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'Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905. By A H Gleadowe-Newcomen.' [7r] (18/176)
The record is made up of 1 volume (86 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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ON THE
BRITISH INDIAN COMMERCIAL MISSION
TO SOUTH-EASTERN PERSIA
DURING
1904 - 1905 .
* —
INTRODUCTION.
Inception op Mission—
The inception of the Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia was as
follows :—
Early in 1903, when the itinerary of Mr. Maclean, the Special Commis
sioner appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Hoard of
Trade in England, to enquire into the state of British Trade in Persia, was
published, it was noticed that Yezd and South-East Persia had been omitted.
Bis Britannic Majesty’s Consul in Kerman, Major Sykes, C.M.G., called the
attention of Lord Curzon’s government to this, and made certain suggestions,
the outcome of which was a resolution by the Indian Government to facilitate
the despatch of a Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia.
Correspondence took place between the Government of India in theEoreign
Department and the Chambers of Commerce, which terminated on the 10th
December 1903. T he Government of India in the Foreign Department review
ing this correspondence, in a letter (No. 1774-E. A., dated 2nd June 1904) to the
Bombay Chamber of Commerce, stated that since December 10th, 1903, the
organization and nature of the Mission had been further considered, and it had
been decided that the Mission, if sent, should be purely commercial in character.
It was added that for this reason no Engineer would accompany the Mission,
a decision I greatly regret, as roads and irrigation play such an important part
in the commercial advancement of a country like Persia, where there are few
roads and where irrigation is in urgent need of improvement and extension.
In the course of correspondence, copies of which were circulated to all the
Chambers of Commerce in India, Government asked for their assistance and
co-operation in carrying out the scheme. The only bodies that made any
effective response to this.invitation were the Upper India Chamber of Commerce
and the Indian Tea Cess Committee.
As the outcome of these negotiations, the Mission was duly formed, and I
had the honour to be appointed President. My colleagues were Messrs. B. E.
Huffman and P. E. Byan, the latter of whom acted as Secretary.
Objects—
The chief objects that the Mission had in view were—
(i) An investigation of the present state of the trade of South-Eastern
Persia.
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Report by Arthur Hills Gleadowe-Newcomen, FRGS, FSA, President of the Commercial Mission to Persia. Submitted to the Government of India, and the Committees of the Upper India Chamber of Commerce, Cawnpore [Kānpur], and the Indian Tea Cess, Calcutta [Kolkata].
Publication statement: Calcutta: Government of India, Foreign Department, 1906.
The report is divided into the following sections:
- I. Introduction.
- II. A General Report.
- III. Notes on Trading Centres, trade usages and other matters of interest.
- IV. Imports and Exports, comprising: a) Articles of Commerce. b) Resumé.
- V. Appendices: A. Tables of Weights, Measures and Currency; B. Statistical Tables; C. Trade routes, description and map [missing]; D. Tables showing cost and time of transport and keep of animals; E. Blank business contact form; F. Itinerary of journey of Mission.
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- 1 volume (86 folios)
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The volume contains a contents page at folio 5.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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