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were committed at the instigation of Sargurd Kuqarrab, the recently
relieved O.C. Gendarmerie, with the object of discrediting his
successor. Colour is lent to this supposition by the fact^that
the two men are not on good terms with eacn otner and that oargur
Muqarrab was far from pleased at being relieved.
(c) The Monopoly Department, Shiraz, have brought
to light further discrepancies in consignments of delivered
by Sheikh Abdulla Borazjani ( reference paragraph \TLI {c) oT the
last summary ). The latest example is the shortage of one length
of cloth from each bale of a consignment of piece-goods recently
delivered at Shiraz. The Customs Department at Bushire, .rom
whom the consignment was taken over by Sheikh Abdulla,
the lengths were removed by the latter as " samples and :iave
reported in addition that the agents of this gentleman were caught
in the act of smuggling out of the Customs ambars two bales of th
best quality cloth.
(d) Reference paragraph II (b) of Summary, No. 9 of
1944.
A request for assistance in obtaining the amount
of piping required to complete the Bushire drinking-water scheme
was in due course addressed by the local Persian authorities to
this Consulate-General, which forwarded it with a strong recommend
ation. The British military authorities have since agreed to
supply 6 miles of iron piping and have in addition agreed to re
lease 2 tanker-lorries for the carriage of water to Bushire pending
the completion of the scheme. The delivery of the much-needed
iron piping, which has now reached Bushire by sea, will very greatly
assist towards its completion. The tanker-lorries, which, i is
hoped, will arrive in the near future, will remove the main water-
supply difficulties at present experienced by the local authorities,
who have, as a temporary measure, pressed into service an
Irrigation Department lorry for the supply of drinking-water to
Bushire town. The extreme urgency of the need for an efficient
scheme for the supply of water is illustrated only too sharply by
the fact that sweet drinking-water is now selling in the town at
Rls. 5 per skin.
III. COMMUNICATIONS .
Reference paragraph III (a) of the last Summary.
The first aeroplane® of the new air service to land
at Bushire arrived on July 3rd., followed by a second on July 2th.
Neither machine carried regular mails. One passenger C iurs.
Connolly, wife of the new Manager of the local Branch ox the
Imperial Bank of Iran) arrived by the first and two passengers were
’taken to Shiraz in the second. It is understood that the machines
used seated three passengers only.
IV. PUBLIC HEALTH.
Malaria continues to be on the Increase. The
numbers of cases of whooping-cough and broncho-pneumonia have
decreased, while no further cases of pnaumonia or influenza havq
been noted.
V. TRIBAL AND POLITICAL .
(a) In the course of an interview with the Governor
at Bushire, Sarhang Dadsitan informed the latter that he had been
experiencing difficulty in persuading chiefs of tribal areas to
send their young men for compulsory military service. He added
that he had accordingly made a proposal, which had been accepted,
tkat only those chiefshould be issued'with Government rationed
commodities who could show a statement signed by the Conscription
authorities to the effect that all men of their areas required for
conscription had duly presented themselves before those authorities
The Sarhang said that the scheme had proved a success in other
tribal areas where he had introduced it, notably in Laristan, and
kbat he propcSfid 9 Trto effect in Ms Area forthwith. The