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File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports' [‎104r] (212/258)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (129 folios). It was created in 1912-1916. 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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I classify this section as follows :
Surface line
Easy valley
Heavy valley
Difficult..
Very expensive gorge line..
Tunnels (f-mile each)
Add for previous sections
Running total .. .,
£
£
6 miles, at 3.000
18,000
Hi „ „ 4,000
46,000
o „ „ 6,000
30,000
2 „ „ 8,000
16,000
1 „ „ 12,000
12.000
H „ „ 80,000
120,000
27 miles, costing ..
242,000
223
1,043,000
250 „ „
1,285,000
Jahrum (3,050 feet).
13. Jahrum has a population of, perhaps, 6,000; it is situated in a stony and
rather barren plain, but is itself surrounded with date trees. Local industries are
unimportant: they include the manufacture of coarse cotton and woollen cloths, cloth
shoes (“ giveh ”) and pottery. From Jahrum to Fasa is 43 miles; to Firuzabad,
70 miles; to Lar, 87 miles ; to Darab, 75 miles.
Wheat and barley are extensively grown, as well as dates and fruit (pomegranates,
grapes, apples, &c.); the most valuable crops are tobacco and opium.
For further information regarding Jahrum and Fars generally, vide Military
Report on South-West Persia, vol. vii, Fars (1912).
14. Recapitulation :—
Metre Guage.
Description of
Line.
Section.
Total.
Rate
Total
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
at—
Cost.
Surface
Easy valley
Heavy valley
Difficult
Very expensive gorge
Tunnel
Miles.
70
5
Miles.
15
10
10
Miles.
33
7
Miles.
* M
^ 2
3
6
1
2
Miles.
9
20f
8
4
4
1
4
Miles.
6
Hi
5
2
1
ii
Miles.
100
83f
313
27
5
2f
£
3.000
4.000
6.000
8,000
12,000
80,000
£
300.000
331.000
198.000
216.000
60,000
180.000
Total miles
75
50
40
12
46
27
250
Grand total
£
230,000
£
265,000
£
174,000
£
116,000
£
258,000
£
242,000
••
1,285,000
Note.—T he estimated cost of a Shiraz Jahrum line up the Kara Agach Valley is 370,000/. for
104 miles.
Part II.— Geneval and Financial Conditions.
15. In considering the Bushire-Jahrum connection from a financial pomt^of^iew,
t is necessary to look upon it as part of a line connecting n* report and
fhe general questions of railways in Fars is touched on m ^ ^o meTo control
! will only attempt here to state briefly the chief factors which appear to me to
he financial prospects of the projected connection. , , . imports
Exports from the whole of Persia work out at an average P
nto Persia at about 18a. a-head. The Brit.sh Empire sends imports to the
1,000,0001. to Persia, and receives only about 650,0001. woit P. ’ in Fare
Russia takes 1,000,0001. worth more of exports than of im P , , . an( j until this
would benefit British trade primarily bjr stimulating ' ee ^l l Aoanmmsr that the line
happens we cannot hope substantially fc> increase our impor . „ Bunder Abbas,
4nder discussion will be constructed after the comp e ion ^ railways in Fars to
ad after sufficient experience has been gamed of the working of railway ^
[2619 i—1]

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire.

The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson on the technical issues concerning development of railway lines between Bushire and Shiraz, and Bandar Abbas and Shiraz. Also included is a report on the commercial possibilities of these two developments, compiled by Commercial Adviser, H G Chick. These reports (folios 101-124) are preceded by an accompanying summary and analysis by 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. , Percy Zachariah Cox.

Also discussed in the correspondence is the question of concessions for railways in the neutral zone and the relative advantages (climate, water supply) of Bushire and Bandar Abbas as railway termini in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondence also features discussion of a rumoured German scheme for a Bushire-Shiraz railway.

Further discussion surrounds the arrangements for marine survey work in the region of Henjam and Bandar Abbas to be undertaken by the RIMS Palinurus. A report by the Captain of the Palinurus, Captain B W Mainprise is included along with three marine survey maps (folios 48-50).

The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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. and Consul General for Fars (Lieutenant Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); (Lieutenant Colonel Stuart George Knox); First Assistant to 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. , Captain L Birdwood; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Under Secretary of State, 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. ; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Louis Mallet); Director, Royal Indian Marine, Walter Lumsden; Officer Comanding, RIMS Palinurus ( Captain B W Mainprise); Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (129 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 4648 (Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/316. The explanation of the cover sheet/divider at the front of each volume (regarding the correspondence series numbers which have been put together to form the volumes) will be given in the Scope and Content.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 127; 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.

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