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transfer of one Indian Officer and il men to H. B. M. Consulate to complete
the authorized strength of the guard.
The'Military Works personnel were left at Naiband pending the disposal
of Machinery and stores and the demolition of the buildings which was decided
on..
Mr. Godfrey, A.C.R.E., Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Ports visited Bandar Abbas in the
above connection on the 21st June and remained till the 7th August.
During the year, the following Officers inspected the Indian Troops station
ed at Naiband.
(1) Lt.-Colonel C. B, Scott, D.S.O., 3[15th Punjab Regiment Commanding
Troops, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , arrived on January 9th and proceeded to Jask on January
13th.
(2) Major W. C. Kirkwood, O.B.E., 3|19th Hyderabad Regiment landed
for the day from the I. G. T. Steamer 44 Patrick Stewart " on February 25th.
(3) Major 0. Masters,. M.C., 3|19th Hyderabad Regiment Commanding
the Gulf Ports arrived on March 25th and left for Bushire on March 28th.
(4) Lieut.-Colonel A. G. Shea, D.S.O., Commanding the 3[19th Hyderabad
Regiment disembarked during the stay in port of the R.M.S. " Barfora " on
the 28th March.
Major General S. F. St. D. Green, C.B.E., M.D., Deputy Director, Medical
Services, Western Command, Quetta, accompanied by Major 0. Masters, M.C. y
Commanding Gulf Ports, Major T. Houston, D.S.O., I.M.S., and Captain J.
Robney, I.M.S., Senior Medical Officer, Gulf Ports, inspected the Hospital and
lines of the Infantry Guard at H. B. M. Consulate in November.
Lieut.-Colonel A. G. Shea, D.S.O., accompanied by Major Masters inspected
the Hospital and lines of the Consulate Infantry Guard in December.
V isits of H is M ajesty's and F oreign S hips of W ae.
Bandar Abbas. —H. M. S. " Triad " paid two visits to the port in April
and October respectively.
Ling ah. —None of His Majesty's ships visited the port during the year.
The Royal Indian Marine Steamer " Lawrence " called at Bandar Abbas
four times during the year and twice at Lingah.
Royal Italian Navy. —The Cruiser " Calabria ,r arrived on the 8th June
and sailed for Bushire on the 10th June.
During her stay visits were exchanged with H. B. M. Consul and the local
authorities.
V isits of H is M ajesty's R epresentatives.
Bandar Abbas. —The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Trevor, C.S.L r
C.I.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. arrived in the R.LM.S.
" Lawrence " on the night of the 25th February.
He visited H. B. M. Consulate in the forenoon next day and returned td
Bushire the same afternoon.
Lingah,—En route to Bandar Abbas, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. called here for
a few hours.
B ritish I nterests.
I ndo- E uropean T elegraph D epartment.
During January the wire was cut on this line.
Bandar Ahbas-Kerman Telegraph Line, —The culprits were caught and
punished by the local authorities and a fine of Krans 350 recovered for the
damage done.
Again in May, some fifteen insulators were found broken. A sum of 100
krans was recovered from the culprits, who belonged to - a caravan of
Farghanis.
During the month of November the line was maliciously damaged, near a
place called Bandekunaro thirty yards of wire being removed and forty insu
lators broken. The damage done was estimated at 270 krans.