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NO. IB 79 .
L» I EUT-COLON EL E. C. ROSS,
POLITICAL/ RESIDENT- IN THE PERSIAN GULF
ft H. M f S. CONSUL-GENERAL FOR FARS &C.
*
TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT,
SIMLA.
BRITISH RESIDENCY * CONSULATE-GENERAL
BUSHIRE 6 TH OCTOBER lB?9.
WITH REFERENCE TO PARA. 3 OF MY LETTER TO YOUR AD-
4 -DRESS, NO 34 I, DATED 2 ND INSTANT, AND MAJOR SMITH S NO.
4 OF 5TH SEPTEMBER, PARA, 4 . I HAVE THE HONOUR TO ENCLOSE
COPIES OF MESSAGES RECEIVED FROM MR FFlNCH IN REPLY TO MY
ENQUIRIES ABOUT PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN THE GWADUR POLITICAL
E S T AP LI SHM EN T .
IT A^EARS TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR
THE PRESENT, AND PENDING SIR R. SANDEMAN* S EVENTUAL ARRANGE
MENTS, TO RETAIN THE NATIVE ASSISTANT, WHO IS AS MR FFlNCH
IS RIGHTLY INFORMED MUCH RESPECTED IN MEKRAN AND WHO IS A
TRUSTWORTHY AND VALUABLE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE
CHIEFS AND PEOPLE. THE MOONSHEE MIGHT PERHAPS BE DISPENSED
WITH, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST BOTH THESE APPOINTMENTS BEING
LEFT FOR THE DECISION of the governor-general's AGENT,
WHEN SUBMITTING FINAL PROPOSALS. THERE SEEMS NOTHING TO
r»RFV' r “ T T T*TF OT^FR ORO^OSE^ RFnUCTIOMS BEING AT ONCE EFFECTED
BUT