Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎547v] (1094/1148)

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Gray Mackenzie and Co., Limited.—This Company’s Branch at Bushire was
managed by the followi.ng :—
Mr. S. W. Gregor from 1st January to 9th January.
Mr. W. Sunter from 10th January to 10th October.
Mr D T M. Munn from 11th October to the end of the year.
The Imperial Bank of Iran.-U R. N. 0 Roe was the manager of the
Bushire Branch from 1st January to 23rd May, Mr. J. Donaldson from -,4th . y
to 25th December and Mr. T. M. Tagg from 25th December to the end of the
yea The Analo-Iranian Oil Company Limited.-Uv. Habib TaMM wmm^d^n
Charge from 1st January until 7th December and Mr. \ azm from -»U
to the end of the year. . .
Visits of His Majesty's Ships .—During the year Bushire was visited n is
Majesty’s Ships ‘‘ Deptford ” Ld “ Bideford ”. The customary ealutes were
fired and, in addition to the usual calls on the fJ of
time calls were also exchanged between the harM Officer in clmr^e
the Naval Bureau at Bushire and the Commander of H s . J ■ . 1 ■
SECTION 3.
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.
Governor. —Aqai Hasan Farzaneh remained in charge of the Governorate of
Bushire throughout the year.
Assistant Governor.-Mai Mahmud Al-Aqa held charge of the office of
Assistant Governor of Bushire throughout the year.
Wheat Monopoly.—Cultivators were again compelled to seH then’
harvest to the Revenue authorities at a rate considerably less than that at wine
v 2 W'/T* it w g resold by the Government. Sufficient stocks to meet local requirements
were hJwever retained at Bushire and in addition to these stocks, a certain amount
of grain was also smuggled into Bushire by peasants who had managed to evade
^ellino- their full crop. Stocks of smuggled gram were sold at a rate lower than
that demanded by the Government and it is believed that a certain amount was
surreptitiously exported.
Snniqnling of Contraband goods.-A branch of the Iranian Piecegoods
Monopoly Company continued to supply British, Russian and Japanese piece-
goods^ Bushire and districts at prices lower than those prevailing in e
interior. As a result, the smuggling of piecegoods into Bushire was kept m
check A fairly flourishing trade in smuggled motor tyres and tubes, raincoat,
and Japanese silks is however, still carried on. During the year the Customs
Preventive Department seized two dhows and about 100 packages of Japanese
silk goods.
Tobacco Monopoly.—The Bushire Tobacco Monopoly Bureau continued to
meet local requirements in cigarettes, cigars and tobacco at a handsome profit
It is estimated that their profits on the sales of tobacco which had been purchased
locally amounted to about 750 per cent.
Roads and Communications.
1. Bushire-Shiraz Road .—-Work on repairs to the road
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throughout the year ; in spite of this however the road was again impassable
for several days during the month of December.
2 Bushire-Firuzabad Road.—Local authorities expected this road to be
onen to traffic in March ; they were however, once again disappointed m their
expectations, and by the end of the year the road still remained incomplete.
3. Bushire-Lingah Coast Road.—Towards the end of the year preparations
were being made to commence work on the Bushire-Lingah Coastal road.
Land Registeation.
The Bushire Land Registration Department continued work on the regis
tration of property in Bushire and districts. In spite of the opening of a branch
office at Bandar Rig, however, little progress was made and by the end of the
vear much remained still to be done. Registration fees were levied on the basis
of the official valuation of property as assessed by the Land Registration
Department.