"تقارير إدارية ١٩٠٥-١٩١٠" [و‎‎٣‎٩] (٦١٦/٨٢)

RESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1905-1906.
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Customs (under whose auspices the building was being erected) was due in a
great measure to the support, moral, if not actual, of my Russian colleague.
The position therefore now is that, though connection is complete, no office
has yet been opened to the public owing to the childish objections of the
Persian Government.
Tours. —In connection with the collection of information for the new
Persian Gulf Gazetteer a fair amount of touring was done at the beginning
of 1905, the Assistant Resident making one tour in February of the Islands of
Hormuz, Larak and Henjam. Early in March another tour was made by
way of the main caravan route to Kerman through fehamilat, south to Minab,
and back to Bunder Abbas. In April a tour westwards into Bastak territory,
south to Khamir with a visit to Bassidu and back to head-quarters. In
August a tour northwards in search of a possible summer resort was made,
but though Kuh-i-Ginao and the foot-hills of Kuh-i-Parghun were visited no
suitable place was found. The thermometer between 9 a.m . and 6 p.m . during
this tour usually averaged about 105° Parenheit or more, even at an altitude
of 2,700 feet.
Navy and Marine, —His Excellency Eear-Admiral Atkinson Willes in
the flagship Hyacinth and accompanied by His Majesty's Bedhreast and
Proserpine visited Hormuz in the course of his annual tour in April 1905,
but did not call actually at Bunder Abbas.
His successor in the command of the East Indies Squadron, Vice-Admiral
Sir Edmund Poe, visited Bunder Abbas in March of the following year,
remaining in port two days in His Majesty's Ship Hermes.
In addition to the above-named vessels His Majesty's Ships Fox and
Sphinx visited the port at various times.
The E. I. M. S. Lawrence and the I. G. T. S. Fatric Stewart with
the Political Resident and the Director of Persian Gulf Telegraphs also
called during the tours of these officers.
No foreign vessels of war entered the port.
Foreign Representatives.— to the 14th Pebruary 1906 Russia had been
represented by a Consular Agent, in the person of a Persian by name Mahomed
Ali the Sadid-us-Sultaneh. On this date the first Russian Consul for Bunder
Abbas, Monsieur G. Owseenko, arrived from Russia via Meshed, Seistan,
Kerman and Regan and was accorded a very cordial and ceremonious official
reception. It was not, however, until a month after his arrival that the Czar's
representative officiallv informed his British colleague of his appointment to
Bunder Abbas. M. Owseenko is well-known throughout Persia, having estab
lished the Russian Consulate at Bushire and served at Baghdad and Seistan.
No other power is represented at this port.
At Lingah a Persian represents Prance as Consular Agent ; and to
another Persian, Mahomed bin Abdulah Khwajah, whom the Persian
Government refuses to recognise, are entrusted Turkish interests.
Lieutenant W.H.I. Shakespear, LA., has held charge of the office of
Assistant Resident and His Britannic Majesty's Consul throughout the year.
Agha Badr bin Mahomed Amin has also continued in charge of the British
.Agency at Lingah during the same period.
W. H. 1. SHAKESPEAR, Lieutenanty
{late) Assistant Resident and His Britannic Majesty's
Consul at Bunder Abbas,
B ritish C onsulate,
M askat ;
The 15th August 1906.