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26 PERSIAN GUIiP ADMINISTRATION REPORT

Nome of Chiof. ITabilat. Sot*. Amount
paid
yoarJj.
IU.
Mir Islam Khao of Bint • Bint . Yaliya Khan, Ayub Khan 600
and Nabi JGukhah.
Mir Din Muhammad Khan of Dashtiari Mirai Bazaar Abdi Khan • , , 500
Mir Mahmud Khau of Dashtiari. Talang Durra Khan, Azam 500
Khan, Dili war Khan,
Slier Dil Khan, Bahoot
Khan and Ghous
Bukhsh Khan.
Mir Ashraf Khan of Bahn Sund Subhan and Peer Bukhsh 600

Mir Ahmed Khan of Bahu Runja Sbai Mohammad Khan, 400
Hashim Khan and
Islam Khan,

I startcd'On the annual tour, on the 25th February, and after inspecting
Tonr all the telegraph stations up to Basrab°,
returned to Karachi on the 23rd April.
At Jask I met Mir Islam Khan, Mustafa Khan and Mir Hoti.
Mr. Pinsent’s report on the condition of the districts between Jask and
Bahu is enclosed.
JASK.
Mr. M. P. O’Reilly was Clerk in charge of the Telegraph Station and my
Briti.h 0/Ecialt representative in connection with political
matters up to 7th August when he was
transferred to Karachi. He was succeeded by Mr. A. Robertson.
Relations between Mir Barkat Khan and Shaikh Saleh, Deputy Governor
of Jask, have not been cordial. The cause
Deputy, Governor of Ja«t
is that Mir Barkat Khan, at the sugges­
tion of Saiyid Muhammad Saleh, a Persian trader at Jask, made Saiyid
Murtaza refund 176 tomans taken from Saiyid Yusaf (Saleh Muhammad’s
son) by the Deputy Governor on account cf shortage of dried fish
delivered by Saiyid Yusaf a year ago. Since the departure of Shaikh.
Saleh to Bushire, in May, the Collector of Customs has been considered Deputy-
Governor by the local chiefs. He keeps the keys of the Persian fort in his
possession.
^j^Mirza Husain Khan is still Collector of Customs. He is about to be
relieved and his successor is reported to
Peralta Cuitomi.
have already arrived at Bandar Abbas and
intends coming to Jask by the first available steamer.
In the beginning of February the S.S. “Oardium”, belonging to the
Anglo-Persian Oil Company, whilst on
Murder Case.
her voyage to Abadan, called here to land
three men (two Engineers and one Marconi operator) stabbed by a Chinaman
who had run amuck. The men were attended by the Assistant Surgeon,
Mr. P. H. Asquith, but the wounds were very serious and all of them died.
They were buried at Jask. The burial service was conducted by Major Lane.
The strength of the military detachment kept here for the protection of
the telegraph station was 199 at the end
Na'ire Troopc
of December.
Jask was visited during the year by His Majesty’s ships “ Bramble ”,
“ Alert ”, ” Odin ”, 11 Pyramus ”, 41 Briti-
Nary.
marfc ”, “ Philomel ” and ltoyal Indian
Marine ship* “Dalhousie ” and “ Lawrence

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