IOR/V/23/63, No 304

Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Muscat Political Agency for 1892-3, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta), forming part of Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department, and based on reports sent to Government by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat.

The report is divided up into a number of sections and subsections, as follows:

Part 1, is a General Summary (folios 146-151) written by Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. This section gives a summary of developments in the region during the previous year and is divided up as follows:

1. 'Oman Muscat Coast

2. 'Oman Pirate Coast

3. Bahrain

4. Nejd

5. El Katif [Al Qatif]

6. El Hasa [Al Hasa]

7. Kowait [Kuwait]

7. (sic) El Katr [Qatar]

8. Persian Arabistan

9. Fars and Persian Coast

10. Persian Baluchistan

11. Slave Trade

12. Royal Navy Vessels

13. Political Appointments

14. Observatory

Appendix A to part 1 (folios 151-152) contains the following tabular statistics charts:

Table No. 1 - Table showing Force and Prevailing Directions of Winds and recorded Rainfall at Bushire for the year 1892-93.

Table No. 2 - Abstract Table of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1893 taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire, 1892-93.

Table No. 3 - Abstract Table of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 31st March 1893 taken at the Civil Hospital, Muscat.

Part 2 is an Administration Report of the Muscat Political Agency for the Year 1892-93 (folios 153-154) written by Major James Hayes Sadler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat. The report provides a summary of political and military developments in Muscat during the previous year.

Part 3, is a Report on the Trade and Commerce of Southern Persia and Mohammerah for the Year 1892 (folios 155-156) written by Adelbert Cecil Talbot, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The report discusses trade developments in the region during the previous year. It is followed by Appendix A (folios 157-164) which contains a series of 24 tabular statistics charts related to different aspects of trade in the area.

Part 4, is a Muscat Trade Report for the year 1892-93 (folios 165-170) written by Major James Hayes Sadler, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat. The report contains a number of detailed tables related to trade to/from Muscat.

Part 5, is a Report on the Trade of Mohammerah for the Year 1892 (folio 171). The report is followed by Appendix A (folios 172-173) which contains a series of tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah.