"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الجزء II. ج. ج. لوريمر. ١٩١٥" [‎٢‎٦‎٢‎٤] (١٢٦٢/١١٤١)

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The working expenses, it will be seen, amount to about 10 per cent
of the gross receipts. The five highest posts in the South, namely the
Director-Generalship, Inspectorship and Comptrollership at Bushehr and
the Directorships at Lingeh and Bandar •'Abbas, are at present occupied
by members of the Belgian Customs Service, who have been seconded
and placed at the disposal of the Persian Government by the Government
of Belgium; the initial contracts with the Persian Government of
these and of the other Belgian Officers in the Department were for three
years, and were renewable, at expiration, for either three or five years.
All the other superior appointments in the South are held by Persians,
who have the rank of Directors and are styled Mudirs. The subordinate
grades of Farrash or civil orderly, of Mustahfiz or watchman, of Kashikchi
or night watchman, and of Tufangchi or armed guard are filled by
natives. The Tufangchis fluctuate in number according to the season of
the year, and are frequently changed; they are mostly recruited at
Bushehr and in Baluchistan. The staff of each minor post consists of a
Mudir, lower in rank than a Director, having under him two or more
subordinates. Mere observation posts are manned by one or more watch
men or Tufangchis, who are under orders of the nearest Mudir.
In some ports and on some stretches of coast—especially in the
districts of Rud-hilleh and Tangistan, and of Persian Makran from Jashk
to Chahbar—the Customs have been unable as yet to establish their
system, owing to the opposition of local chiefs who refuse to part with the
farm of the customs and cannot at present be coerced. In these localities
the customs duties are levied according to the ancient methods, and arms
and other prohibited articles find their way into the country. Control of
the coast line is maintained, so far as possible, by the Customs vessel
"Mozaffar" and the Persian man-of-war " Persepolis," supplemented by
the launches constructed at Bombay. An experiment was tried, in
1905 or 1906, of watching the coast between Lingeh and Bandar ^Abbas
by means of mounted patrols ; it was not successful on account of the
unsuitability of the country to horses, but it was intended to repeat it
with the substitution of camels for horses.
The organisation of the Customs of 'Arabistan is as follows :—
Posts.
Date of
institution.
European
officials.
Persian
officials.
i
Guards.
Estimated
gross animal
receipts (in
Tntnan s).
Estimnted
annual ex
penditure
(im
Tumans).
Muhammareh (A
principal po.4,
as defined in the
Reglement.)
20th Septem
ber 1902.
1 Director-
General.
1 Director
and 15
others.
65
55,000
16,000
N asiri
20th Januarv
1903.
...
1 Director
and 5
others.
12
40,000
2,800
Shush tar
20th Feb
ruary 1903.
...
1 Director
and 2
others.
13
10,000
1,800
* The same remarts about changes apply to this table as to the last (customs of
the South).