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(b) Soa. There has, naturally, been a great dearth of mail
steamers; and many weeks at a stretch have frequently elapsed

between the passage of one ship and the next, During the
year, the Persian Government agreed to accopt travel certificates
issued by the Political Agent, Bahrain for British subjects
who have to travel to Persia on duty,
(c) Air. Work has been put in hand on the Lingah

aerodrome by the Garrison Engineer, Sharjah, He also
inspected a potential aerodrome at Bandar Mugara. During the
year, a Persian officer started repairs on the Bushire
aerodrome but this amounted to little more than the merest
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tinkering. I’o regular air line has operated during the year.
There have been occasional visits by Royal Air Force and
Anglo-Persian Oil Company planes.
(d) Telegraphic. The cable has been interrupted at

frequent intervals throughout the year. During these periods
telegrams have been cleared by the Persian Wireless Station.
At the end of the year, the two wireless masts of Cable and
Wireless Limited, which had been confiscated by the Persians

under the previous regime, were handed back to the Company,
who were preparing to re-install W/T apparatus, The land line
with Shiraz and Tehran has never been properly maintained since
the Persian Government took it over, and is now liable to

interruption for periods of days, particularly after rain.
(e) Postal* Posts with the interior have been infrequent
and irregular, as lorry transport is boconing more and more
difficult to obtain. The United Kingdom Commercial Corporation

have at times assisted in the carriage of mails, and at the
close of the year, it was expocted that they would shortly
undertake a general contract. A censor was sent to Bushire by
the Anglo-Soviet-Iran censorship; but at the close of the year

he was confining his attention to the censorship of telegrama*

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