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The buildings were demolislied and all stores either sold locally or shipped
elsewhere and the final evacuation of this base was completed by the first week
in April.
Visits of His Majesty's Ships.
Bandar Abbas. —H. M. S. " Triad " arrived on the 30th June and remained
till the 4th July.
H. M. S. u Crocus " anchored off the roadstead on the Tth September and
left the same day.
The Royal Indian Marine Ship 11 Lawrence " paid three visits to the port
during the year.
Ling ah. —H. M. S. '' Lupin arrived on the 7th March and remained till the
11th March.
H. M. S. 11 Cyclamen " arrived on the 15th August and sailed the same day.
The R. I. M- Ship " Lawrence " paid four visits to the port fhiring the year.
Visits of His Majesty's Representatives.
Bandar Abbas. —The Hon'ble Lieut.-Colonel F. B. Prideaux, C.S.I., 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. and H. B. M.'s Consul-Greneral for Fars
Khuzistan, etc., accompanied by Major M. A. Nicholson, Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon and
Chief Quarantine Medical Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Ports, arrived in R. I. M. S.
Lawrence " on the 20th January, landed and visited H. B. M.'s Consulate and
the Naiband base during- the day, re-embarked the same evening and left for
Muscat early the following morning.
Lingah.-—En route from Bushire 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 at Lingah on the 18th January and inspected the Consular Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Mr. G. A. Richardson, O.B.E., H. B. M. ? s Consul, Bandar Abbas visited the
Consular Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in March and again in August.
British Interests,
Indo-European Telegraph Department. —The office at Bandar Abbas worked
satisfactorily and there was no interruption of the telegraph line between it and
Kerman.
Owing to the protection afforded to the latter by the Amnyieh posts estab
lished along the line, no instance in which the wires were mischievously cut by
passing caravans, was reported, as in previous years.
The Indian Government Telegraph ship " Patrick Stewart " made four calls
at this port during the year.
On the 19th March, Mr. E. E. Gunter, Director of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Section
of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, accompanied by Mr. T. F. Tebbut,
Chief Electrician landed here and inspected his Department's local office.
During the same annual tour, inspection of the offices at Henjam and Lingah
were also carried out.
Wireless Telegraph Station at Lingah. —Since the burglary reported in last
year's report, a Persian guard has been posted for the protection of this station.
The receipts from the Radio Office during 1925 showed a slight increase over
those for the preceding year.
Anglo-rPersian Oil Company.
Geological Survey in the Bandar Abbas .—^Hinterland. —The above Com
pany's party of two geologists who had arrived in November 1924 for the ex
ploitation of oil in the interior was reinforced in February by Professor de
Bockh the eminent Hungarian expert and three other senior members of their
geological staff.
After carrying out a survey of the country between Kuh Ginau and Rudan
and Minab the party returned to Bandar Abbas in March and thereafter continu
ed their operations in the direction of Khamir and Lingah.
Later Messrs. Fowle and Long, who formed the original party, surveyed
between Minab and Pahbahan in the Bashakard country and returned to Moham-
merah in April.
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