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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [392r] (788/1028)
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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Red Oxide of Iron.
Hormuz Island .—The output of ore available for export amounted to 8,950
tons of which 4,950 tons were shipped to the United Kingdom, 1,500 tons to India
(Calcutta) and 2,500 to the United States of America (Philadelphia).
The whole of the product was transported in British vessels.
Trade and Commerce.
Bandar Abbas .—Trade showed a steady decline during the year.
The import of goods was discouraged by the rising rate for foreign exchange
and the business of local merchants which consists chiefly in forwarding
merchandise to the interior has declined accordingly.
The Russians have made steady progress in pushing the sale of their goods
and steamers of the Soviet Mercantile fleet have called fairly regularly bringing
Russian goods, chiefly loaf and soft sugar, cotton piece-goods, prints and
matches.
The Russians have to a large extent eliminated the problem of foreign
exchange by introducing a system of barter. They have arranged to take over
native produce such as pistachio nuts, dried fruits, and skins, etc., in exchange for
sugar and manufactured cotton goods.
The total volume of trade during the Persian year 1307 (1928-1929) the
latest for which customs statistics are available, decreased by 14,465,000 Kraus
from that of the preceding year.
Imports fell by Krans 14,494,000 but exports showed a rise of Krans,
1,472,000, merely attributable to the diversion through Bandar Abbas of the
usual route by which carpets had previously been despatched from Kerman.
Ling ah,—The figures registered at the Customs House show that this trade
continues to decline fast. The total volume decreased by 30 per centum in 1928-
1929 as compared with that of the preceding year.
Shipping and Navigation.
Bandar Abbas .—steam ships aggregating 387,573 tons entered and
cleared the port ; comprising 154 British, 6 German and 4 Russian.
Thirty-nine vessels brought merchandise from the United Kingdom of which
26 belonged to Messrs. Frank C. Strick and Company, Limited, and 13 to the
Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company.
. T he s,ix German steamers were of the Hensa Line of Bremen and embarked
their cargoes at Hamburg or Antwerp. The four Russian steamers belonged to
the Soviet Merchantile Fleet and conveyed goods from Odessa.
Lingah .—85 ships (82 British and 3 German) with a total of 168,312 tons
entered and cleared with cargo.
One shipping casualty was reported during the year. A sailing
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
owed
by a Muscat subject bound for the pearl fisheries was, wrecked near Lingah.
Political.
\
Politically, as regards Bandar Abbas, the year has been a quiet one The
Qashghai revolt m the Summer and the trouble in the Lar area did not have their
counter part m this district, the inhabitants showing indifference to passiim-
events m those quarters. ^
Mir Barakat Khan and his Baluch followers watched the progress of affairs
in the Fars province with not a little interest, but were quite inactive them
selves.
The anniversary of the Coronation of His Imperial Majesty Shah Pahlavi
vas celebrated on the 23rd|24th April. An official reception was held by the
Acting Governor and attended by the Persian officials, His, Majesty’s Consul
and the local and foreign mercantile communities. There was not very much
enthusiasm shown, as is generally the case in these parts over celebrations of this
nature.
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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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