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Assistant Registrar.

Mr. S. Rajarara Aiyer throughout the year.

Assistant Engineer.

Mr. Fatahli Shaikh, B. S. E. throughout tlie year.

SECTION 2.

A.—FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES.

French Consulate.—The French Consulate remained closed and in
charge of a local caretaker throughout the year.
Dutch Consulate.—Like the French, Dutch interests also remained un-
represented throughout the year.
His Majesty's Consul-General continued to look after Norwegian,
Estonian and Iraqi interests. The protection of Greek interests was dis­
continued in 1934.
U. S. S. R.—A Russian Armenia^ who remained in charge of the
Russian Trading Concern at Bushire proceeded to Resht in November
leaving a local caretaker in charge of the office.
No business was done by them during the year.

B.—VISITORS.
1. His Excellency Ali Akbar Davar, the Iranian Minister of Finance,
arrived at Bushire on the 28th January and left for Bandar Abbas on the
4th February.
2. On the 1st February His Excellency Lieut.-Colonel Sir Francis
Humphreys, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.I.E., His Majesty’s
Ambassador, Baghdad, and Air Vice-Marshall W. G. B. Michell, C.B.E.,
D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C., Officer Commanding British Forces in Iraq, arrived
at Bushire and returned to Baghdad on the 3rd. They were accompanied
by Mr. G. E. F. Douty, Private Secretary to Sir Francis Humphreys,
Squadron Leader F. E. Waring, R.A., and Captain R. E. Saule, R.A.F.
3. Mr. H. M. Knatchbull-Hugessen, C.M.G., His Majesty’s Minister
in Tehran arrived at Bushire on the 28th February and left for Abadan on
the 3rd March.
Mr. H. M. Knatchbull-Hugessen, C.M.G., again visited Bushire on
the 1st November and left for Karachi on the 4th. He passed through
Bushire again on his way to Khorramshahr en route for Tehran on the
11th December.
4. Mr. William Homibrook, American Minister in Tehran, arrived at
•Bushire on the 14th April and left for India.
5. Mr. II. Matshushima, Japanese Minister, arrived at Bushire on the
28th August. lie was accompanied by three Japanese. He was met on
board the S.S. “Varsova” by the Director of Customs and Revenue,
Bushire, and left for Tehran on the 29th.
6. Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E., the famous British archaelogist and
geographer, arrived here on the 4th November and left for Shiraz, accom­
panied by an Iranian official of the Ministry of Education, named Karimi,
to carry out research work in Fars, Bakhtiari and Kuh-Giluieh.