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Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities' [128v] (257/712)
The record is made up of 1 file (354 folios). It was created in 30 Apr 1930-12 Mar 1948. 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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DEPARTMENT OF OVERSEAS TRADE.
COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATION ABROAD.
To foster British overseas trade, the Department controls the following
Services of Commercial Intelligence Officers: —
The Trade Commissioner and Imperial Trade Correspondent Services.
At the present time there are 16 Trade Commissioners’ offices. T
are situated, four in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnip
two each in South Africa (Capetown, Johannesburg), Australia (Sydney,
Melbourne), India (Calcutta and Bombay—to cover also Ceylon), and British
West Indies (Trinidad, Jamaica) ; and one each in New Zealand (Wellington),
Irish Free State (Dublin), Malaya (Singapore) and British East Africa
(Nairobi).
The Trade Commissioners have the assistance of Imperial Trade Corre
spondents at a number of important centres.
There are also Imperial Trade Correspondents in those parts of the Empire
to which Trade Commissioners have not been appointed.
(a) The Commercial Diplomatic Service attached to the British
Diplomatic Missions.
There are 38 Commercial Diplomatic posts situated in all the more im
portant foreign markets of the world. The members of the Commercial
Diplomatic Service are styled “ Commercial Counsellors ” in the highest
grade, and “ Commercial Secretaries ” in the three lower grades. They are
members of the staff of the British Embassy or Legation in which they serve.
The Commercial Diplomatic Officer has general supervision over the
commercial work of the consular officers in his area and, with the co-operation
of these two services, a complete network of Government commercial
representatives is thrown over foreign countries.
Particular attention has been given to the commercial side of consular
work since the re-organisation of the service. In certain countries where no
Commercial Diplomatic Officer is stationed the senior Consular Officer
undertakes duties of a similar character.
The British Consular Service in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is represented by Lieut.-
Colonel T. C. W. Fowle, C.B.E., His Majesty’s Consul-General at Bushire.
Further information regarding the above services can be obtained on
application to the Department of Overseas Trade 35, Old Queen Street,
London, S.W.l.
Members of United Kingdom firms are urged to call upon the Department’s
representative abroad when they visit an overseas country. It is also
important that they should make a point of their representatives abroad
keeping in close touch with the Department’s officers.
It should be understood that the views expressed in annual reports are the
views of the officers themselves, and are not necessarily in all respects those of
the Department.
1. In the Empire.
2. In Foreign Countries.
(6) The British Consular Service.
NOTE.
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The file contains information on economic and trade conditions in the states located on the Arab side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and discussion of the potential market there for British goods. The main correspondents are the Department of Overseas Trade, and 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 file also contains a number of detailed reports from British officials, which were submitted to the Department of Overseas Trade.
The first of these reports, dated 1931, relates specifically to cotton piece-goods, and consists of a general report by the British Vice-Consul at Bushire on the Arab coast market, and reports on local conditions from the Political Agents at Kuwait and Muscat, the 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. Agent, Shargah [Sharjah] (relating to Debai [Dubai] and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ), and the Director of Customs and Port Officer, Bahrain. Further general reports on economic conditions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by various British Vice-Consuls at Bushire, are dated 1934-37 (including a Department of Overseas Trade published version, for October 1934, folios 126-144). There are also other reports on local conditions, and general correspondence concerning economic conditions and the market for British goods. Papers from 1936 onwards show increasing awareness of the importance of oil in enhancing the potential economic significance of the Gulf states.
The following correspondence is also of note:
- Folios 73-75, dated 1938, draw attention to the increasing market for Indian products and the potentially increasing field of employment for Indians in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , particularly at Bahrain.
- Folios 66-69, dated 1942, concern the export of tobacco to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- Folios 57-64, dated 1946, concern difficulties experienced by merchants in Kuwait in obtaining British goods.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (354 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 355; 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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- Title
- Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 15v:31v, 32v:126r, 127v, 128v:298v, 307r:355v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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