Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎289r] (578/938)

(c) The price of meat has risen from Rls.5.50 per kilo to
Rls.7.0. This"is partly due to shortage of fodder, due to the
lateness of rainfall, and partly to the raid by villagers of
Kolol on the flocks of the Bushire butchers reported in para
graph V(iv)(b) of my summary for 15th November.
(d) A man from Dashti recently sold his two children in
. Bushire. One of them was bought by a petty merchant and the
other by a Tehran! motor driver, not, of course, as slaves,
« but in order to relieve the father’s distress.
(e) Attacks on caravans in Bashti^tan and on houses in
Bushire itself by armed bands continued to be rife during the
period under report. oarwar ohadrawan has had several inter
views with the Resident’s Secretary, and has promised to take
effective action.
(f) Reference paragraph II(ii) of my last summary: the
Bank's purchases of dates have forced the price up to Rls 100
per Hash^ini maund from the previous price of Rls.80.
III. COMMUNICATIONS .
Post al
The United kingdom Commercial Corporation undertook the
forwarding of the vast accumulation of mail bags for Shiraz
on the 17th November. At the close of the period under report
however, they had not received payment for this service, and
were refusing to accept further mails. I An arrangement has
since been made through the 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. for them to accent mail
bags on the Governor's personal undertaking to settle the bills
promptly on the first of each month, and provided that the
outstanding bill is paid. It is understood that negotiations
for a general mail contract are in progress in Tehran.)
IV. WAR SUPPLIES
(a) The position of the port has been improved by the
sending of another tug, the I.W.T. force now being two tugs
and five barges. This had to some extent mitigated the evil
of the seven mile haul between ship to shore.
(b) The S.S. Dona Aniceta arrived and the 3.S. Vermeer
sailed, during the period under report. 287 lorries were
discharged, of which 167 were assembled. None of these had
h'-cn despatched at the close of the period", but 28 U.S.S.R.
and 31 U.K.C.C. lorries previously assembled were despatched
in addition, of course, to regular contracted lorry convoys.
The U.S.^.R. have 550 tons of steel awaiting onward despatch.
(c) A meeting was held in the Town 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. on 25th
November when security and anti-pilfering measures were dis
cussed. The local representatives of the British and U.S.
Armies, the U.NhC.C. and the L.W.T. were present.
V. TRIBAL & POLITICAL'
(a) Boir Ahmedi .
The undermentioned chiefs of Boir Ahmedifc and Mamasani
have written to this 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. to express their desire to make
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