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CHAPTER V
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CONFIDENTIAL. C.
ADKi:iI3T«ATI0'T REPORT OF THE BaK’JAR ABBAS /
contjlati: tor the year 1944. \A .
PERSONNEL.
Hr. T.3. Rogers, 1.0.3. held charge of His majesty's
Consulate. Bandar Abbas, until April &0th when he -as rcl-cv-
el by captain R.A. HcConaghey.
Caotain R.A. HcConaghey handed over charge of this
Consulate to Lt. Col. V.7.D. T:illoughby on November *S>th
and the latter held dual charge of Loth the Keiaan and
Bandar Abbas Consulates until the end of the year.
CONSULAR statistics.

British Subjects Registered 44
passports issued 5
jrassnort Renewals Granted 12
Visas Granted 24
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BRITISH INTERESTS.
Trade.
The volume of trade was comparatively snail, the chief
imports being sugar, tea and piece goods imported from the
Tracial Coast and from India. This trade -as the war-time
residue of the normal peace-time entrepot trade of the
?racial Coast with south ~’est Persia.- Owing fee the restrict­
ions on e. port of goods from India 2nd the Truci.nl Coast the
import* figures ,7ere low compared with that of previous years.
"Exports consisted of small consignmjnts of Ken.cn
carpets'to America and dried fruits, goat shins and att&ri
to India and Oman.

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A full-time agent is maintained at this port. Petrol,
kerosene and lubricating oil supplies for Kerman, Z-ahidan
Rafsenjan and Bara are discharged at Bandar Abbas and imports
have been comparatively heavy.
The price of petrol has risen to Rials 70 per tin of
four gallons and the pump price to Rials .14 per gallon

• !Tt5CR3 GRAY ”ACKTTZI3 & CO .LTD.
This firm continued to retain a representative at this
port in connection with their B.I.S.K. Co. agency business.
FRANK 3TRI0K LINTS LTD.

Kessrs Dorabjee and Cons continued to hold the Rooney
for the firm but no steamer of this line called.
III.FOREIGN INTERESTS.
REPRESENTATION.
There continued to be no other representative at this
portd