Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎340r] (684/1028)

CHAPTER I.
Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland for the year 1930.
SECTION I.
Personnel.
The undermentioned officers held the following appointments during the year
under review :—
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 H. Y. Biscoe, throughout the year.
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. .
Major T. C. W. Fowle, C.B.E., from 1st January until 5th June 1930.
Captain A. A. Russell, M.C., from 6th June 1930 until the 2nd De cember 1930.
Captain J. R. L. Bradshaw, from the 3rd December 1930.
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 A. A. Russell from 1st January to 5th June 1930.
Mr. J. Croning from the 6th June to 18th December 1930.
Captain R. G. E. W. Alban from the 19th December 1930.
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.
Major H, J. H. Symons, M.C., I.M.S. throughout the year.
Vice Consul, Bushire.
Mr. R. B. B. Tollinton ( Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service) until the 17th April 1930.
Major H. J. H. Symons, M.C., I.M.S., from 18th April to 24th June 1930.
Mr. J. W. Blanch from the 25th June 1930 to the end of the year.
Executive Engineer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division.
Mr. Fateh Ali Shaikh throughout the period under review.
Registrar and Treasury Officer, Political 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. .
Mr. E. M. Sequeira, M.B.E., to the 8th July 1930 and as Registrar from that
date to the end of the year.
Treasury Officer, Political 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. .
Mr. M. A. Fernandez, M.B.E., from 9th July 1930 to the end of the year.
First Interpreter 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. .
Khan Bahadur Muhammad Ali Soofi throughout the year.
Second Interpreter,
Khan Sahib Mirza Ali until June 1930 when the post was abolished.
SECTION 2.
Foreign Representatives.
French Consulate.
Monsieur Luis Lucas until the 22nd March 1930.
Monsieur G. Cassin, from 23rd March to the end of the year.
The French Charge d’Affaires, and his Commercial Attache from Tehran
visited Bushire by air in April 1930 and returned by car. They came to enquire
into the causes of the decrease in French trade last year and its future prospects
in view of the Persian restrictions on foreign trade,
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