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Report by Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Rosa, Political Resident in tho Persian Gulf,
transmitting tho Administration Report for tho year 1880-81 1

PART I.
General Report for 1880-81 ... • •• • •• • •• • M 3
'Oman. Pirate Coast • •• ib.
Bahrain • •• 5
Nejd, El-Hasa, El-Katr 6
Southern Persia and Persian Beluchislan. ArabisUn. Fare. Bushire. Lingah.
Persian Belucbistan • •• 7
Bassidoro. Naval. Slave Traffic. Observatory. Purchase of Mules in Persia 10

Appendix A.
Table No. 1 showing the force and prevailing directions of Winds and recorded
Rainfall at Bushire for tho year 1880-81 13
Table No. 2, Abstract of Meteorological Observations for the year ending 3lst
March 1881, taken at the Residency Observatory, Bushire 14
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Table No. 3, Diagram showing variation of maximum Day Temperature and
minimum Night Temperature throughout one year at Bushire,
1SS0-SI ib.
Table No. 4, Thermometer Readings for 1SS0-81 • •• 15
Appendix B.
Extracts from a Report by Captain E. L. Durand, lately Assistant Resident, on
Men and Internal Politics of Ears ... • •• • •• 16

Appendix C.
Table of a portion of the Kajar, or Royal Family of Persia, showing present
appointments (1881) . ... • •• ••• • •• • •• 26

PART II.

Administration Report of the Political Agency, Muscat, for the year 1879-80 ... 27
Appendix A.
Note on the Tribes of Xhnin by Lieutenant-Colonel 8. B. Miles .N ••• 29

Appendix B.
Note on the 8ect of Ibadhiyah of *Om&n M. ... IN ... 15
Translation of Chapter XXIX of u Keshf-ul-Gbnmmeh-el-Jamal 'AkhhdreL
Ummeh” of the Shaikh SirhAn-hm-Sald-el-'Alawi oi *Omka ... 46