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tract of country lying north of Khamir on the mainland opposite to tho Island
of Kislim. It belongs to tho provinco of Pars and tho inhabitants are noted
for their. lawlessness. They have taken advantage of their comparative
inaccessibility and tho disorder prevailing in the south of Persia to carry their
depredations furthor afield. It should bo an easy matter for His Excellency
the Qawam-ul-Mulk, once order is restored in his province, to punish these
unruly people.
The notorious Baharlu tribe raided the Bandar Abbas district in August
and again, in December and carried off large numbers of donkeys, camels, and
merchandise. The Deputy Governor, -with his meagre resources of men and
material, vras not able to do much against the raiders, the majority of -whom
were mounted, but he succeeded in recovering a considerable portion of the
loot and killing four of the raiders.
Towards the end of August the Baharlu raiders attacked a caravan pro­
ceeding from Bandar Abbas to Yazd belonging to Persian merchants. They
carried off over 500 camels and 420 loads of merchandise. His Excellency
the Qawam-ul-Mulk succeeded in recovering 340 camels with their loads and
restored them to their owners.
With, the re-introductiou of the subsidiary Mail service trade revived
to a considerable extent and the Trade
Routes were fairly busy. Pear of Baharlu.
and Baluch raiders -was responsible for the temporary closing of the routes on
two or three occasions during the year.
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company stopped their boring operations after the
attack on their camp in June and no
British Inlcreita.
attempt was made to reopen work
before the close of the year. The members of the staff, with the exception of
the doctor, left for Basrah early in July.
No vessels of Poreign Steamship Lines called at tho Port during the
year.
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Assistant Surgeon H. 0. Berlie, I.S.M.D., continued to hold the post of
Quarantine Medical Officer throughout
Quarantine.
the year. The Charitable Dispensary
continued to bo well attended.
Two plague- patients were landed from the Mail steamer w Barpeta ” from
Bahrain, on the 14th March. Both cases ended fatally.
On the 12th April the Bombay-Persian Steam Navigation Com­
pany’s S. S. " Sirdar *' arrived from Bombay plague infected. One lascar had
been buried at sea and two other members of the crew were landed suffering
from plague and afterwards died. Two passengers from the same ship
developed plague symptoms after landing but both recovered.
Mr. Wilson, of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, carried out a
survey for a land telegraph line from
21lr cellar oona.
Bandar Abbas to Lingah in April,
Sir Mark Sykes, M.P., who was a passenger on board B. S. ** Chakdara*'
en route to Basrah visited the Yice-ConBulate on the 11th September.

W. R. HOWSON,
Assistant JResident and Sis Britannio Majesty's
Vice-Oonsul, Bandar Abbas.