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FOE THE TEAR mf.
^ntrovor, vory kindly arrangod for H. M. 8. ” Britomart” to visit Lingah the
following day. H. M. S “ Britomart” only remained here about 86 hours-.
His Excellonoy the Darya Bogi called at Lingah on the 17th of June
• tho Persian Sloop “ Peraepolis ” and expelled Saiyid Shubbar and three of
!;g gone and ono or two followers. This action had a very good effect on the
town, and w;ll no doubt teach the Saiyid and particularly his sons a lesson. The
gaiyid has for years been a troublesome character.
A Military Field Post Office was opened at Lingah on the 16th of March,
and Military and Consular mails for
Condition of roado. 8hiraz were run vid Bastak and Lamp to
the end of July, when tho Service was discontinued and diverted vid Bandar
Abbas. When once properly established, the service worked very well. The
average time taken between Liugah and Shiraz and vice versa was about eight
to ten daye.
The post was again started vid Lingah, Bastak and Lar towards the end
of September, hut was finally run vid Bushire.
There was a very large increase in caravan traffic on the Lingah-Lar
route over 1916, roughly about 12,000 animals entered and left the town.
Owing to the demand up-country for general food-stuffs, prices in Lingah were
at times abnormally high. In August a hag of sugar weighing 2 cwts. cost
Ba. 72-8-0.
No instance of gun running was reported
Anna traffic.
during the year.
Eight slaves took refuge at the Vice-Consulate during the year. Five
were manumitted. The remainder, who
EaJve traffic.
were from the Trucial Coast, had not had
their cases settled at the close of the year.
Mail service was maintained by tho Persian Customs launch, which plied
between Lingah and Henjam connecting
Brtfith iuteresta.
with the British India Steam Navigation
Company’s Mail steamers at the latter port
Mails were occasionally also brought by His Majesty’s Transports, which
visited the port on ten occasions.
The port suffered throughout the year from the scarcity of merchant
steamers visiting the place. Only two steamers of the British India Steam
Navigation Company visited the port.' The other vessels to call here were the
Persian Gulf Steam Navigation Company’s S. S. “Zayani ” on three occasions,
the S,$ “ Paroo91 on one and two Japanese vessels paying one visit each.
Two Japanese steamers chartered by Mirza Muhammad 8hirazi of the
Abad Line visited the port during the
Forrigs ialrmfi.
year.
Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Trevor, C.I.E., Deputy Political Resident in the

leaving the same day for Bandar Abbas:
Rear-Admiral D. St. A. "Wake, C.I.E., visited Lingah on two occasions.
during the year.. On the.first occasion on
YiaiU of Uw'AfminL
. . H. IV. S. “ Lawrence,” in June, and again’,
on H. M. 8. ” Dufferin,” in November, when he was accompanied by Brigadier-
General J. BL Douglas, C.M.G., General Officer Commanding, Persian Golf.
TanUof His 1 Aipt," His Majesty’s ships visited the port on
ten occasions.
No new cases of piracy were reported during the year, but the case of
the "Batal Zavar Prasad,” which was
Piracy.
wrecked off Busati in October 1913, still
J^nained unsettled.
8everal native craft were wrecked near Lingah and along the coast during
the year. Four vessels, one of which
Sbipwicdka.
belonged to a British Indian subject, were