'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎526v] (28/73)

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Electricity and Ice Supply.-The Ice Factory An East India Company trading post. and Electnc plant owned l?y
Haii Shaikh Ahmed Gelladari was valued at Rials 32,000 to be purchased by the
newly formed Company with a capital of Rials, 1,00,000. The new company was
expected to commence work in tHie beginning of the year 1J33.
Charitable Dispensary —This dispensary at the instance of the then H. B. M.’s
Consul was established in 1919 by public subscription and remained under control
of the Consulate up to the 23rd January when it was closed down on abolition
of the post of the Medical Officer attached to the Consulate, who used to attend
ed in raising a sum of Rials 24,000 by subscription with a view to re-open this Dis
ponsary foAhe benefit of the public. Dr. Kaikobad Hormusji Dumree, a Medical
Practitioner at Kerman was negotiating with the Governor to obtain the post
of Medical Officer.
The Main Road .—On receipt of sanction of Rials 40,000 for construction of a
main road through the town, the Governor marked the track of the road and ex
pected to start the work in the beginning of 1933.
Education.
Bandar Abbas .—Mirza Noor AH Khan Basti. remained in charge through
out the year.
A Primary Girls School was opened on the 5th December.
An instructive drama was enacted on the nights of 23rd and 24th December
in aid of the orphan students which yielded a net income of Rials 2,500.
Lingp,h —Agha Salihi was Superintendent of both the schools throughout
the year.
Police Department.
Bandar Abbas .-—Xaib Syed Asadullah Khan Faqri was relieved by Naib
Syed Ali Mohamed Khan Fatemi on the 10th March. The latter proceeded to
Tehran on leave in July and handed over charge to his assistant Naib II Grhnni
Khan Zand. The present incumbent Naib Shamsuddin Khan assumed duties on
the 25th August.
No reports of any kind of crime were received during the year and the work
of the Police was as efficient as in the preceding years.
Ling ah,, Hen jam, Minab and Kishm I stand .—A similar strength of Police
Force as in the previous year was maintained at these places.
Passport Department.
Bandar Abbas .—The work continued to remain in the hands of the Police
authorities and Political Officers and Captains of the Mail steamers calling here
were afforded facilities to disembark during the stay of the steamer in the har
bour. Miss 1. Dodson of the Church Missionary Society Multan, who arrived
without obtaining a visa from the Persian Consul, however, had some difficulty in
obtaining permission to disembark.
All foreign subjects residing here were registered at the Police Station dur
ing the year without experiencing the least trouble.
Amnieh {Gendarmerie).
Bandar A bias .—The strength of the force in this town remained as In tl
preceding year.
„ ■ Tl ,ra1 ' the Officer Commanding at Bushire, cisite
British Basidu m the course of his inspection tour along the coast in January an
mentioned thar he had the intention to post some of his guards at the Britis
Settlement.
■ N ?^ Ab ?S ah J> han T '™ aj ’ the 0fficCT Commanding at Korma
inspected the Bandar Abbas-Kerman Motor Road in February.
Another batch of 45 recruits was despatched to Bushire in January.
Judicial Department.
, , f dlf ! h C °" rt ?: a ? established under the Presidentship <
Agh« Mohamed Khan Ashrafi on the 2oth August with Mirza Mohammed Kba