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subjects outside wore tried by Commissions appointed by the Govemor-Goneral.
AH hough in such cases nis Majesty’s Consul was usually consulted, both His
Majesty’s Consul and Officer Commanding woro always careful to insif on
fho right of the South Persia Rifles as a Persian Department to deal direct
ith Persian authorities without the official intervention of either Consulate or
Kareuzari. This principle, which Prince Nuarat-us-Sultaneh always evaded,
- conceded explicitly by Hishmat-ud-Douleh shortly after his arrival upon
was
representations from His Majesty’s Consul.
During the Pars crisis of May—July, the Kerman Brigade remained
unaffected by unrest or sedition. A very few desertions did take place, but
they were due to the men’s anxiety about their families during the cholera.
Apftrt from the credit justly duo to the British officers. of the South Persia
PifieB, this satisfactory state of affairs was due in the opinion of His Majesty a
Consul:—
(1) to the very small proportion of former members of the Swedish
Gendarmerie existing in the Brigade;
(2) to the absence within the province of aDy powerful unfriendly
tribes;
(3) to the fact that throughout June and July the entire Brigade was
isolated in camp throe miles from the city owing to the cholera
epidemic.
Messrs. G. F. Nash, J. P. May and E. M. Norris in turn held the
post of Assistant Superintendent,
British Interest6.
Indo-European Telegraph Department.
Mr. II. L. G. Taylor continued to manage the Kerman branch of the
Imperial Bank of Persia without /the assistance of a British accountant.
The Church Missionary Society was represented on the medical side by Dr.
G. E Dodson and Dr. Gertrude Westlake throughout the year. Considerable
progress was made with the building and fitting of the new Mission Hospital.
The Revd. A. K. Boyland arrived from England: on 11th July : owing to
ihe complete absence of qualified teachers and to other causes, he has been
unable to reorganize the Mission School. The Oriental Carpet Manufacturers
Limited was represented until August by Mr. A E. Wetli who was replaced
by Mr. J. Joannides from Tabriz. Mr. Wetli, who was joined early in January
1919 by his brother Mr. E. Wetli, is contractor for all local supplies to the
South Persia Rifles.
The total number of cases settled by the Karguzat'i under Consulate
supervision, including cases in which the interests of foreign subject or firms
and of British-protected Persian subjects were concerned was 10. Twenty-
four cases were pending at the end of the year. No action under the Criminal
Procedure Cone was taken by His Majesty’s Consul throughout the year.
miscellaneous.—The Political Fines and Compensations Account was
closed on 8th April and the balance, krans 236,479, remitted to His
Political FiDCB and Compensation*. Majesty’s Minister. Of the fines amount-
. ing to krans 319,^28 imposed by General
Sykes in June 1916, krans 303,571 were collected by His Majesty’s Consul*
JJinle <jf the compensation claims filed with General Sykes by Persians krans
9i,800 or roughly 50 per cent, were eventually paid by His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul. The balance as remitted included krans 27,707 interest and profit on
exchange on Rs. 50j000 deposited with the Bank of Bombay.
The total amount collected by His Majesty’s Consul, the Governor-
Bod Crow “Our d*j." General and Mr. H. L. G. Taylor on
tv . , . _ behalf of the Red Cross “Our Day”
”ng thu ®Pr, ?nder TV>Tt vas kran8 23,000 (Rs. 11,796). Of this
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