IOR/V/23/69, No 338

Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1895-96, 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 257-261) written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that provides a summary of regional developments during the previous year and is divided up as follows:

1. Oman Maskat Coast

2. Oman Pirate Coast

3. Bahrain

4. Nejd

5. El Hasa

6. Persian Arabistan

7. Fars and Persian Coast

8. Persian Baluchistan

9. Slave Trade

10. Piracy

11. Royal Navy

12. Official Changes

13. Observatory

Appendix A to part 1 (folio 262) contains the following two tables:

Table No. 1 - Table showing the force and prevailing directions of wind and recorded rainfall at Bushire for the year 1895-96.

Table No. 2 - Abstract of meteorological observations for the year ending 31st March 1896 taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire.

Part 2, is an Administration Report of the Maskat Political Agency for the year 1895-96 (folios 263-264). The report is written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat and provides a summary of developments in Maskat during the previous year.

Part 3, is a Report on the trade and commerce of the consular district of Bushire for the year 1895 (folios 265-266). The report is written by Colonel Frederick Alexander Wilson, Political Resident, Persian Gulf and provides a summary of trade developments during the previous year. It is followed by Appendix A (folios 267-281) which contains a series of 25 statistics tables related to several aspects of trade in and around the port of Bushire during the previous year.

Part 4, is a Maskat Trade Report (folios 282-293) written by Captain Francis Granville Beville, Political Agent and Consul, Maskat. The report contains a series of statistics tables related to trade to/from Maskat during the previous year.

Part 5, is a Report on the trade and commerce of Mohammerah for the year 1895 (folio 294). Appendix A (folios 295-297), that follows the report, contains a series of statistics tables related to trade to/from Mohammerah during the previous year.