regarding trade in Persia 1910-1915.
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- 1 volume (78 folios)
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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 last folio with text, on number 78. There is also an original pagination, from 1 to 149.
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- 'Persia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 80'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:78v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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