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'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎126v] (252/416)

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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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SECTION 2.
A.—Fobeign Representatives.
French Consulate^ —Monsieur George Cassin was French Consul in Bushire
from the 1st January to the 31st July. On the 1st August in compliance with
instructions received from his Government he closed the Consulate. The furni
ture, etc., was disposed of and on the 22nd September, M. Cassin left for
Constantinople to take up a Consular post there. During the 7 months of the
year he was here M. Cassin carried out a tour of the Gulf ports and recessed
tor some 3 weeks in Shiraz. Since M. Cassin’s departure French interests
remain unrepresented up to the end of the year.
Dutch Consulate— Monsieur George Cassin, French Consul, Bushire, was
in charge of the Consulate from the 1st January to the 31st July. The Dutch
interests also remained unrepresented for the remainder of the year.
His Majesty's Consul-General, Bushire, continued to look after the Nor
wegian, Greek, Iraq and Esthonian interests.
U. S. S. R. —A Russian Armenian Clerk remained in charge of the Russian
Trading Concern, which apparently did no business throughout the year.
B.—V ISITORS.
Mr. V. A. Mallet, C.M.G., Counsellor to His Majesty’s Legation, Tehran,
arrived here from" Shiraz on the 12th February and left the following day in
H. M. S. “ Shoreham ” on a tour of the Gulf ports. He returned to Bushire on
the 6th March and proceeded to Tehran on the 8th via Shiraz.
Mr. P. Knabensue, the American Minister at Bagdad, accompanied by his
son and Secretary, Mr. Moose, landed on 5th March for a few hours to call on
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. . The party left the same day on a tour of the Gulf ports.
On the 18th March, Mr. D. L. Busk of His Majesty’s Legation, Tehran,
arrived at Bushire and left the following day for Bahrain on tour.
On the 22nd May the Russian Consul, Ahwaz, G. Tsadouroff arrived here
and returned to his headquarters on the 24th.
On the 5th October,. Mr. Pierre Tchougounoff, Russian Consul-General,
Shiraz, arrived at Bushire and left on the 7th.
C.— British Interests.
The Imperial and International Communications, Limited. —On the 11th
July this Company changed its name to Cable and Wireless Limited and was
duly registered as such with the Iranian Government.
The Mesopotamia-IraqtXJorporation, Limited. —The firm continued as
Agents to the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited and City Hall
Lines but suffered as did all other British commercial interests in the South
from a steadily decreasing trade.
Messrs. Ziegler & Co. — Mr. J. Moir, a Director and Manager in Iran of this
fiiiii. passed tlnough Bushire on the 8th October cm route for the United Kingdom
na\ mg closed dowm the last of the Company’s Branches at Isfahan.
The Imperial Bank of Persia, Bushire. —Air. H. Evans was Manager of the
Bushire Branch from the beginning of the year to the 6th April when he was
relieved by Mr. W. I. R. Bulfield, who remained in charge to the end of the
veur. °
The Anglo-Iran Oil Company, Ltd—A Branch for the sale of the Company’s
products was opened here on the 1st March. Fathullah Khajevi acted as the
Company s agent from the 1st March to the 30th September and Mr. H. Touniantz
from the 1st October to the end of the year.
Visits of His Majesty’s Shivs,—The Senior Naval Officer, Persian G
Division, Captain J. V. Creagh, D.S.O., R.N., in H. At. S. “ Shoreham ” visit
Push ire six times. His Majesty’s Slopps “ Bideford ” twice and “ Fowe)
tiince during the year.

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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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