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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [358v] (721/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. 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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CHAPTER VI.
Administration Report of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Muscat, for 1 930
1. Personnel— Ma,]OT G. P. Murphy, I.A. r held charge of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and Consulate from the 1st January to 14th June when he was relieved by M '/
T. C. Fowle, C.B.E., who continued to hold charge of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and Consulate
till the end of the year.
2. The post of
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon was held throughout the year by Captain D L
Mackay, I.M .D., and that of Sub-Assistant Surgeon by Mr. G. B. Yemkanmardi *
3. The post of Treasury Officer was held by the following officers during the
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year
Mr. M. A. Fernandez, M.B.E., from 1st January to 30th June.
Mr. L. C. deSouza, from 1st July to 4th November,
Mr. T. M. Nicholas, from 5th to 16th November.
Mr. M. J. Gazdar, M.B.E., from 17th November till the end of the year.
4.
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Hospital —The Hospital grows in popularity despite the fact that
there are two hospitals maintained by the American Missionaries. In addition
to the local inhabitants of Muscat and Matrah the hospital is much used bv ArahQ
irom the interior.
During the year 8,311 outdoor and 125 indoor patients were treated, showing
an increase of 897 outdoor and 41 indoor patients over 1929, and 21 major and
683 minor operations were performed. J
5. Public Health and Sanitation. There were no epidemic during the year
Local sanitation is bad. Tanks for the storage of drinking water drawn from
wells afford ample breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Mosquito larvae are conveyed
into the town and continue their cycle of breeding in open earthenware pots where
v ater is stored for domestic use. It is hoped that in the course of time by educating
the public m anti-mosquito measures, and in sanitation, the Council of Ministers
will be able to improve the general health of the town.
6. Foreign Consulates. The French Consulate remained closed durum the year
but a watchman remains in charge. & J
7. The 1 oh deal Agent remained in charge of American interests.
tVio for I)ellra Dun on 21st March and remained absent till
12. Council of Ministers.—The composition of the Council throughout the
was as ml InwQ • °
year w r as as follows :—
The other members were
13. Finance Minister—Ah. B. S. Thomas, O.B.E., from 1st Januarv to 27th
December. , Mr. Thomas left Muscat for Dhofar on 5th October
oa+l ^ ee ^ s leave. The “ A1 Said ’ left Muscat for Dhofar on the
30th November to take the Wali of Dhofar back to his post, and to
bring Mr Thomas back to his. The “ A1 Said ” returned to Muscat
on t ic 18th December without Mr. Thomas, but with an application
rom im to the C ouncil asking for one month’s further leave without
pa\. - s there is no regular communication with Dhofar which is
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the Political 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. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written 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. .
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- 1 volume (510 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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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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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