'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎73r] (150/418)

CHAPTER 1.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR BUSHIRE AND HINTERLAND
FOR THE YEAR 1927,
S ection I.
Personnel.
The different appointments in Bushire were held as follows :—
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. and Consul-General.
The Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel L. B. H. Haworth.
Secretary to 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. .
Captain B. Stuart Horner, till 11th April.
Captain C. G. Prior, from 12th April till 11th December.
Captain R. P. Watts, from 12th December.
Under-Secretary to 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. .
Captain C. G. Prior, till 11th April.
Captain R. L. Bazalgette, from 12th April.
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.
Major M. A. Nicholson, I.M.S., till 30th April.
Major R. F. D. MacGregor, M.C., I.M.S., from 1st May till 2nd
September.
Lieutenant-Colonel A. N. Dickson, M.C., I.M.S., from 3rd September.
Vice-Consul, Bushire.
Mr. A. J. Gardener ( Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service,) till 8th May when he
proceeded on lea^e and his duties were carried out by the Sec
retary to 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. in addition to his own.
Executive Engineer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division.
Mr. E. T. Roch, Public Works Department, till 23rd March.
Mr. N. N. Farrell, A.G.C.I., A.M.I.C.E., Public Works Department,
from 24th March till 26th November.
Mr. E. T. Roch, Public Works Department, from 27th November.
S ection 2.
Foreign Representatives.
French Consulate. —Monsieur le Commandant Trenga held charge.
Norwegian Vice-Consulate. —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. was appointed to
act, but his papers had not arrived by the end of the year.
Russian Consulate-General. —The Consulate General remained closed
throughout the year. Mirza Abdus Samad Khan, Assistant to the Consul-
General for Fars, visited Bushire during the months August-September in
connection with the repairs to the Consulate building.
A certain Mirza Ismail of Bushire carried out the work of reporter to the
Consul-General at Shiraz which place he also visited twice during the year.
Dutch Consulate. —The French Consul remained in charge throughout
the year.
S ection 3.
Local Government.
Governor of the Gulf Ports. —Mirza Ahmad Khan Nekpai left for Bandar
Abbas on a tour of inspection on the 4th of May and returned on the 6th July
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