مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎٨‎٢] (٩٣٨/١٦٤)

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: PPI NG AND C OIMERCTAL.
_ 3.o. n 3urala" called at Bushire fron Basra on
1st January.
India.
3.3. "Bar.;or.i" arrived on the 10 th January from
. . . 3,303 yac.taces 'rere cleared from the Customs,
consisting aamly of 27 cases of tea, 1632 bjrs of
suf.ar, and 524 bales of cotton.
40 lorries left Bushire durin;, the fortnight
axi 1 - 4 ; tons of cotton oieceyoods, su;,ar 3 tea, dates,
yum traincunth, and almond nuts*
MQBIL^DIjjPS NBARY VAN .
Owin;: to the very heavy rains the movements
ol the Mobile Dispensary van have been restricted.
However two visits were made during the fortnirht. to
itioshab and Halileh. The Assistant Residency w Suryeon >
Hoc tor R. Ri.se y y I.M.D., accompanied the van and resorts
tnat the visits were much appreciated. The van became
bo .;ed down in muddy ground at Halileh but was extricated
' y itn the help of forty or fifty villagers*
LOCAL PRICES
£6,
Mutton
Ghee
Rice
Tea
Sug,.r
Plour
Barley
Potatoes
Milk
Charcoal
METEORO L OGI CAL
37.
P er Kil o
Rials 22.00
110.00
15.50
240.00
70.00
12.00
6.00
B • '>0
6.00
4.50.
Maximum
Wheat
Dhal
Onions
Beef
Firewood
Fish
Dates
Coffee
Butter
Wheat
Per kilo
Rials
H
(not
I!
Wheat
7.75
13.00
5.00
available)
6.00
11.00
3.00
45.00
100.50
10.00
market)
5.00
(Government)
(Black
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Temperature
Humidity
Rainfall
67
S4/o
Minimum .
41
69/o
6.30 inches
A severe storm broke in Bushire on the mi ht of TBth
January. Large hailstones did some dange to crops but a s
these are still not more than two or three inches hirh Tf
expected that they will recover. Some of the* h ilstones T Verp
as much as two inches in diameter and had the storm nStocc$?r e
at night many animals w.uld h.ve been killed. Totil rainfall
to date is 0 ust 10 inches which is exceptional. r ain.aii
. . 3ushire aerodrome, which had withstood‘the unorecedent
u d titl T 3 tw a T^ bly ^i 1 and been partly serviceable
.g 3 3 t..^ January, became totally unserviceable ^fter
the neavy ram of 13th-14th January. ~ ^--ter
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HIo iIAJaSiY’S COHS'JL, BUSH IRE
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