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File 1032/1914 Pt 1 'Persia. Trade with Persian Gulf Ports' [222r] (131/196)
The record is made up of 1 item (97 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1913-26 Oct 1916. 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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From
No. 4916-4917.
Government of India,
Department of Commerce and Industry.
(Commerce and Trade).
Simla, the 18th June 1914.
H. A. F. Lindsay, Espuire,
Under Secretary to the
No p 8 dated
9 JlIL 1914
Messrs. MacKinnon Mackenzie & Co.,
Managing Agents in India of the British India
Steam Navigation Company,
16, Strand Hoad, Calcutta.
The Secretary,
IndianTea Association, Calcutta.
(Through the
Bengal Government
From c. 1758-1858, the East India Company's administration in Bengal. From 1773-1833, the most senior of the three subdivisions of India, also known as the Supreme Government of India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj.
).
Gentlemen.
sir.
I am directed to draw^ e attention of your Association
to the fact that the exports of tea from India to Persia
via the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
which rose from £75,131 in 1911-12 to
£99,816 in 1912-13, fell during 1913-14 to £73,222. 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.
is of opinion that
the decrease is chiefly due to the diversion of Indian,
Batavian and Chinese teas to Persia yia the Batoum route;
that this diversion, which has recently been encouraged by
the openingjLf the Batoum-Baku, Batoum-Tabriz and Batoum
Mashad routes to this trade, is principally due to 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 those from India to Batoum; that teas exported to
Persia yla Batoum enter as "Russian teas"; and that it is
most undesirable Both from the point of view of the India
tea trade and from that of India.shipping interests that
this diversion should be allowed to continue.
2. In support of his arguments the Resident ouotes the
following figures indicating the comparative cheapness of
the Batoum route
- ; Calcutta
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Part 1 relates to trade with Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports, specifically the tea trade, and the impact of trade restrictions imposed by the Government of India in Southern Persia. It includes the following subject matters:
- concerns about the increase in imports of tea into Persia from Russia, in contrast to a decrease of the same from India, and suggestions of how the British might reverse this trend (e.g. by securing a reduction of the duty on tea at Persian ports);
- reports of tea and other goods being smuggled into enemy hands;
- discussion of appeals, both from the British Minister at Tehran, and from the Imperial Bank of Persia (both of which are supported by the Foreign Office), for the Government of India to remove its trade restrictions in Southern Persia (specifically by reopening the Bushire-Shiraz road to traffic), which is reported to be having a damaging effect both on the exchange rate and on the financial situation in Persia generally.
The principal correspondents are the following: the British Minister, Tehran (Sir Walter Beaupré Townley, succeeded by Charles Murray Marling); 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 Foreign Office; the Government of India's Commerce and Industry Department; the Viceroy of India; the Imperial Bank of Persia.
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