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'Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1877-78.' [‎251v] (48/165)

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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26 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OP 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.
in recent years for export, hence to India this conjecture may not
be far amiss. It is to be noted that no other descriptions of precious
stones or gems are largely exported from the Gulf. The annual value
of the outturn may be put at at least £600,('00 approximately. Captain
Durand, 1st Assistant Resident, has drawn up an interesting memorandum
on the subject of the pearl fisheries,
Appendix A. which will be found in the Appendix.
7. Bate culture. —The introduction of the date palm into India
from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , which was first attempted in 1868, seems to
have been attended with success, and may eventually prove important.
The measure was originated under the auspices of the Chief Commis
sioner in Oude, and subsequently the Conservator of Forests in Mysore
and Coorg was supplied with plants. Some shoots have recently been
forwarded from Busrah for experiment in Rajpootana, which seems to
be a climate well adapted for the growth of the palm. A memorandum
on the subject of the ‘culture of the date palm drawn up by Mr. J.
C. Edwards, 2nd Assistant Resident,
Appendix B. is appended as likely to be of general
use and interest.
8. Impediments to development of trade in Persia. —The diffi
culties in the way of the foreign merchants trading in South Persia
are subject of frequent comment, and their complaints are of both a
general and special nature. The absence of system in the adminis
tration, the want of sympathy between the governing and subject
classes, and other circumstances combine to restrict the development
of the resources of the country. Industries are abandoned in despair,
lands lie untilled, perhaps because the headmen fear to attract attention
to the capabilities of their districts. The pastoral nomads or iliats of
the south create insecurity and openly plunder the settled peasantry
with impunity. A gentleman happening recently to witness a horde
of Arab Ils coolly reaping the grain sown by the villagers of a district,
on asking the nomads, was informed that it was God’s will the poor
should till the land for the braver class, and that so far from this being
robbery they were simply supplying their necessities. “ Sic vos non
vobis mellificatis apes.”
(Sd.) E. C. Ross, Lieut.-Col.,
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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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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1 volume (81 folios)
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The report is arranged into four parts (I-IV).

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Pagination: The report has a pagination system which uses numbers printed in the top-left corner of versos and top-right corner of rectos.

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English in Latin script
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