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'File 14/5 Mineral deposits in Dhufar' [177r] (353/410)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 5 Sep 1940-17 Dec 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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Extract from Letter dated the 8th November from
Sir Cyril S. Fox
I flew here yesterday and this morning called
at the External Affairs Office to enquire if the missing
parcel for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman had been found.
It had not. I have now handed over the Registered Receipt
of the parcel and also told the Baptist Mission Press to
print another 250 copies of the *correetion slip" which
the Sultan desired. My programme here in I r dia will take
me to the middle of December and I am booking to leave by
the flying boat which takes off from Calcutta on the 19th
December. I believe it gets to Bahrain on the 20th December
and I would be so grateful if you would send a trustworthy o
official to meet the flying boat B.O.A.C. so that I can hand
over 200 copies for despatch to Muscat and 25 copies for
sending direct to the Sultan after you have extracted 5.
The remaining 25 copies I will hand over to External Affairs
in separate lots of 5.
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the search for and potential development of mineral deposits in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
Correspondence in the file includes the discussion of the following issues:
- The availability of reports from 1901 on the coal seams of Sur (ff 2-4)
- Specimens of minerals for identification sent in the 1940s by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat to the Director, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta
- Assessments of the potential economic value of their deposits and arrangements for further surveys
- Activities and interest of American geologists
- Minerals discussed include coal, silver, quartz, lead sulphide, calcium carbonate
- Correspondence relating to the survey of Dhofar and subsequent report 'The geology and mineral resources of Dhufar' province, Muscat and Oman', by the geologist, Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, late Director, Geological Survey of India.
The file features the following principal correspondents: the Director, Geological Survey of India; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat (Captain Richard Ernest Bird); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain (Major Tom Hickinbotham); and officials of the Government of India.
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- 1 file (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 204; 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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- IOR/R/15/6/439
- Title
- 'File 14/5 Mineral deposits in Dhufar'
- Pages
- 102r:103v, 105r:106v, 127r:136v, 140r:141v, 167r:168v, 177r:177v, 182r:182v
- Author
- Fox, Sir Cyril S
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