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sitting back and “taking his ease for his riches'--. His absence at Dhofar,
where steamers do not call nor even dhows in the monsoon, where there is
no wireless and where except for occasional (lights by Royal Air Force
planes, he is completely out of touch both with his capital and with the
Resident, is a serious inconvenience. The Resident has pointed out this
out to him but so far without appreciable result.
In October Muscat was connected by cable direct with Karachi instead
of via Jask as hitherto.
In April the Sultan accorded permission for the use of the small Island
of Jazirat-al-Ghanum (lvhor Quwai) as a subsidiary base for the use of
the Sloops of the Persian Gulf Division, for which .he received the thanks
of His Majesty’s Government and the Government of India.

PERSIAN SIDE.
By the end of the year the Iranian authorities had succeeded in further
disarming the tribes and establishing order in the districts of Tangistan,
Dashti, Daliki and the hinterland between Bushire and Lingah. Some
hundred outlaws were induced to return to their homes on being given safe-
conduct; those who had openly resisted the authorities were executed.
Security in the Jask and Charbar districts improved during the year.
Persian Navy.—The Persian Navy occupied itself with its chief dijty
of preventing smuggling by sea and made a number of captures of sailing
craft alleged to be engaged in that occupation. No incidents occurred
during the year in regard to interference with dhows of the Arab Shaikh-
dems.
Relations with local Persian Officials.—Relations with the Governor of
the Southern Ports continued to be most cordial, ;
Cable Re-organization.—Cable and Wireless Limited effected some
changes in their cable routes in the Persian Gulf. Briefly, the cable sta­
tion at Charber has been closed and that at Jask will follow shortly in the
course of a year or so, while Bushire has been linked to Bahrain by direct
cable. Following on the naval evacuation of Henjam referred to above
both the cable and wireless stations at Henjam were closed.
T. C. FOWLE,—Lient-Colonel,

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