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50 ADHINISTRATION REPORT OP THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL RESIDENCY, &0.

opposite side of the Karun. The landing-Btage is too far from, low water
mark to bo of mnoh use. It can however be used by river steamers, by anchor­
ing a lighter between the steamer and landing stage to form a bridge*
The telegraph line has been completed between Dizful, Shustar, and
Ahwaz, and is now working between Ahwaz and Shustar, but communication
is seldom perfect between Bizful and Tehran. At Ahwaz the line will have
to cross the river and will then be brought to Mohammerah.
The Nasery Company have imported a light steel tramway from England,
which is being laid at Ahwaz to convey cargo across the rapids.
General.
The custom-house has hardly as yet been reduced to a system, and is a
drawback to the carrying trade of the river as far as goods owned by Persian
subjects is concerned, they being liable to dues at each place they pass through,
and consequently goods for places beyond Shustar are sent by caravan direct
from Hohammerah in spite of advantages of steam conveyance by river. It
is expected that these matters will be satisfactorily settled after March next.
w. McDouall,
Eer Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul.
MqHAMUEBAH ;
18th June 1891.

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