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11 a 1 nd fal1 of tide at s P rin 8 tide at the bar is
11 iQ^t, at Bandar Shahpur 18 feet.
3. \Unloading facilities.—There are no fixed cranes. Loading
and unlmdmg is carried out by ships derricks supplemented by
a 15 tonWellmg steam crane. Under existing conditions the
cargo capacity of Bandar Shahpur is said to be from 600 to 1 000
tons he Hansa Line Agents declare they can load 500
agge gram per day but it is not known if this has ever
rorn a ^ so discharged into barges/which are un-
to the shore. There are 7 b^ges in the port,
.ansa Line, 3 sea-going barges belong to the port
;s to Customs. The>»Uowji(g craft are also
iks
belongs
le^follc
y
been done,
loaded over
3 belong to
and one b
available—
1 sea-going tug.\ /
1 large motor boat in use for dr((p£>mg pilots at the bar.
2 25 H. P. Kelvin motor boat** used for towing barges.
1 12 H .P. Kelvin motor boused for towing barges
I 15 H. P. Swedish motor boat used for towing barges
About 16 native sailing bostyoaA of about 25 ton capacity.
4. General facilities KmBamOar Shahjmr.—The norths the
terrmnus of the Iranian sfet^fcdlway. On the raised area there
are 4 main railway admgs and a Y for turning locomotives.
The total populaW of the port amounts to some 1,500 people
forToel 1 n0 m i e \°?7 meatiC ° r indu8trial U8e an d that required
for local official^Vd for use in the\ locomotives is brought bv
tram from Ahwaa^pr the .Jarrahi River. ^ ^
bv The'pnv^ 0 bri , Ck , bungalowS ^cupied respectively
b> the I ort Xlana^er and the military or naval authorities
There arouse twelve brick living quarters for customs and rail
way staff.Wd two section houses and a few rooms in temmiran,
others^^rT^^ shi PP in g agents.storekeepel^a.ld
shocks. / ° f hG ab ° Ur liV6 111 woode » huts and reed
The yher buildings consist of a brick station building
s^ sm^steel framed corrugated iron buildings used for custoi^
railway contractors warehouses, a brick loco shed and
workshop and a wooden shanty used as a customs office^
No attempt has been made to provide anv sanitn™
/bents except in the two brick bungalows. “ '' J inge ‘
• t ° n floatin g dock is anchored off Bandar Shahnnr 6,if
/ H • of T btt e 1186 ow “ 1 g to lac One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees k of workshop facilities See *\npen
dix III, paragraph 4 (c). Appen-