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2. On the 14th February, Mr. G. W. Rendel, C.M.G., Head of the Eastern
Department of the Foreign Office, London, accompanied by Mrs. Rendel,
arrived at Bushire from Kuwait and left for Shiraz en route, for Persepolis on
the 26th. He returned to Bushire on 1st March, and left next day in H. M. S.
" Deptford " for a tour of the Gulf.
3. On the 2nd March, Mr. P. N. Loxley, Second Secretary to His Majesty's
Legation, Tehran, arrived, and left in H. M. S. " Deptford " for a tour of the
Gulf.
4. On the 10th March, Captain Luciano Bigi, Naval Attache to the
Italian Legation, Tehran, and Dr. Salvatore Aponte, Correspondent of the
Corrier della Sara " arrived from Tehran, and left for Bahrain on the 12th.
5. On 18th October, Mr. H. J. Seymore, C.M.G., C.V.O., His Majesty's
Minister, paid an official visit to Bushire. He called on the Governor of the
Southern Ports, Bushire, and left in His Majesty's Ship " Shoreham " for an
unofficial tour of the Gulf, on the 20th.
C.—BRITISH INTERESTS.
Cable and Wireless, Limited. —This Company's Branch at Bushire was
managed during the year by :—
Mr. J. Tobin, from 1st January to 3rd April.
Mr. C. Bottomley, from 4th April to 22nd August.
Mr. G. W. Watson, from 23rd August to the end of the year.
The Company closed down their Jask branch during the year.
The Mesopotamia-Iran Corporation, Limited. —This Company was reform
ed during the year under the title Gray, Mackenzie and Company, Limited.
For the first part of the year, Mr. J. M. Russell was the Company's Agent, and
for the remainder, Mr. S. W. Gregor. The change of title does not entail
change in business connections.
The Imperial Bank of Iran. —Mr. J. K. Millar was the Manager of the
Bushire Branch from 1st January to 9th March. Mr. L. C. Cartwright from
10th March to 6th September. Mr. V. H. Glendening from 6th September to
the end of the year.
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Limited. —Mr. Y. Gregory was in charge
of this Company's Branch throughout the year.
Visits of His Majesty's Ships. —The Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf
Division, Captain Allen Poland, D.S.O., R.N., visited Bushire twice in
H. M. S. " Shoreham ". H. M. S. " Deptford " visited once, and H. M. S-
" Enterprise " of the East Indies Squadron, once. On all the occasions the
usual salutes were fired and calls made.
SECTION 3.
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
Governor of the Southern Ports. —Aqai Ahmad Sadri throughout the year.
Assistant Governor. —Aqai Taqi Midhat throughout the year.
Ciistoms Preventive Department. —The Road Guards having proved them
selves to be even more liable to corruption than their predecessors, the Fron
tier Guards, the Iranian Government placed this Department in the hands of
the Navy. The Navy took over ports north and south of Bushire. The
port remains in the charge of the Road Guards. In Bushire itself, the Police
Department carries out the necessary duties.
Government measures for discouraging the smuggling of contraband
good.
Wheat Monopoly. —In January, Revenue Authorities purchased all wheat
in the Bushire District at the rate of 60 rials for 315 kilos, having deducted
20 per cent, of the total weight for dust and other adulterations. The Revenue