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'Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75.' [48v] (4/46)
The record is made up of 23 folios. It was created in 1875. 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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CONTENTS.
Contrasted Statement showing the value and description of goods imported into
Bahrein during the year 1873-74
Contrasted Statement showing the value and description of goods exported from
Bahrein during the year 1873-74 ... ... ... ... 22
Table showing average tonnage of vessels entering and leaving Arab Coast of
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during twelve months in 1874 ... ... ... 22
Abstract Table showing the total estimated value of the principal articles of
trade imported into the Arab Coast in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, known as the
Pirate Coast, extending from Ras-el-lvhymah to Aboothabee during the year
1874 ••• ••• ... ... ... 23
Abstract Table showing the total estimated value of the principal articles of
trade exported from the Arab Coast in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, known as the Pirate
Coast, extending from Ras-el-Khymah to Aboothabee during the year 1874 24
Table showing average tonnage of vessels entering and leaving the port of
Bunder Abbass during twelve months in 1874 ... ... ... 24
Abstract 1 able showing the total estimated value of the principal and other
articles of trade imported into Bunder Abbass during the year 1874 ... 25
Abstract Table showing the total estimated value of the principal and other
articles of trade exported from Bunder Abbass during the year 1874 ... 26
Memorandum on the cultivation and exportation of opium in Persia ... 26
Estimate of the quantity of opium cultivated annually in Persia between the
years 1868-69 and 1874-75 ... ... ... ... 28
Statement showing the manner in which opium was exported from Persia
during the year 1874 ... ... ... ... 29
Statement showing the probable export of opium from Persia during the vear
1874-75 ... ... ... ... 6 ■\ <> 29
Memorandum on the Trade of Muscat for 1874-75 ... ... ... 29
Table showing average tonnage of vessels entering and leaving the port of
Muscat during twelve months 1874-75 ... ... ... 31
Exports—Estimate for the year 1874-75 ... ... ... ... 31
Imports—Estimate for the year 1874-75 ... ... ... ... 32
Contrasted Statement showing the numbers of vessels entering and leaving the
port of Muscat ... ... ... 35
Contrasted Statement showing the value and description of goods exported from
Muscat ... ... ... ... 37
Contrasted Statement showing the value and description of goods imported
into Muscat ... ... ... ... ... 38
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Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Muscat Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the Year 1874-75 , printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1875.
The report consists of a number of subsections, as follows:
- An administration report by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, with notes on personnel changes, Royal Navy vessels serving in the region,disturbances on land, The Maritime Truce, weather and winds, Bahrein [Bahrain], the coast from Kutr (Guttur) [Qatar] to the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al ʻArab], the Persian coast, the town and district of Bushire, postal services, and the slave trade (folios 49-52);
- A report on trade, also written by Ross (signed and dated 18 June 1875) (folios 51-52);
- Twenty-three tables and statements of trade statistics and data, including a memorandum on the opium trade, written by George Lucas, Uncovenanted Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 25 January 1875 (folios 52-63);
- A memorandum on the trade of Muscat, with six accompanying tables of trade statistics and data, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Miles Barrett, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and Consul at Muscat (folios 63-69).
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- 23 folios
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The report is arranged in sub-sections, those relating to the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. appearing first, those related to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat appearing second. There is a table of contents (folio 48) that gives page references.
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- 'Annual Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1874-75.'
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- 47r:69v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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