Publications, Newspaper Cuttings, Photographs and Correspondence about Persia and the Persian Gulf [‎298v] (597/879)

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THE AGA KHAN T URNAMENT.
The Aga Khan Tournament this year will start 18th
May. Entries close on Saturday, 9th May.
Drawing will take place at the Gymkhana on Monday,
the 11 th May, at 6 p m., and all Teams entered are invit ■
ed to send a representative.
Entrance Subscription, Rs 10.
Th- Winners are entitled to hold the cap for one year
in India.
Entries should be sent as soon as possible with fee t
the Undersigned.
Bules 1902-1903.
P. J. ARNOT,
Honorary Secretary for Hockey,
Bombay Gymkhana.
ROYAL BOMBAY YACHT CLUB
THIS AFTERNOON’S RACES.
Yachts Handicap (Class A) Race.—Start at 2-45 par
Course No. 12—11 7 miles.
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Boat’s name. Entered by
Nanta Comdr. W.G. Beaucham
R.I. M.
Sapphire Captain B. S. Muter, R.I
and Mr. B. H. I
Hopkins.
Melody Mr. Bernard Triggs.
Forella ... Mr. 0. T. R. Scovell.
Turquoise Mr. 0. A. R. Orommelin.
Yacht’s Handicap (Class B) Bace.—Start at 8 p.r
Course No. 9- 9'6 miles.
Boat's Name. Entered by
Janetta.-..-.---.-......... Officers, R.E.
Trixie Mr A. M. Monteath.
Mannikin ... Offic-re, R.A.
SayonaraMr. 0 G. Nomico.
Pixie. -------------- Mr. E. B. Smetham.
Tomtit Olass Race.—Start at 3-16 p.m. Court
No. 1 reversed—7′1 miles.
Boat’s Name. Entered by
Meg Mr. 0. H. Byrne.
Lapwing Mr. E. C. Richards,
Tomtit Dr. F. M. Gibson.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
Starting price commissions executed on principal Eng
lish Races, SEATELE Bi UTHiss
WVetzon’ Hotel, Bombay
INDIAN CROP REPORTS.
tEsAMUM,
A supplementary memorandum on the Sesamum (t:
or jinjili) crop of the season 1902-03 states: —
This memorandum supplements the final genera
memorandum issued on the 19th January, 19u3, by 41) J
report from Bengal which had not been received when
the mem raudum was issued, and (2) the final estimate
from Madras and the Niza r‘s territory.
In Madras the total area sown with jinjili in raiysat
wari vill ges up to the end of March last is 658,200 aoret
or about 10 per cent, more than last year’s area. It ala
exceeds the average of five years by 2 per cent, and o
ten years, by 6 percent. “he condition of the orep i
reported to be generally fair and the outturn for the
whole Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. is estimated at 71 per cent, of the nor
mal. IncIndi* g the probable sowings in the remaining
months of the year, the total area and its yield as esti
mated on the basis of the local reports are 797,900 aoreg
and 80,300 tons respectively against 727,700 (acres and
26,900 tons last year. r
In Bengal the monsoon rains ceased early and the .
drought continued through January in Bihar and East
Bengal, while outside th t area there were seasonable
showers in all the chief oilseeds growing districts, except
Murshidabad. There was general and beneficial rair
almost all over the Province in Feburary and March, but
on the whole, the season has not been favourable to the
oi. seeds crop. The normal area under sesamum is estimat
ed at 430,500 acres, but the area sown this year is return
ed at only 385,200 acres against 403,400 acres last year
The failure to sow the normal area is attributed to thi
drought at the latter part of the sowing season. Th
yield stated is about 80 per cent, of the normal, but thi
is probably an underestimate as it does not take inti
account the improvement effected by the rainfall ii
February and March.
In the Nizam’s territory the area placed under
sesamum is estimated at 405,524 acres against 877,021
acres last year. The outturn has been unfavourably
affected in places, but nevertheless, the total yield it
estimated at 29 271 tons which is 35 per cent, larger that
that of the preceding year and is the largest yield
recorded in the territory. This improved result is due
to a more systemat c way of calculating the figures of
yield, but even now the revenue officers’ figures (which
exclude all ‘ jagir ’area) cannot be accepted as correct.
