Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’ [10r] (19/313)
The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1925-20 Apr 1943. 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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COPY .
CONFIDENTIAL.
fOim:
Si/
I have the h nour to forward,
in triplicate, the Annual Economic
Report (A) of the Kerman and Bandar
Abbas Consular districts for the
Iranian year 1320.
2. It ie requested that copies
of the report may kindly be supplied
to the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, Department of Overseas Trade
and the Commercial Secretary, Tehran*
I am. Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
(Sgd) 0.A. FALCONER I.A
u ' Envoy Extraordinary
ana Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of Iran, British Legation
TEHRAN.
British Consulate,
German*
22nd May, 1942.
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Printed trade reports for the Kerman Consular District in Persia [Iran], submitted by a succession of British Consuls for Kerman (Henry Duncan Graves Law; John Hunter Davies; Edward William Charles Noel; Cecil Henning Lincoln; George Arthur Falconer).
The contents of the reports vary from one year to another, but usually feature summaries of: the district’s financial situation; foreign trade; taxation; military affairs (commandeering of equipment, conscription); agriculture; industry (including textiles and carpet manufacture); communications and transport; state undertakings and control of trade; public utilities; social conditions (standard of living, unemployment, public health); information for travellers. Most reports include appendices with statistical data on trade, including: imports and exports at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; imports and exports of key commodities into and out of Kerman; prices of foodstuffs; imports of Russian and Japanese goods.
Each report is preceded by 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. minute papers containing handwritten comments on the enclosed report. Many of the reports have pencil annotations.
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 (154 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 156; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-156; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3444
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- Coll 28/41 ‘Persia. Trade Reports. Kerman 1924–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:156v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence