IOR/V/10/680, ff 1-46

Report on the Administration of the Bushire Residency including that of the Muscat Political Agency, with Reports on Trade for 1873-74, printed at the Foreign Department Press, Calcutta, 1874.

The report is split into two sections and further into subsections. The first section relates to the Residency at Bushire, the second to the Political Agency at Muscat.

The first section on Bushire consists of three sub-sections:

• An administration report by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, that gives an update on political and administrative matters for various places and sheikhdoms in the region, as well as notes on weather, medical matters, and the slave trade (folios 2-6);
• A trade report, also written by Ross, that includes notes on the various ports, the main commodities, transport, and customs (folios 6-9);
• Twenty-four tables of trade statistics (A-X) (folios 9-38).

The second section on Muscat consists of two sub-sections:

• An administration report written by the Political Agent, Major Samuel Barrett Miles, which gives a political and administrative update on the country, including notes on slave traffic and trade (folios 38-40);
• Six tables of trade statistics (A-F) (folios 41-46).