'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [‎29r] (62/212)

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Beacon.-A beacon an iron tube carrying a pole surmounted
by a ball, 15 feet hrgh stands in about 4 feet of water on Ras
abMarg, a sand bank some miles north-west of the Resi-
Pilots. There are 4 or 5 local pilots, but pilots are hardlv
required except in thick weather or with a bad sea on the bar
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used f Bn f t ^ Indl M Steam Xavi « fttion Company and
used for their mail service to and from steamers.
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Dredging.—The port would be greatly improved by dredg-
Landing place for troops.—In addition to the usual Innd,™
place at the Customs House, a landing can be effected aWt
anywhere on the beach to the south of the town presuming ‘t
quite calm. With anything of a sea running the task of Ian r
t^ps on the beach wouid be highly .lat.gefolt not
blo. Ships lying in the inner anchorage are sheltered 1 to *
certam extent from the W, but any way Trom the
shtmal A convenient place at Kfishire it,elf' is abreast 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 a sandy and rocky beach. The most con
venient place outside the town is a natural landUstLe at
Dastak below the cable house at Reshire point. g
AtDastak below the Reshire cable station there is a wharf
of stone and cement with a frontage of 70 feet and wharf
area of about 4,500 feet, which would be of great use ^Ti 3
weather and smooth water for landing purposes Owimr tVrfc
rocky nature of the bottom and the depth of watP-r ^
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especially with a southerly one, which also tends to make it