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(<?) The total attendance at the Charitable Dispensary for the year
amounted to 3,073, a slight decrease over the previous year.
(d) Prevailing diseases wero eye and digestive disorders; malaria yras
also very prevalent. Oneoasoof Blackwater fever occurred, but the patient
reooverod. There were no epidemics.
(c) Tcmpchturcs.—In the shade.—Maximum temperature 110 on 80th
May. Minimum temperature 62 on 28th January, Rainfall was very bad
and could not have cxceedod 3 inches during the whole year.

the late Mr. J. H. Bill, C.I.E., I.C.8., late Deputy Political Resident,
• visited the pert on two occasions, and one
Miscellaneous
visit was paid by Lieutenant-Colonel
A. P. Trevor, C.S.I, C.I.E., the present Deputy Political Resident.
Brigadier-General KUmie also visited Bandar Abbas once during the year
and inspected the Military Camp.
Three aeroplanes stopped at Bandar Abbas during the year under review.
The first being the “ Old Carthusian ”, a
Aviation.
Handley Page machine, which flew from
Ipswich to India with Brigadier-General Me Ewan and Major MacLaren ;
both of the Royal Air Force. The second was a small 1915 Caudron ”
fitted with “ Rhone ” motors and piloted by Monsieur Etienne Poulet, and
the third a “ Vickers Vimy ” driven by • Captain Sir Ross Smith and his
brother, who were completing for tho Austr/an Government prize of £10,000,
for the first Australian machine-flying from^Eogland to Australia in 30 days.
Second-Lieutenant P. L. Biancalani and two Italian mechanics arrived
here on 22nd October to make necessary
Italian Aviators.
preparations for the projected flight from
Rome to Tokio.
There was a falling off in imports and exports during the calendar year
as compared with 1918. This is chiefly
Trade and Commerce.
attributable to the fact that the
caravan traffic on the Bushire-Shiraz Road, which had been interrupted for
several years, was again resumed. The figures are not given as the statistics
are only made up for the Persian official year ending 21st March 1919.
The export carpet trade was brisker than in 1918, owing to greater
facilities in shipping offering. In this connection a certain amount of trouble
was experienced owing to the Customs authorities maintaining that 60 per
cent, of the Kerman carpets contained aniline dyes. The persons, appointed
by the Customs Administration to test the carpets, were totally incompetent
to do so properly and this was reported by BCia Majesty’s representative.
The Manager of the OrientaKCarpet Manufacturers, Limited, visited Bandar
Abbas>towards the end of the year en route Europe, and proved to the Customs
officialssthatrthe carpets made by .the firm contaiued only vegetable dyes.
(a) Kithm Island Oil Wells —During the year 1919, the depth of the
boring was increased from 2,200 feet
British interests.
to 2,600 feet. This slow progress was
due to unexpected difficulties encountered in the well ; to the sickness of the
staff, and’ to tlie long distance from the Base of Supplies. Instructions were,
however, received by the Manager at Kishm Island to carry the boring to
the maximum depth possible.
(b) Kishm Island Sulphur Deposits.—Though permission was given by
Government to the Anglo-Pereian Oil Company to work the sulphur deposits
in April 1918, it was not found possible to extract much '* Ounoe run. '*
sulphur till June 1919, since which date about 40 tons were obtained at
the closo of the year. This was due bo the pauoily and inexperience o{
local labour.