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File 442/1907 'Persian Gulf: British and German shipping; German competition' [96v] (197/446)
The record is made up of 1 volume (220 folios). It was created in 1907-1911. 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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Persia with the object of putting German commerce in direct relations with various
Persian centres. He visited Yezd, Kerman, Bunder Abbas, Bahrein, Bushire, and
Shiraz in succession.
At Bushire he inspected the bazaars, obtained statistics from the customs, anci
interviewed the principal merchants; to one of them he announced his intention d
seeing that on his return to Germany more inducement was offered to direct trade
between Persian and German merchants by better credits being offered in Germany.
While in Shiraz he manifested to Mr. Grahame particular interest in the
consumption of sugar in the Shiraz district. In expressing his concurrence with the
pessimistic views of the commercial outlook held by the German merchant in Shiraz
he regretted “ that he should yet be called upon to write in an optimistic vein.”
The Export of Red Oxide from Island of Abu Musa.
The German Government were successful in obtaining for Messrs. Wonckhaus
and Co. the acquiescence of His Majesty’s Government on behalf of the Sheikh of
Shargah to their removing the oxide accumulated previous to suspension of the
disputed lease by the Sheikh of Shargah, and the steam-ship “ Louise ” took away
some 1,800 tons in 1908.
The knowdedge that German influence w T as also at work at Tehran with a view
to securing rights in connection with the more valuable deposits on the island of Hormuz
goes to prove that, apart from any political and strategic designs, the German element
is bent on securing a portion, or the whole, of the red oxide trade in order to
provide a further stand by for the business of both Wonckhaus and the Hamburg-
Amerika line.
The question of the supply of the demand for red oxide seems likely to be
complicated by the fact that many islands in the Gulf besides the two above mentioned
contain deposits of the mineral, though of varying quality.
German Agent at Bushire Norwegian Vice-Consul.
The appointment of the German agent of Wonckhaus and Co. at Bushire as
Norwegian vice-consul has no bond fide justification, for Norway has no imports or
exports to and from Southern Persia. It is understood that there has been a similar
German appointment at Tehran. At Bushire the measure would appear to be solely
designed as a means of putting a German firm in a more advantageous position than
English firms, while strengthening the hand of the German vice-consulate.
H. G. C.
Part II.
Imports into Bushire (September 21, 1907, to October 2, 1908).
Cargo.
1906-7.
1907-8.
Invoice or
Approximate
Value.
Hamburg—
Matches
Cases
1,720
835
£
1,974
Cotton goods
77
20
230
Woollen goods
5
37
828
Velvet and plushes ..
58
76
2,009
Loaf sugar .. ..
720
820
969
» • • • • • •
Bags
700
. .
. .
Crystal sugar
• •
. .
5.100
7,140
Liquors: Whisky, &c.
Cases
75
87
348
Beer
90
198
290
Cocoa ..
6
# #
Drugs ..
120
171
2,397
Glassware ..
28
98
426
Iron and brassware
30
35
so
Lampware ..
22
10
77
Carried forward
••
••
3,651
7,487
16,718
i
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The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officials, reporting on the issue of competition from German shipping, 1907-1911.
Included are a number of reports with statistical tables:
- List of cargo shipped per SS Canadia from Antwerp (14 July) and Hamburg (16 July);
- Report on trade done by Hamburg-American line with Basra (with four annexes of statistical tables) compiled by F E Crow, Consul, Basra;
- Proposed state aid to British shipping companies in the Gulf;
- Difficulties concerning lighterage at Bahrain.
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- 1 volume (220 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 220; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 442/1907 'Persian Gulf: British and German shipping; German competition'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:220v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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