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CHAPTER. \L-
CONFIDENTIAL.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE BANDAR ABBAS
CONSULATE FOR THE YEAR 1945.

lla Jer. tv13 Consulate•
After being Jointly administered with
the Kerman Consulate by His Majesty*s Consul, Kerman, since 1931,
His Majesty* s Consulate at Bandar Abbas v/as re-established on 7tb
January and Captain P.F.C.Nicholson assumed temporary charge from
7th January to 10th February.

PER SOW EL.
Mr.T.E.Rogers, I.C.S. took over permanent charge from
Captain P.F.C.Nicholson on 10th February and on 18th June handed
over to Captain P.J.Keen.Mr.T.E.Rogers relieved Captain P.J.Keen
on 17th October and continued to hold charge at the end of the
year.
The Hon*ble Sir Geoffrey Prior,K.C.I.E.,Political
Resident, Persian Gulf visited Bandar Abbas on the 28th November.

The Persian Government wireless and telegraph station
at Jask which had continued to be closed down throughout the
earlier part of the year was reopened on the 17th September undei
the supervision of Captain Zahiruddin Ahmed,I.S.C. who censors
all traffic.
CONSULAR STATISTICS.

British Subjects Registered 36
Passports Issued 7
Passport Renewals Granted Nil
Visas Granted Nil
Documents Legalised or Attested 1
Fees Levied £ 10.6.6

II.BRITISH INTERESTS.
TRAPS.
The volume of trade was comparatively small, the chief
imports being sugar, tea and piece goods imported from the
Trucial Coast and from India.This trade was the war-time resi­
due of the normal peace-time entrepot trade of the Trucial
Coast with South West Persia.Owing to the restrictions on the
export of goods from India and the Trucial Coast the import
figures were low compared with that of previous years.
Exports consisted of small consignments of Kerman carpets
to America and dried fruits, goat skins and attari to India and
Oman.

A.I.O.C.
A full-time agent is maintained at this port.Petrol,
kerosene and lubricating oil supplies for Kerman, Zahidan,
Rafsenjan and Bam are discharged at Bandar Abbas and imports
have been comparatively heavy.

The price of petrol rose from Rials.60/- to Rials.63.50
per 4 gallon tin during the year and the pump price from Rls.10/
to Rials.il/- per gallon.
MESSRS.GRAY MACKENZIE & CO.LTD.f
This firm continued to retain
a representative at this port in connection with their B.I.S.N.
Co.agency fehsiness.

FRANK STRICK LINES LTD.
Messrs.DorabJee & Sons continued to hold
the agency for the firm but no steamer of this line called.
III.FOREIGN INTERESTS.
REPRESENTATION.
There continued to be no other representative
at this port.