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File 1032/1914 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: TRADE with Gulf Ports' [154v] (302/306)
The record is made up of 1 item (152 folios). It was created in 26 Mar 1914-2 Jan 1919. 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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Ispahan. —The Trade Report for the year March 1912*13 contains the
following remarks regarding the supplies of Indian tea reaching that centre «
“ A rapidly increasing and now no longer insignificant quantity of Indian
and China teas is imported from the North, teas thus imported
being known and sold in Ispahan as Russian tea. • * * * * ^
“ There was a further marked increase in the import of teas in the North,
which is stated by native traders to have been over 800 cases (as
against an estimated import of 30 in 1910-11 and 535 in 1911-12).”
(Note.— arrivals at Ispahan for 1912-13 were calculated by a British
firm as low as 2,000 cases.)
Everything points to further accessions of the tea trade via Russia and
spread of the import via Russia southwards, with a corresponding decrease of
import at the Gulf ports.
Question of freights and possible check on tea trade in Russia.
The diversion of Indian and Batavian and China teas from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to the Black and Caspian Seas has undoubtedly been fostered by the opening
of the Batoum-Baku, Batoum-Tabriz and Batcum-Mashad routes to this trade.
But the reason for the rapid encroachment of the import via Russia into the
commercial sphere in Persia up till lately supplied almost entirely via the Persian
Gulf, notwithstanding the far greater distance to be travelled, is probably to be
found in :—
(a) High shipping freights from India to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, as compared
with freights from India to Batoum.
(b) High rates of transport hire from the Gulf and Kermanshah to
» Ispahan, which have been exorbitant and still are far too high.
As regards (a) a considerable check on imports to Persia via Russia might
possibly be affected if the principal British shipping line to the Gulf (the British
India Steam Navigation Company) would make rates of freight considerably
lower, at any rate as a temporary experiment, in order to see if cargoes of tea
from Calcutta and Bombay to the Gulf showed signs of increasing, and com
peting better with consignments to Batoum.
It will be seen from the letter from the Director-General of Commercial
Intelligence in India, attached herewith, that freights on tea by British India
Steam Navigation Company, Limited, are :—
Calcutta to Baghdad (for Kermanshah, Hamadan,
Ispahan, etc.)
Calcutta to Bushire
Calcutta to Bushire vid Bombay
Rs. 50 per ton of 50 cubic feet.
30 do. do.
26 - 14-0 per ton.
(Probably over Rs. 30 with Bombay charges, or by rail.)
On the other hand it costs by :—
Rs. A. p.
Messageries Maritimes from Calcutta all the way to
Batoum ... ... ... only 25 14 o per 20 cwt.
Austrian Lloyd from Calcutta to Batoum ... 30 o o per ton, soc-h*
Russian Volunteer Fleet from Calcutta to Batoum 30 o o do. do.
£
While as regards Persian transport charges of tea,
from Bushire to Shiraz costs about ... 15I per ton.
Shiraz to Ispahan costs about ... u do. (camel hire),
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Part 2 concerns the shipping of goods between India and Southern Persian ports. Much of the correspondence discusses exports of metals and the possibility of such exports falling into enemy hands. It covers the following subject matter:
- discussion of Foreign Office concerns regarding exports of copper and other metals from India to Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports, and the possibility of some of these exports reaching the enemy;
- requests from 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Bombay and Karachi customs authorities to allow the passage from India of foodstuffs destined for Bahrein [Bahrain] and Maskat [Muscat], and discussion of the possibility of wheat being exported from Basra to ports in the Gulf;
- discussion regarding imports of tin from India to Persia (which are subject to permits and quarterly rations);
- enquiries made both to the 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. and to the Government of India by various shipping companies and agents, regarding shipments of consignments of prohibited or rationed goods;
- details of the annual ration of imports of copper and other metals into Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports;
- discussion of 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. 's request for an increase in the tin ration for Mesopotamia.
The principal correspondents are the following: the Government of India's Commerce and Industry Department; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Secretary to the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; the Foreign Office; the British Minister, Tehran (Charles Murray Marling); the Secretary to the 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. 's Political and Secret Department (John Evelyn Shuckburgh); the British Consul General, Ispahan [Isfahan]; the War Trade Department.
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- 4r:35v, 37r:41v, 44r:73v, 75r:81v, 83r:84v, 86r:96v, 99r:156v
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