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‘Trade of United Kingdom and India with Persian Gulf ports.’ [15r] (7/26)
The record is made up of 1 file (13 folios). It was created in 1909. 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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6 ^428,400, of which a large proportion was probably
British in origin.
Again, both British and Indian goods reach Persia
via Asiatic T^jrkey (Baghdad) and are credited to the
latter.
The Persian returns, which take account of all
goods reaching Persia from England or India, by whatever
route, show that the United Kingdom' is about 50 per cent*
greater than the Indian, and the United Kingdom and
Indian returns, so f ar as they go, support the view
that British trade is consiaerably larger than Indian*
It should be added that the Persian returns given
above -relate to both merchandise and treasure, whereas
the Indian and United Kingdom returns relate to
merchandise only. About ^ of the value of the exports
to India from Persia in 1906"? consisted of gold and
silver specie, according to the Persian returns*
(Intld.) H.J.T.
5/4/09*
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The papers constitute a report, prepared by Henry John Tozer of the Revenue and Statistics Department of the 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. in April 1909, of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The contents of the report are as follows:
- A summary with tabulated figures (folio 13), for the value of trade between the United Kingdom and India, and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports of Bushire, Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Arabistan [Khuzestan], Oman and Bahrein [Bahrain], for the period 1907-08;
- A report of trade with Persia (folios 14-15), which includes figures for Russian trade into and out of Persia;
- Copies of memoranda (folios 16-17), dated 15 July 1908, concerning Indian trade with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- A report of the trade of England and India with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 18-20), covering the period 1895-1907;
- Muscat trade (folios 21-22), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1896-1907;
- Bahrain trade (folios 23-24), including a summary and tabulated data for the period 1897-1906.
Preceding the report is a note (folio 12), whose author is unknown, which summarises the proportion that the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. trade represents to the total trade to the United Kingdom and India.
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Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 12, and terminates at f 24, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 12-24; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- ‘Trade of United Kingdom and India with Persian Gulf ports.’
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- 12r:24v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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