ملف رقم ٤٦٤٨ لسنة ١٩١٢ "مشروعات السكك الحديدية في جنوب بلاد فارس؛ عمليات المسح لموانئ الخليج" [ظ‎‎١‎٢] (٢٥٨/٢٩)

Water Supply .—There is no source of fresh water in the neighbourhood other
than what is conserved in Brikehs (reservoirs) during the rainy season.
Building material .—An abundance of hard stone of granite-like appearance is
obtainable from the Koh-i-Namak range 2J miles distant. The chief industry of
Bustaneh is the manufacture of grindstones for grinding corn, which are made
from this stone.
Conclusions .—In my opinion this section has greater possibilities for a com
mercial port than any other part of the Clarence Strait, and if sufficient outlay
was justified to develope it, it would make as good a port as any in the Gulf with
the possible exception of Kuwait.
Advantages and Disadvantages .—
Advantages:—
(1) A moderately sheltered anchorage.
(2) Good holding ground.
(3) Easy and safe approach.
(4) Building stone available in the vicinity.
(5) Pilotage unnecessary.
(6) Possibility of constructing piers, and jetties out to the low line, where
sufficient depth could be dredged for ships to berth.
(7) Possibility of developing the Port by dredging operations if trade in
creased.
The disadvantages would appear to be :—
(1) The distance between the high and low line, and the consequent expense
if the construction of piers was contemplated.
(2) Somewhat limited anchorage for deep draft vessels and difficulty of
manoeuvring if the Port was crowded, but if pilots were available
for berthing ships this difficulty would be obviated.
(3) Absence of fresh water-supply.
Trade and Town Site. If the proposed Port should also be required es a Trade
Centre, the existing caravan routes now converging on Bandar Abbas could no
doubt easily be diverted to Bustaneh, as a convenient gap occurs in the back ranges
near here. ®
Although I am hardly qualified to give an opinion on anything but the “ Sea
P om j.2f a PP ears to me that the neighbourhood of Bustaneh should offer
tew dimculties for the construction of a town ship.
The strategic and tactical aspect of the various sections in the Clarence Strait
have recently been amply dealt with by Captain B. W. Mainprise, R.E.
Bandar Abbas (see tracing). *
The Roadstead was surveyed on a scale of 3" = 1 Sea mile and soundings are
shown m teet reduced to low water ordinary spring tides. &
Anchorage .-The anchorage is of ample extent for a large number of shirs
the ho ding ground is excellent being either sand and mud, or soft mud, the chief dis-
advantage being its shallowness, only 22 feet of water at low water ordinary spring
tides being available at a distance of 2 miles, and ships drawing more than 2 T feet
would have to he three miles off the town. The Islands of Larak Hormur and
Kishm give protection from all winds except from the South-East
Approach .The approach is easy and well defined, no difficuty should be
experienced by vessels coming to the anchorage at night. Pilotage is ^necessary
Facilities for shppmg-Owing to the great distance vessels have to lie from
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