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An interim dividend was declared in August amounting
to 40/i for the year 1944-45, together with a tonus of
1000 yards of cloth wcp-th. per share, The mill’s total
profit was shown as Rials 1,000,000/- for the Persian
year 1323 (1945-45).

SECTION VIII.
HEALTH AND QUARANTINE.
(a) Owing to the lateness of the seasonal rains many

cases of malaria occurred during the autumn and early
winter.
(b) The number of sick attended to and operations
performed, as compared with the two previous years was
as follows

Out patients. In-Patients. Operations.
1943 37,455 14 407
1944 35,876 7 369

1945 38,122 391.
(cO The quarantine arrangements are in the hands of
the local Persian authorities.

H.Ia’s fnsul, Bushire.

HDN,