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On the 5ili[April 1034 three Missionary hulios from India, Misses Snow,
W:c and Bonn ilhui who were returning to Europe on leave via Iran and ’Iraq
an rived at Bam nr Abbas hut were refused to land by the Police and the Customs
Authorities, as tln-y had failed to obtain visas from the Iranian Consul at
Karachi, am representation- by Ilis Majesty’s Consulate proved futile; the
party was obliged to proceed to Basrah where Miss Snow obtained the
.Iranian Consul s visa and returned to Bandar Abbas where she disembarked
for Kerman. Instructions were issued from this Consulate to Messrs.
Mac kin non, Mackenzie & Co., Karachi and Bombay to the effect that in future
passports of all passengers wishing to proceed to Iran should be examined to
make sure that the Iranian Consul’s visa had been obtained on their passports
prior to sailing.
Amnieh.

Bandar Abbas.—Naib Mohamed Khan Gbanipur remained as Officer Com­
manding Amnioli Force throughout the year.
The strength of the force in this town is about 30 men.
IAngah.—Sultan Zavairi held charge as Officer Commanding Amnieh Force
throughout the year.
The strength of the force in the town and suburbs is about 200 strong.
Judicial.
The Court at Bandar Abhas having closed down for the Summer months
with effect from Jltli July 1934, Haji Seyycd Mir Mohamed Khan Ilussaini,
Chief Judge and Public Prosecutor left for Kerman, while Jamaludin Khan
Stimawi stayed behind to prepare the pending cases for the re-opening of the
Court.
The local Adlieh Court re-opened on the 1st Mihr (23rd September 1934)
and Samawi was officiating as Public Prosecutor and Judge, as Ilaji Ilussaini
extended his leave owing to ill-health. Haji Ilussaini eventually returned on
the 19th October 1934.
Aglmi Slmfai. Inspector of the Ministry of Justice, accompanied by an
Investigating Judge from Criminal Court for Government Officials arrived
from Tehran via Bushire on the 6Ui and returned on the 14th March 1935.
Customs.
Bandar Abbas.—Mirza Abu Talib Khan Abbasalti held charge of the Pro­
vincial Directorate throughout the year. He still has the reputation of being
very unreasonable in dealing with merchants.
Mirza Abdulla Khan Dawoodi, Public Prosecutor, and Sultan Ali Khan
Parsa, representing the Ministry of Finance and Central Police Administration
respectively, arrived from Tehran in April 1934 and examined the Customs
export declarations and compared the latter with the books of local merchants
to see if the exported goods had not been overvalued by the Customs assessors
for the sake of export certificates. They left for Kishm and Lingah in May
with the object of studying the method to prevent smuggling in this part, and
ascertaining if any of the Government officials were implicated ns there was some
suspicion against the Police authorities at Kislun.
The landing and shipping business, which was done for. many years by
the respective Agents of the British India Steam Navigation Co. and Strick
Line has boon monopolished by the Government and given out on contract by
the Customs authorities in September 1934, to Khan Sahib Ibrahim Gallcdnry,
the Customs Contractor for Government monopoly goods, after retaining (by
the Customs us profit to themselves) over 50 per cent, of the amount, charged
by the above Agents as landing charges. The new arrangements has not
affected the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s Contractor and this gave cause of
complaint to the'Minister of Finance by the other Agents during his stay here,
which he promised to investigate on his return to Tehran.
During (he stay of Mon. Vnndcnright, Special Inspector of Customs of
Southern Iran, he supervised the construction of the Bandar Abbas Customs
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