'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎111r] (226/418)

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2. Consulate work. —The total number of cases settled in the Governor-
General's Court in coniunciion with the ConsnMte m which the interests of
Foreign subjects under the Consulate protection were concerned was IS and
the compensation recovered amounted to Krans 38,791. 12 cases were pend
ing in the Governor-General's Court at the end of the year.
On the abolition of the Capitulations with effect from the 10th May the
Persian Government allowed a period of one year for the completion of cases
then unfinished in the Governor-General's Court and also for the completion
of all unfinished cases in Consular Courts. Every possible endeavour is
being made to finish the present pending cases before the 9th May 1929.
Since the abolition of Capitulations British and British protected
parties have referred all new cases to the Adliyeh.
Fifty-eight British subjects were registered during the year.
3. Indo-European Telegraph Department. —Mr. P. E. Dormer remain
ed in charge of the Kerman Office throughout the year.
Mr. C. E. Treadwell held charge of the Kerman Sub-Division through
out the year.
Mr. J. P. May remained in charge of the Dehaneh-Baghi Sub-Division
throughout the year. The total duration of interruptions in this section
was 36 hours.
There were no total interruptions to traffic in the Kerman Sub-Division
during the year. The branch line from Baft to Saidabad (Sirjan) was in
terrupted for 139 hours in December owing to cyclones having caused 190 of
the wooden poles to fall. This line is uninsulated and is simply for the use
of the Persian Telegraph Administration but the Indo-European Telegraph
Department have a mounted ghulam always stationed at Sir j an to keep the
line in repair. The wilful breaking of insulators on this section also in
creased considerably during the year under review. There were 32 insula
tors broken in the Anar-Bam Section and 109 in the Iverman-Bandar Abbas
Section against 7 and 2 respectively for the previous year.
Mr. G. E. New, Director, Persian Section, arrived from Tehran early
in April on a tour of inspection and returned to headquarters after a stay
of two days.
4. Imperial Bank of Persia. —Mr. C. A. Gardner remained as Mana
ger of the Kerman Branch throughout the year.
Mr. P. L. Rhodes, acting Accountant, left Kerman on resignation on
the 9th August and his place was not filled until the arrival of Mr. H. J.
Douglas on the 24th October.
5. Church Missionary Society and its work. —(a) Education. —The Rev.
A. C. Ozanne, Principal of the Boys' School left for England early in the
year and his place was taken temporarily by Mr. C. L. Hawker of the
Stuart Memorial College, Ispahan, who transferred the School to the new
buildings. In September the Rev. R. Iliff was appointed Principal reliev
ing Mr. Hawker who returned to Ispahan. The number of boys rose from
40 last year to 60 at the end of the year under review and the formal recog
nition of the School by the Persian 'Ministry of Education, which brings
with it all privileges enjoyed by Persian Government Schools, will, the new
Principal hopes, result m further increase in the number of students.
Under its new Principal who is young and enthusiastic the school has re
gained much of the reputation it lost under Mr. Ozanne and it is doing good
work. It has the best building and play grounds of any school in Kerman.
Miss E. Macdonogh remained in charge of the Girls' School till the be
ginning of December when she left for Ispahan on transfer, handing the
charge over to M^iss J. F. Woodroffe who remained in charge till the closfj
of the year. Miss Gerard, the only European assistant, left for Shiraz to
open a school there in February. The Girls School continues to do excellent
work and the number of pupils is 144 (the same as last year) including 15