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sohoola for boys and 2 elementary and 1 secondary 8ohool for

glrlc* No atepa have 'been taken to improve the very low atandard
of a duo at ion and many of thoae who oan afford to do a®! prefer
to oend their children to aohool in Shiraz, The fault Ilea
mainly with the aubordinate teaohera who are generally of very

poor quality. They are badly paid and take little interest in
their work and auoh supervision ae exists is ineffectively and
auperficially oarried out#

The education office at Bandar Abbas, which for some
reason was previously controlled by the Bushire Education Depart­
ment, haa now been placed under the control of Kerman*
Health and quarantine Department,
Dr.Faria remained as Chief medical and quarantine Officer

until the 20th ilarch. Dr, Hamed Siadat who was appointed to
euocced him did not arrive in Buehira until the 26th June,
In December a severe epidemic of emallpox broke out in

Buchire, Dashti and Tangistan, Vaccination was carried out in
Bushire and the more easily accessible parts of the districts
affected.
The Bushire hospital which haa accommodation for 20 in­

patients is the only hospital in the Governorate# A second
s£all hospital was recently oompleted at Borazjun but so far it
ha3 been used as a reaidence for the head of the Borazjun

Eoonomica Department, The Buahire hospital is miserably
equippod and the medicinea and drugs supplied are inadequate,
even for the -needs of the town#
Buehire Municipality#

in spite of the fixed allotment for the Buahire Munici­
pality! having been raiaed from Hiala 300,000 to Riala 380,000
little or nothing of importance was achieved by thla body during

the year* The preBeing problem of a proper water supply for the
town waa again ehelved and there la atlll no reliable supply
of elaetrio current*