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Colonel E. C. ROSS, C.S.I.,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
and Her Majesty's Consul-General for Fare,

To
H. M. DU HAND, Esq., C.S.I.,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign Department.

Buskire, 18th Jlay 1885.

Sir,
I have the honour to submit the Annual Administration Report of this
Residency for the year lSS£-85, arranged as follows :—
Pakt I.—General Summary.
Appendix A. Meteorological Tables.
Paut II.—Summary cf Muscat Affaire, by Lieutenant-Colonel S. B. Miles.
Appendix A. Report on a visit to Ras Farlak by Lieutenant-Colonel Miles.
Appendix B. Historical Sketch of the Portuguese in Eastern Arabia, by
Lieutenant-Colonel Miles.
Paut III.—Report ou Trade in the Persian Gulf for 1884-.
Appendix A. Tabular Statistics of the Trade, by Mr. G. Lucas.
Part IV.—Trade of Muscat, by Lieutenant-Colonel Miles.
2. I would invite attention to Lieutenant-Colonel Miles’ paper on the Por­
tuguese in Eastern Arabia, which will be found very interesting, and which
forms a valuable and much-needed contribution to our knowledge of the subject
treated. I shall be obliged for some printed copies of that paper separately,
in addition to the usual number of copies of the Administration Report and
Trade Reports.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,

E. C, ROSS, Colonel,
Political Iiesideut, Persian Gulf