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'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎67v] (134/416)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (206 folios). It was created in 1932-1936. 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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MuscatSman Agreement of* 1923, has failed to elicit anything b,„
“e replies and vague counter charges of breaches of tl,c
Treaty.
(d) In November His Highness convened the leaders of t ic ynnazarali
( ' and Shihuh tribes to appoint, by election a Sheikh for the DibM,
area By a majority of votes Zaid bm Sman was elected, thus
settling a problem on which many previous attempts had proved
unsuccessful.
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the year.
Various minor inter-tribal squabbles have been reported from time to time
and the relations between the Imam and the Sheikh of Jabal Akhdar appear to
Trade and General— world wide depression in trade has had serious
repercussions in Muscat and many local Muscat! merchants and petty traders
have been ruined.
Lack of rain has had an adverse effect in both the quality and quantity of
dates exported, whilst financial depression in both European and Eastern
markets has more or less eliriiinated the source of income derived from the
export of fish manure.
The tightness of money has driven many more litigants to the local Courts
than in previous years.
The increase in the State revenues, despite adverse circumstances, is attri
butable to the general tightening up of the methods of revenue collection and
the drastic reduction of overhead charges.
Muscat Infantry --Command of the Muscat Infantry has remained through
out the year in the hands of Captain R. G. Alban in addition to his other duties.
The numbers of the Corps have now been brought up to normal strength,
he., 150 but, in conformity with the general scheme of economy certain reduc
tions in pay and the number of non-commissioned officers has been effected.
The Corps continued to find the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Guard.
C. E. U. BREMNER, Major,
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 H. B. M.’s Consul, Muscat.

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The volume includes Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1931 (Simla, Government of India Press: 1932); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1932 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1933); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1933 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1934); Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1934 (Simla: Government of India Press, 1935); and Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1935 (New Delhi: Government of India Press, 1936). The Report for 1935 shows some manuscript corrections.

The Administration Reports are divided into chapters relating to the various Agencies, Consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Bushire 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. . Within the chapters there are sections devoted to reviews 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. ; lists of senior personnel; foreign representatives; local government; military and marine affairs; movements of Royal Navy ships; aviation; political developments; slavery; trade and commerce; medical reports and sanitation; meteorological reports and statistics; communications; naval matters; the Royal Air Force; notable events; and related information.

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1 volume (206 folios)
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The Reports are bound in chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 208 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.

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