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(3) A watch over the ground and a wall sufficiently high to prevent in­
trusion.
A watchman had already employed ; the wall was also high enough in the
opinion of Lieutenant-Colonel Pelly and the sunnud and compensation, he sub­
mitted, were alone required to place the safety of the graveyard at Bushire on a
satisfactory footing.
556. Representations were duly made to the Persian Government, with the
result that the Foreign Minister issued orders to the Governor of Bushire,
Mirza Mehdi Khan, to prevent any damage being done by planting trees on the
spot in question.
(Ixxx) Cases of infractions of treaty rights by Persian authorities. Restrictions
on the Resident communicating with the Local Governors, 1868.
557. In 1867-68 Colonel Pelly (letters to the Bombay Government, No.
133, dated 4th November 1867, and No.
Political A., July 180S, Nos. 168.70.
47, dated 23rd April 1868) submitted
to the Bombay Government several complaints about infractions of treaty rights
at Bushire, namely
(i) The Bushire authorities had placed difficulties in the way of export­
ing mules to Abyssinia, notwithstanding Persian promise to afford
every facilities for this purpose.
(ii) More than 5 per cent, export duty had been demanded of a British
subject exporting some horses, which were his property.
(iii) An embargo had been placed on the exportation of grain. This in­
juriously affected British subjects, but it was relaxed in favour
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of Persians.
(iv) A variety of very irritating vexations and two very serious outrages
had been committed by the Bushire officials on British Residents,
official and non-official.

(v) The prohibition of British subjects from purchasing as building
houses.
This subject is treated below.
Colonel Pelly also pointed out the difficulty he experienced in getting quick
and easy redress of grievances inasmuch as there had been an order* of the Minis­
ter at Tehran to the effect that the Resi­
• This was passed by Sir Rawlimon in i860.
dent should communicate not with the
Persian Local Governors, but with the Local Foreign Office agents at Bushire.
No man had been appointed to the last post for four or five years.
558. The Government of India in writing to the British Minister at Tehran
requested that he should insist on the
Political A., July 1868, No. 17a.
adoption, by the Persian Government, of
such measures as would secure our subjects in the unmolested engagement of all
rights conferred on them by treaty and would prevent the local and provincial
Governors from evading or ignoring the orders of the Central Government. The
Government of India also thought that one of the main causes of the unsatisfac­
tory state of things was the restriction placed upon free communication between
the Resident and the local provincial Governors, and suggested the expediency of
removing restriction, if possible (Government of India letter No. 780, dated 20th
July 1868).
559. Strong representations were then made to the Persian Government
with the result that the then Foreign
Political A., January 1869. Nos. 176*78.
Office Agent at Bushire was withdrawn and
another (Mirza Mohamed Khan sent in his place), who gave assurances to
Sir C. Alison that nothing would be left undone in his power to promote a better
understanding than that which had for some time existed between Colonel Pelly
and the Foreign Department.