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and social spheres continued to be very friendly.
The Allied Victories over both Germany ahd Japan
were warmly welcomed, and V.E.D&y particularly, was
celebrated with marked enthusiasm in Bushire town, The

bazaars were decorated and illuminated, and the leading
officials and rerchants gave entertainments in honour of
the occasion. Receptions, to which all British subjects
as well as the leading Persian officials and notables were

invited, were held at the Residency to celebrate V.E.Day
and (in the absence, on recess, of the Consul-General),at
the Consul’s house in honour of V.J.Day.
(b) Anglo Persian Reading Room Club.
The Anglo Persian Reading Room Club has, if any­

thing increased in popularity. In anticipation of a
reduction in the publicity budget, on the conclusion of
the V/ar^ arrangements were made with the Committee of the

Club to put the Reading Room on a more or less self-
supporting basis. As a result by the end of the year
the whole expense of maintaining the Reading Room, with
the exception of the cost of electric light, was being

met from the subscriptions of the members of the Reading
Room Club. • iioreover the Club me-bers agreed to bear rore
than half the cost of repairing and white-washing the
wMgfm
club premi30c, which was carried out early in the Summer.

An evening reception for the members of the Reading Room
Club was held at the Reading Room by H.LVs Consul to
celebrate the Final Victory.
The Reading Room Club at Lingah continued to flourish^

and by the end of the year its membership had increased to
80.
The Borazjan Reading Room continued to be well
attended.

The quality and quantity of the magazines sent
for distribution in the Bushire qrea was satisfactory.

The supply of periodicals from India was generally slow
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