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'Report on the Administration of the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Muscat Political Agency for the year 1877-78.' [‎262r] (69/165)

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.
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Appendix C to Part II-
Memorandum showing the number of Returns accompanying the Trade
Report of the 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
1. —Statement showing-the total Import and Export r I rade of the
Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , the Province of Sind and Calcutta, with the Persian
Gulf, for the year 1876-77.
2. —Statement showing Imports into Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. from the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during the year 1876-77.
3. —Statement showing Export from Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. into the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during the year 1876-77 (Foreign merchandise and Indian
produce and manufactures).
4. —Statement showdng Imports into the Province of Sind from the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during the year 1876-77.
5. —Statement showing Exports from the Province of Sind to the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. daring the year 1876-77.
6. —Statement showing Imports into Calcutta from the Persian
Gulf during the year 1876-77.
7. —Statement showing Exports from Calcutta to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during the official year 1876-77.
8. —Abstract Table showing the total estimated value of the prin
cipal and other articles of trade imported into Bushire during the
year 1877.
9. —Abstract Table showing the total estimated value of the prin
cipal and other articles of trade exported from Bushire for the
year 1877.
10. —Contrasted Statement showing the value and description of
goods imported into Bushire during the year 1876-77.
11. —Contrasted Statement showing the value and description of
goods exported into Bushire during the year 1876-77.
12. —Statement of shipments of opium from the Port of Bushire
in the year 1877-78.
13. —Statement showing the number of pilgrims and beasts of
burden passed the Bushire gates during the year 1877-78.
14. —Table showing average tonnage of vessels entering and leaving
the Port of Bushire during the year 1877.
15. —Abstract Table showing the total estimated value of the prin
cipal and other articles of trade imported into Bunder Abbass during the
year 1877.

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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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