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5. Customs Department. —Shahzadeh Wall Muhammad Mirza Bonbon Mirza
i emamcd in charge till the 26th October, when he was transferred to the Finance
Ministry at Tehran, being relieved by Monsieur Paul Wolters (Belgian) as
1 rovincial Director of Customs. His relations with the Consulate-General were
satisfactory.
Monsieur Hunin (Belgian) remained Inspector-General of Customs for the
Southern Ports till February, when he proceeded on leave to Belgium and
Monsieur Wolters officiated in the appointment. On return from leave M.
Hunin resumed charge on the 31st May, when M. P. Wolters went to Moham-
merah.
6. Posts and Telegraphs. —Mirza Husain Ali Khan Shahruzi remained in
charge th lough out the year. He appears to be a capable officer, but some of his
subordinates complain that being a Bahai, he favours the Bahais in departmental
prom ol ion s.
7. Judicial. —Mirza Nimatullah Khan Ashti remained in charge till July
when he proceeded on leave, being later—on his return—posted as Public Pro-
secutor The post remained vacant till 23rd November when Aqa Muhammad
iVli^ 1 eshwa assiiTricd, charge of the Courts. He is clearing off arrears ener-
getically and is said to have made a good beginning.
. There have as yet been no cases of any importance in the Courts involving
British subjects. It is impossible therefore to say how the Judicial safeguards
tor I oreign subjects, which accompanied the surrender of the Capitulations will
work in practice.
8. Health' and Quarantine Department.-^Doctor Abul Qasim Bahrami a
pleasant individual, whose qualifications as a medical man however are not very
apparent, held charge throughout the year. He is more interested in bacteriology
than in operations, which are seldom performed, and in serious cases people
refer to 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. or I. E. T. D. Doctors. Doctor Bahrami has been supplied
vith a quaiantine Launch “ Bin Sina ”, and his quarantine arrangements so
far as 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. is concerned, have been satisfactory.
Note.— The Charitable Hospital, which was built and run bv public subscriptions was
handed over to the Committee on the 9th February in a meeting held in 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. when
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. , and 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. Surgeon resigned their Honorary posts as Pre
sident, and Secretary of the Hospital Doctor Bahrami and his staff now work in this
Hospital
9. Department of Education.—Aqa Muhammad Noor Bakhsh held the
appointment of Rais-i-Muaraf till May when he was called to Tehran to answer
charges of corruption He was openly selling appointments. The appointment
remained vacant till the 16th September when Aqa Fakhr-i-Dai arrived from
Tehran and assumed charge,
The is no Government High School in Bushire, and the only Middle School—
Madressah-i-Saadat—is supported by subscriptions and not * bv Government
which only finances four Primary Schools. ' 7
10. Census Department.—Aqai Mufazzal held the charge of this department
the chief use of which is in connection with compulsory military service. ’
| .Section - 4,
Military,
,, l 1 ;, Sarhang Ahmad Khan Akhgar arrived at Bushire on
the 28th January and opened a Recruiting Depot for compulsory service
Previous to his arrival the Sapl-i-Ahwal (Census) Department had been working
for some months Youths of 21, 22 23 and 24 were called up and those who
were medically fit appeared before the General Board which consisted of the
Governor or his Assistant, Doctor Bahrami or his Assistant, Officer Command
ing, Troops, Chief of Police, the Recruiting Officer and about half a dozen lend
mg citizens of Bushire. About 40 per cent, of the youths were found medically
unfit and 40 per cent, were granted exemption for other reasons, as bread winners
etc. Pew were actually recruited. Bribes were freely paid to obtain exemn
turn. The corruption being reported, a doctor was summoned to Tehran Cmi
pulsory service was very unpopular locally and telegrams were despatched to'
Tehran by prominent Bushire citizens asking exemption for the resident It
Gulf Ports from Military Service and offering themselves for the Navv Tlf
Governor, fearing demonstrations similar to those in Shiraz, supported the