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Coll 30/80 'Trade: Reports on Persian Gulf Market and trading possibilities' [‎296r] (592/712)

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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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translation or 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. A^^nu*Li report.
1st ~jeacting*
(a) Tiie iiaportatioa of British pieoe-^oods v/as formerly
60 % "but nov/ reduced to 20 %•
approxiiaately Rs.20000 per annum.
Japanese x^ieoe-goods are nov/ imported in place of
English piece-goods of Manchester.
(c) Piece-goods of Indian malce are imported to the
extent of 15
(a) is the Japanese piece-goods are cheap the Manches
ter goods can find a ready sale if they are
supplied in good quality and at a cheaper price.
(o) 1. Some merchants order goods from Manchester
direct on commission and some from Japan direct
on 2 ^ commission.
2. Japan goods have a ready sale as the quality is
good and the price is cheap.
3. If Manchester can supply goods according to the
samples which are sent "by me in good quality and
at a cheap price the Merchants would like to
deal in them.
The importation of Manchester piece-goods is
decreasing to the same extent as the Japanese goods
are increasing* "but I do not think that Japan can
supply goods more than the quantity which she is
supplying at present.
The advantage of an individual visit on "behalf of
(h) Toollen goods are only imported from Germany to
tlie extent of Ks. 15000 per annum.
No piece-goods are imported from Italy.
Dutch piece-goods are imported to the extent of
2nd heading
•3rd feadinK
ith heading.
a British firm v;ho intends to open trade relations
is

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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:

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.

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1 file (354 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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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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