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of January 19.13 which was that they purchased an export licence for 13 hags of
rose thx™* ami almonds, in which the Customs found 32G miscals of gold (about
l.H) tolas) and which the Customs confiscated, has been acquitted bv the local
Court on the loth January 1033. The amount equal to double the cost of gold
hV? he‘i *kV ,C * "US co cc^ from them as a fine pending the judgment,

The usual two minutes’ silence was observed at 11 a.m. on the Arnrsticc
day at ITis .Majesty’s Consulate and by all British subjects in Bandar Abbas.
Ohnrhar.—As a result of complaints received from certain British subjects
at Charlmr against the high-handed actions of the local authorities in com­
pelling llmm to adopt Persian nationality, Major C. H. Lincoln, O.B.E His
Majesty's Consul, Kennnn-Bandar Abbas, received instructions from Ilis
Majesty’s Legation at Tehran to proceed to Oharbar.
Major 0. H. Lincoln, left Kerman, on the 24th November and arrived at
Charbar on the 30th November 1034 where he stayed until 19th March 1933.
The result of his visit, enquiries and work in connection with the question form
the subject of a separate report to Ilis Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, with copies
to the IJon'ble the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Busbire.
Bed Oxide of Iron.
Hormuz Island.—6,GOO tons of ore were shipped by British vessels during
the year under report to the following countries :—

Calcutta *4 300 tons.
Garston and Avonmouth 3,620 tons.
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Bombay 100 tons.
Bremen 680 tons.
Cette (France) 550 tons.
United Kingdom and European ports 1,450 tons.
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Total 6,GOO tons.

Under instructions from Tehran the Director of Customs suspended the
mining operations of red oxide mines at Hormuz by Haji Muin’s men during
October 1934. although the terras of concession would not expire for another 2
jreurs, due to failure on the part of the concessionaire to pay the stipulated rent
in time.
On the 12th January 1935, Nasrullah Khan Jehangir, Director of Petroleum
Depanmem under Ministry of Finance and Mon. Agababaoff, Armenian Tech­
nical Adviser to the Ministry of Finance, inspected the red oxide mine. They
returned to Tehran having obtained tenders from Khan Sahib Ibrahim
Gelladary to work the mines for the Government, but in the end they have
decided to work the mines and effect sales themselves. The local Finance
Department have deputed a clerk to take over the stock of excavated red oxide
from the deputy of Haji Muin.
The first consignment of 3,000 tons of Red Oxide, after having been taken
over from Haji Muin Bushin by the Government, was shipped by s. s.
Tabaristan ” for United Kingdom between the 11th and 17th March 1935. A
certain Mustafa Khan Kohbud, the ex-clerk of Haji Muin was deputed by the
Ministry of Finance to supervise the shipment. It is said that he gets a broker­
age of 24 per cent, from the sales. During his stay he sent samples to 13 differ­
ent countries in the hope of obtaining sale for the product and thereby gain his
brokerage. He left by a local motor boat for Lingah on the 17th to.visit the Red
Oxide mines nl Bostanch (near Lingah) and report to the above Ministry on Ins
return. It is further said that during his stay at Hormuz, he made private
enquiries into the working svstem adopted by Ilaji Muir., and intends to disclose
the secret to the Ministry of'Finance on his return to Tehran, and thereby prove
how cxhorbitontly the former was charging the Government for the mining and
shipping operations.
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