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256 Part III.
402. As a precautionary measure against the Indian vessels giving any
occasion to the Turkish officiate to abuse
8»eret E, October 1895, No*. 278*283.
their powers, the Consul at Basrah pub­
lished the following notification in Junc 1S95 :—
w British Indian sailing; vessels visiting1 the Slial-cl*Arab (Basrah river) should obsorvo
the following procedure :—
I. —They should fly thoir flag night aud day from the timo of ontoring- the river till
they havo left it.
II. —They should provide themselves with bills-oMiealth granted by the competent
authorities of the port whonco they come indicating tho vessel's destination.
III. —Vessels bound for Moharamcrah are not subject to Ottoman sanitary service and
customs regulations, and thereforo they need not stop at Fao.
IV. —The quarantine officer at Fao when recovering quarantine tax from vessels bound
for Basrah will accept one rupee for six piastres (kurush).
.V,—Nakodas havo not to pay.any money.to Turkish officials for which they do not get
receipts, and they should at once report to the British Consul at Mohamraerah
or Basrah any irregularity or ill-treatment they may havo experienced at tho
bands of Turkish officials.
^I»“" Vessels bound for Basrah or other Turkish ports on the river will stop at Fao, and
do quarantine is required before proceeding onward. ”
403. One important question raised in the correspondence noted above was
as to tho necessity for Indian vessels
Semi E„ March 1895, No*. 71*114 (No. 76).
-u ... , _ to take bills-of-health. Prom Captain
Bevillo 8 reports, dutcd,12th October 1894, it appears that it was not customary
or ndian sailing vessels to take out bills-of-health, and that the only document
usually earned by them was a certificate of rogistry.
404. On this point Dr. Dickson pointed out that a standing order of the
•Ottoman Sanitary Service requires that
Ibid. (No. 112).
ho *n , „, , vessels arriving at a Turkish port should
n ^ a bill-of-liealth delivered by the territorial authorities of tho
dated IvAlwiStoi Embassyt3 d°StiDati0n ^ “ioWS l0Uer’
405. Colonel Wilson, who was consulted by the Government of India, was

Secret E., December 1895, Noi. 212.215. of opinion that Dr. Dickson had “ missed
as hoino. icii 4. . _ tho point of the question at issue,*’ such
R11i • f at vcsse 8 having no coticern with any Turkish port have been
XJ!C#,®^u?der co™ quarantine visitation to detention (in itself apparently
waterwavClin^ti0nal ri5ht unless tho sovereignty of the whole
mailing m open defiMre^f^l^aationa^rigbts.^” ° ^ “4 bb°k*
Tessek^1^?1 Mo°Ser thouSht tbat would be distinctly advisable for
of-health ? Persian port to provide themselves with the requisite bill­
ing evenif t])°y possibly did not
o,£ Stains,;Sja ”l “

At ^?inks°.n.poi?ted,out that he did nofc sco how lie missed the point
ouarant'inA Be7lUo had sPoken a general way as to Turkish
w not He ob d8* WItb°Ut 8t&tin5 WhethCr ^ VeSS°1S had tovched at 1?a°

officials at Fao towards Indi' .n ,ij.8’enera^ terras of tho vexatious conduct of the Turkish
bills-of-health. Had Mr Bevillo J.3' 1DS vesMl* that entered the S/iat-et-Arab unprovided with
tbe precise nature and amounr f0lJ6bt a *P«c»fio complaint, giving the namo of tho vessel,
I believe, redress might hare been obtajUd^nVn?101*11 °Piifci ftnd t^olimc whcn occurrcd»
•tatement, were not provided with aSt ‘keso v.C88ola' according to Mr. Bcvillo’s own
they were considered on a par with phaticaf ships^ a°d aCoordiQff to tho Turkish °®0,a,s
opposed the pretepldon*of Turkish 90VCrei£nt^ 0T«r the Sha(-el-Arab. I havo' always
entire water-course of the 8hat.pl-a ®overnraeat .to its exclusive eovorqignty ovor the
>bo one at Camaran in tho Ked Soa^nr?10^ uP?.of at Fao a Jazaret similar to
*o tuo ttea Sea, and which it imagines will arrest the introduction of

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