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ANNUAL REPORT

OP THE
PERSIAN QULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY

FOE THE YEAB

19160

CHAPTER I.

administration report for pars and btjshire for thb
YEAR 19 i 6.

The Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Z. Cox, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., conti­
nued to hold charge of the office of
Personnel of Residency.
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
but his duties as Chief Political Officer with tho Indian Expeditionary Force
"D” kept him in Mesopotamia throughout the year except for two brief
visits in March and November.
Major A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., remained as Deputy Political Resident in
the Persian Gulf, and His Majesty’s Acting Consul-General, Bushire, through­
out the year.
Major M. E. Rac was First Assistant Resident throughout. the year,
and the post of Second Assistant Resident was held by Mr. Vice-Consul
Worrall from the beginning of the year until 24th March, when he left for
Ahwaz with a view to returning to Ispahan, on relief by Mr. Duncan “Willey,
an Assistant Political Officer from Mesopotamia, who held the appointment
until tho end of the year.
Mr. Vice-Consul Newton Worrall returned to Bushire on the 2nd May,
arrangements having been made by His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to fill
his post at Ispahan by a Consular Officer from Tehran, and remained, for the
rest of the year as additional Vice-ConsuL
Mr. Vice-Consul H. G. Chick, O.I.E., was in charge of tho Vice-Consulate
throughout the year, and the post of Consular Assistant remained vacant.
Major J. McPherson, I.M.S, was Residency Surgeon and Chief Quaran­
tine Medical Officer in the Persian Gulf throughout the year.
The appointment of His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, was vacant np to the
15th October 1916, when Lieutenant-
Personnel st Shims.
Colonel H. A. K. Gough arrived in Shiras
from the north and re-opened the Consulate, which had been closed since the
Gendarmerie “ Democrat'* coup of the 30th November 1915, when Major
w. F. T. O’Connor, the previous Consul, and the British Colony were arrested.
Monsieur Loiko continuod to act as Imperial Consul-General for Russia
during the year.
Foreign BeprcaenUtlvec.
Monsieur R. Vadala was Vice-Consul for Franco throughout the year*
The German Consulate remained vacant the whole yeajr.
The Turkish Consulate also remained in abeyance, the Dragoman, Mulla
Hussain, never attempting to re-open it.
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