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Ling ah.—45 steam ships of British Steam Navigation Company, Limited,
with a total tonnage of 85,804 entered and cleared the port during the year.
Political.
The town remained quiet throughout the year. The Persian New year was
celebrated by the local authorities on the 21st March 1933.
Quarantine and Sanitation.
Bandar Abbas.—Dr. Ali Khan Hamidi remained in charge of the Quarantine
Medical Office till the end of December 1933 when he was summoned to Tehran
to givo explanations in connection with a false certificate issued by him to Khan
Bahadur Mohamad Sharif Kutbuddin of Bahrain certifying him unfit to travel
to attend the Court at Tehran in connection with the suit filed against him by
the Eastern African Co. (German firm) for mis-appropriation of their money
when he was their Agent at Bahrain.
Doctor Ashraf held the charge for the remaining period of the year.
No epidemic broke out during the year. The Sanitary Engineer from
Bushire visited Bandar Abbas to repair the disinfecting tank at the Qaurantino
Hospital.
Economic conditions.
Owing to better rainfall during the year, the question of the supply of drink­
ing water for the towns people was not so acute during the summer months.
The crops in the surounding districts were fairly plentiful, and the prevail­
ing rates in the bazaars were not unreasonably high.
No locusts appeared this year.
A table showing the prices of foodstuff, etc., ruling during the year is ap­
pended.
C. H. LINCOLN, Captain,
B. B. M.’s Consul.

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