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'Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1877-78.' [240r] (25/165)
The record is made up of 1 volume (81 folios). It was created in 1878. 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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and muscat political
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for the year 1877-78. 9
Appendix A to Part 1.
Remarks on the climate of Busline t and Tables.
From the 1st of the following tables it may be seen, by any curious
for information, that the north-westerly winds greatly predominate at
Bushire, and that there is a free movement of the air throughout the
year. By this merciful dispensation are the sufferings of summer
residents tempered, and existence rendered possible. In June and July,
when the heat has become unendurable, it is interrupted by the advent
of what is termed the il Barih ” or “ Shemal, ” vulgarly corrupted into
“ Burra Shemal.” This wind is apparently, and according to Arab works,
the Simoom of the Arabian continent, which blowing here over the
upper part of the Gulf loses its scorching heat, dhe Baiih lasts
usually from some time in June till well on in July, with an interval
of lull. This wind is apparently influenced by the Indian monsoon.
The observations of the barometer are not given, as th« record
could not be relied on.
It must be noted that the rainfall of the past year is estimated
from a new instrument, the relative capacity of the receiver of which
to the measure is different from that of the gauge used in previous
years.
Appendix A, Table No. 1.
Table showing force and prevailing directions of winds and recorded
rainfall at Bushire for the year 1877-78.
1877-78.
Moxth.
April
Mny
June
July
A upust
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
For the year
fl
Percentage of each direction.
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5
0
03
d
1
fl
I
©
3
■
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■s
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w
Mean dail
miles.
North.
ii
«
2
i Between
South.
South.
0
©
3
i
W
Between
North.
3
a
’3
P4
215
12
40
22
3
8
5
5
5
2
251
11
43
33
11
6
288
13
45
23
D
"2
1
238
10
26
35
15
8
’3
4
280
10
31
42
6
3
2
157
16
10
62
5
2
3
130
121
224
283
253
342
22
18
13
6
11
3
9
16
29
48
54
66
34
17
3
5
3
18
2
5
"4
2
2
”e
5
25
16
14
12
6
4
13
13
6
2
2
10
22
21
12
15
735
355
212
213
26
232
12
35
23
7
3
7
4
9
In. Cts.
15 41
* The
Department
rainfall is estimated aceordinp to a Symm’s rain prau^ lately reeeived fromJhe^Meteorob ^i al
t, Calcutta. The gauge previously used gives a less quantity in the
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Administration report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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 1877-78, published by Authority at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta [Kolkata], 1878. The report is based on reports sent by the Officiating 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) and 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 Muscat (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles) to the Government of India. The report is preceded by a copy of a letter sent by Ross to Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, dated 8 July 1878, which enclosed the submission of the original reports.
The report is organised in a number of sections and subsections, as follows:
Part I: General Report, signed by Ross, and arranged under subheadings as follows: Oman; Arab Coast; Bahrein [Bahrain]; Nejd [Najd]; Province of Fars and the Persian Coast and Islands; Bushire; Coast from Bushire to Lingah [Bandar Lengeh]; Lingah; Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas]; Persian-Baloochistan [Baluchistan] Coast; Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū]; Establishments; Slave-Trade; Appendices (including meteorological tables, notes on the Kara Aghach River by Dr Friedrich Carl Andreas*, the route from Bushire to Lar and Shiraz, and the route from Lar to Shiraz, the Persian Post Office and Foreign Postage, and tables of Persian money and measurements).
Part II: Report on trade of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the year 1877, signed by Ross and arranged under subheadings, as follows: Effects of late war on the trade; Steam communication; Grain harvest; Scarcity of coin; Opium; Pearl fisheries; Impediments to development of trade in Persia; and appendices (including notes on the pearling industry by Captain Edward Law Durand, notes on date palm cultivation by James Charles Edwards, and 31 tables of trade statistics covering imports/exports from/to the various ports and settlements of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and between the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and India).
Part III: Administration report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat, for the year 1877-78, prepared by Miles and arranged under the following subheadings: Political; Official changes; Slave Traffic.
Part IV: Trade statistics for Muscat, prepared by Miles, and comprising of six tables covering imports, exports, and number and tonnage of vessels entering and leaving the port.
* Folio 246 - a map has been temporarily removed and replaced with a green sheet of paper noting its removal.
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- 'Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1877-78.'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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