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The road between. Lingah and Lar
Condition of road*. continued to be safe for trade throughout
the year.
Emergency landing grounds have
JLrlaUon Wing ground*. been prepared at Asalu Mogham and
Chinas.

Blare traf&u. who were from the Trucial coast have not
bad their cases settled at the close of the year.
The mail service continued up to the month of June to be maintained by
the Persian Customs launch which plied
British Interests.
between Lingah and Henjam connecting
with the B. L S. N. Cov.’a steamers at the latter port. This was discontinued
on the resumption of the subsidiary mail service.
Since the renewal of the mail service there has been a large increase both
of exports and imports for this port.
B. I. S. N. Coy.'s steamers have called at this port on 29 occasions, the
Persian Gulf S. N. Coy.’s steamers on two and Government transports on 18
occasions during the year.
No steamer of Foreign nationality
Foreign Intorwta.
called at the port during the year.
Turkish.—Salim -el-Kh aw ja who posed as Turkish Consul hero before the
war and who had been detained at Shiraz arrived on the 28th January.
He now professes pro Hijaa sympathies.
German.—Haji Ali Germany, a former employee of Messrs. Wonckaus and
Company who had been a prisoner of war in Indir, was released by the Govern­
ment of India and arrived on the 19 th September.
He is behaving welL
The late llr, J. 31. Bill, C.I K., I.C.S., visited Lingah on H. M. S.
“Lawrence” on the 21st Maych and on
Visit* of tbo Deputy Folitbl Beeidtnl*.
the 7 th May.
Brigadier-General Elsmie visited
Viaita of tbu General Officer CorrmandiDg,
Bashirs Fores. Lingah on the 7th May.
His Majesty’s ships visited the port
Vuili of His ITajesty’s Ships.
on 21 occasions.
No new cases of piracy were reported
Piracy.
during the year.
The case of the €t Batal Zavar Prasad ” which was wrecked off Busafci was
settled by Shaikh Mazkur Khan of Gaobandi undertaking to pay Rs. 10,000 in
two instalments. The first instalment of Rs. 6,000 has already been paid and
the second is due in the month of March.
A sailing boat named 4‘ Fateh Mubarak ’* owned by Haji Abdul Husein
shipirrocta. Hyderabadi of Charbar was wrecked off
« , Kalat on the 14th August on her way to
Basrah with a cargo of chandals. A representative of the Vice-Consulate was
sent to the scene in order to safeguard the owner’s interests and the salved
cnandals were handed over to the consignee’s agent at Lingah.
On the 3rd March the Shaikh of Sirri reported that a steam launch with
Stranding <jf L. T. ». nobody aboard had drifted on to tho rocks
... . „ 'vesfc of the 8irri island. His Majesty's
jepresentatiye visited the scene and found the launch to be L T. 29 badlv
toled iying in 3 feet of water. A report was made to D. N-T. O., Basrah, who
lowed r^nTah^ effected temporary repairs and the launch
was
The local Mndresseh has, with the introduction of a headmaster from India,
especially in