The estimates in the table appended to the final
memorandum in January need modification in accord
ance with the foregoing reports, and a revised table is
appended to this note. The general result for all the
provinces from which reports have been received is
Acres.
Average for 5 years previous
to 1901-02 3,561,444
19 ... 3,694,511
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Tons,
270,222
254,591
426,955
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
The plague rosburne for the 2 hours ended 50 six
o’clock yesterday morning ehas 196 attacks and 169
deaths. The total mortality was 270, compare’ with
159 on the corresponding day of last year, and 172 in
1901. The attacks were reported from Middle and
Lower Oolaha (three) : Fort, Southern (one) ; Fort,
Northern (three) ; Esplanade (three) ; Mandwi
(three) ; Obukla (eix) 5 Umarkhadi (two) ;
Dongri (seven) ; Market (two) ; Dhobie Talao (two) ;
Fanaswadi (six) ; Bhuleshwar (nine) ; Khara Talao
(four) ; Kumbherwada (nine) ; Kneowadi (five) ;
Girgaum (eight) ; Chowpati (one) ; Walkesh war
(one) ; Mahalnzmi Gix) I Mszagor (eight) ; Tarwadi
(nine) ; Second Nagpada (nine) ; Komatinura
(twelve); Tardeo (seven) ; Byculla (fourteen) ; Parel
(twelve) ; Sion (eight) ; Mahim (eleven) ; and Worli
(twenty -five)
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DIVINE SERVICE.
SECOND BUNDAY AFTER EASTER.—3871 APRIL
ST. THOMAS’ CATHEDRAL 7-30 a m.. Matins. 8 a.m.. Roly I
| Communion (Choral) Tones in F ; Hymns 197. 140, 81B and j
I 298. 5 p.m., Children’s Service. 6 p.m., Iivensong and Sermon ;
, Hymns 499. Band nr—M -====•/*-—
our not be acanconed to nluscovite invaders
The suggestion that the line might be neutral-
ised is equally impossible If Russia wished to
invade Asia Minor, she would not respect the
decree of neutrality, any more than France
would respect the neutralisation of the Canal if
she was at war with us and had a chance of
blocking it.
Moreover, apart from other considerations,
we see no advantage in joining in the enterprise
even with equality of international control
if Germany can find the capital elsewhere—
which we take leave to doubt—let her build
the railway herself, and take her chance
o' the inevitable hostility of Russia. The
line can never have more than a limited
value for India. It will not be used for
the carriage of heavy merchandise. It would
never be utilised in peace time for the transport
of troops, on account of the expense ; nor in
war time, on account of the risk. Such pas
sengers to and from India as wish to use it
can do so with equal facility, no ma ter by
whom it is constructed. The question of the
transport of the mails can be settled when
occasion arises, but we are still unable to be
lieve that the I ne will effectiv 1) compete with
the sea route for the carriage of mails. If faster
steamers are put on the service, the gain on the
Baghdad route will be only measurable by hours
At any rate, our first duty is to avoid entering
into an enterprise which may lead to fresh
political complications ; and hence there seems
no reason to dissent from the decision of the
Ministry to keep out of Baghdad. The possible
gain is small, and the risk great ; and in
common with every other nation in Europe,
Great Britain has good reason to mistrust the
overtures of Germany. We believe the line
will pay, not by its through traffic, but by its
local traffic if its construction coincides with
the development of a large scheme of irrigation
in Mesopotamia, But it is no part of the
mission of Great Britain to turn Mesopotamia
into a garden. There is enough for us to do
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Our aspirations in Mesopotamia ceased over a in
hundred years ago, when we withdrew the °I ut
officers we had lent to drill the troops of the a4
Vali of Baghdad. Germany may well be o pa
left to pursue her own course without purlin
assistance, and to make her peace with Russia “N
—if she can. But if she expects Great Britain ul
to assent to an increase of the Tu kish tariff
so that the Sultan can pay his kilometric
guarantees to the Deutsche Bank, she will be
disappointed And when she seeks to find an
outlet for her railway on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the
British Government will have a word to say.
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