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'File 9/23 I Fishing schemes in Persian Gulf' [12v] (24/80)
The record is made up of 1 file (28 folios). It was created in 16 Aug 1944-21 Nov 1944. 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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PRESSiTT FRESH FISH GOLLECTIOII AHD DI S TRIBURIOH ^GHELIR RT
This successful fresh fish collection scheme,
mhiny use of available local fishermen and their traps, is^
catchinp fish at a rate of about 800 tons per year* The fish
are divided into several categories, 1st quality beiny sold to
Staff in the Company^ retail shops, 2nd quality mainly goiny
to the Staff restaurant, and 3rd quality beiny sold at a fixed
price through the I.Iuaicipal fish bazaar, v;hich is under AIOC
control* Those three categories arc based on the species of
fish primarily, but occasionally when 1st quality fish has
deteriorated slightly on account of slov; transport, it may be
sold off as 3rd quality. The bulb of the 3rd quality fish
consists of “Soboor 1 ', a herring-liho species (Hilsa ilisha).
Tho catch of this species is mcojsured by number o:d.y, other
wise all quantities arc in lbs* Roughly speaking however
tho average weight of the individual "Seboor*' works out at
about 1 lb* The catches monthly since the start of the .
scheme in February 1943 are stated by AIOC to have been;as
follows: -
/“S
1943
Total of 1st
plus 2nd qua
lity in lbs*
Humber of
"Sobocr”
Approxina
total in
February
50?
233,210
104
March
1241
166,695
75
April
21,993
134,950
68
May
SI>939
21,390
46
Jtine
95,387
80,954
73
July
179,623
100,314
124
.Vagus t
100,478
75,902
73
September
61,199
34,997
53
October
55,642
9,337
40
Hovcrbor
32,141
26 ,641
18
December
36,924
. 28
712
1940
January
7,855
20,906
12
February
5,937
62,912
31
March
10,2}7
371,011
169
April
57,007
86,121
64
May
82,942
99,423
80
June
J Year
108,823
101,854
...3k.—
450
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The file contains correspondence sent and received by the 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. at Bahrain concerning the development of new fisheries in Abadan, to improve the diet of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's staff. There are two copies of a report on Abadan fishery schemes, (ff 5-19 and ff 23-37) and a brief report on the fisheries of Iraq (ff 38-39), both by Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram.
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- 1 file (28 folios)
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The file contains two letters, with earlier documents attached in no particular order. There are some file notes on ff 21-22.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 40; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also located in parallel between ff 2-39; these numbers are written in pencil and crayon, but are not circled. They are located in the same position as the main sequence, except for some instances which are located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. .
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- 'File 9/23 I Fishing schemes in Persian Gulf'
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- front, front-i, 2r:39v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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