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[Confidential]
No. 2091, dated Baehire, tte 8th (received 17th) September 1906
From —Major P. Z Cox CT P p tv t r*
To-Sir Louts W. Dane, K C IE GST ^ f PerSian G " If ’
in the Foreign Department. ” ‘ Secretar * y to the Government of India
ber 1905 to the SecretLy, Politiclfne^^^^^ ^ an . ke stM’s letter of 3rd Decern-
British Museum Deport on the Persian Gulf nVn ndia u!? 06 ’ glvm ^ cover to the
Sponge Fisheries. 1 as a P ossl We area for successful
It will be noted that Professor Lanked-pr a ^
ing to provide a suitable vessel for a three mouth Jp 86 ° f Gov 1 erni ^® nt b e in g will-
to go to the British Museum for studv and renm-f ^ lse , a ^ to allow th e results
take special charge of the dredging and sdou^p p ff ® red to , . s, l 1 PP 1 y a man to
well worth undertaking ° ^ ° enquiry, which he considered
o *
I venture to recommend that the Goverumeut nf inriio i i
der the feasibility of arranging with tlie TWIp t? ^ nd n? i^ e P^ ease( ^ to consi-
for the employment of the^Tefeoranh Desuntol ^£ 0 P ean telegraph Department
this duty, after the Director has cotpteterh ^J 688 ?^ Stewart ”
cold weather or whenever he may be able to arrange it.° Ur Unng ^ comm ^
dredging IpSSs taT^ould be neteL^rnd t/om ^ With m ° St ° f the
sea dredging If therefore she hn/fhTaT /,-, a offioers are ex P ert at deep
an expert marine natuXt f^ the tiUsh'Irseu^ ™^ w h ° Pr , eS0I ! Oe ° £
ing results would no doubt be achieved. At the same time “‘iTf'
iS-ln harbour tt Karachf “V 0 ' 1 ''' 6 W A°f‘ h , at , mi g ht oocur she wouUbe if
ject favourably 1 ‘ he Governlnent of Icdla wil1 their way to entertain the pro-
No. 3977-E.B., dated Simla, the 8th October 1906.
Prom-The Assistant Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign
To— Major P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Political Eesident in tbe Persian Gulf.
8th LntemW^TOfTfi acknowled S« the ^Pt °f your letter No. 2091, dated
considerf n 0 rV reco . mmendln g tha t the Government of India should
Denart the feasibility of arranging with the Indo-European Telegraph
fi )r the , .employment of the steamer “Patrick Stewart” on an
enquiry into the conditions of the growth of sponges in the Persian Gulf.
2. In reply I am to draw your attention to paragraph 1015 of your diary
for the week ending 26th August 1906, in which it fs stated that the Greek
aiveis brought out^ by tbe Sponge Syndicate have had to return to Europe,
tiieir operations having been hampered by excessive heat. Before the Govern-
luent ot India decide as to the necessity for instituting the suggested enquiry
tney would be glad to know what results attended the explorations recently
made by the divers in the vicinity of Kharag and other islands. I am
tnererore to request that you will endeavour to ascertain by means of the
Residency steamer or with the assistance of any of His Majesty’s ships
m the Persian Gulf, further particulars regarding the operations of the Greek