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CHAPTER I.
ADMINISTRATION report for fars and bushire for the
YEAR 1912.

Mr.J.IL H. Bill, I.OS., held the appointment of First Assistant Resident un­
til July, when he was transferred to India;
Rcsidoncj and Consular 8taff.
Captain Birdwood in consequence reverted
to First Assistant, whilst Captain A. T. Wilson, C.M.G., at the time on special
duty iu connection with the Turko-Persian Frontier question, was appointed
Second Assistant in his place.
Captain C. B. McConaghy, performed the duties of Residency Surgeon
throughout the year, whilst Lieutenant G. G. James, remained stationed
at Mohammcrah throughout the year as Mobile Assistant to the Chief Quaran­
tine Medical Officer in the Persian Gulf.
Mr. Vice-Consul H. G. Chick held charge of the Vice-Consulate through­
out the year; Mr. Newton Worrall, Consular Assistant, went on leave in April
and was replaced in December by Mr. C. J. Edmonds.
Mr. Acting Consul W. A. Smart relieved Mr. Acting Consul G. G. Knox
at Shiraz in January and was himself relieved by Major W. F. T. O’Connor,
C l E , in November, when be proceeded to Tehran to officiate as Oriental Secre­
tary in His Majesty’s Legation.
Monsieur Dmitvieff continued to bold charge of the Russian Consulate-
General throughout the year.
Foreign Interests.
Aguiah Bey held charge of the Ottoman Consulate and Dr. Listemann of the
German Consulate.
Mr. A. H Wright, Manager of the local branch of the Imperial Bank of
Persia, continued to hold charge of the Norwegian Vice-Consulate.
His Majesty's Consul-General continued to hold charge of the French
Yiec-Consulate throughout the year, and also of Dutch interests.
Some doubt on the latter subject having arisen in connection with the
nomination of a new French Vice-Consul, the Netherlands Minister intimated
to His Majesty’s Legation in October that he regarded His Majesty’s Resident
at Bushire as holding charge of Dutch interests qua British Consul-General,
and not in his capacity of Gerant of the French Vice-Consulate. The question,
of the representation of Dutch interests in the Persian Gulf region by His
Majesty’s Consul-General and British Political officers generally came under
consideration towards the close of the year.
Mirza Ali Muhammad Khan, Muwaggar-ed-Dowteh, was Governor of the
Gulf Porrs throughout the year, though
Peruan Oleialt
there were not wanting signs* towards the
close of the year, that his immediate predecessor, the Darya Bcgi, was endea­
vouring, not unnaturally, and not altogether unsuccessfully, to make th^
Muu aggar’s position untenable, and to enlist in the interests of his own candi­
dature Uie support of the Administrator-General of Customs and intriguers at
Tehran, such as the Moin-ut-Tujjar, who although he had supported the
Muwaggar’s candidature for his present appointment had found him insuffi­
ciently subservient to liis ends and interests in the Gulf. It was also noted
that the Swedish officers of the gendarmerie who arrived in Bushire in Noyem-
her displayed a strong bias against the Muwaggar-ed-Dowleh, due to the fact
that certain of the Darya Begi’s old retainers were attached to them.*
The Mukhbir-es-Sultaneh’s name was mentioned for this post Cady in the
„ , . _ year, but it was for some time uncertain
OoTemor-oenmi ot f«.. whether his appointment would be-con-
firmed, and whether he would proceed to his post He eventually left Tehr&n