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A Police Station was opened on Hormuz Island in February.
Posts and Telegraphs.—This department rendered satisfactory service
to the Consulate throughout the year.
Education.—No new schools were opened during the year.
Municipality.—The Committee experienced some difficulty in meeting the
cost of street lighting. The amount they proposed to pay, rials 130,00U
(£1.625) per annum, was referred back by the Ministry of Interior as exces­
sive. The principal consumer is the municipality and the Supply Company
cannot function on a lower grant. On two occasions the current was cut off
to enforce payment.
Health.—On the whole the health of the Town was good. There were a
few cases of small-pox and measles.
jigricuiture,—There is little scope for agricultural development in the
immediate neighbourhood of Bandar Abbas, but the Ministry of Agriculture
sent Dr. Erwin Gouba, a German subject to report on the possibilities.
Industry and Developments.—Work on the Fish Canning Factory went
ahead and bv the end of the year 12 Danish subjects were employed. Most of
the machinery had arrived and it was hoped that the factory would be com­
pleted by 1he early Spring. It is unlikely, however, that any canning will be
done, except as a test, before the Autumn of 1940. Four Danes will remain
as part of the permanent staff. The factory is to produce tinned fish
(chiefly sardines), fish oil and manures.
Registration.—A local office for the registration of immoveable property
was opened in Bandar Abbas in October.

V.—MILITARY AND MARINE.
The Kerman Brigadier inspected the local troops in April.
The local garrison moved to the Ginu Hills for the summer as usual.
An outbreak of measles among the troops in August caused a number of
deaths.
Conscription.—527 youths were conscripted during 1939. The majority
were posted to Charbar.
Internal Security.—As stated under Kerman, internal security was not
so well maintained during 1939 as in the previous year. In March there were
a number of raids on villages in the Minab district and in one clash with the
raiders the military were reported to have lost 0 men. The mullah of Rudan
was arrested on a charge, of inciting the raiders.
A number of robberies were also reported in the district between Bandar
Abbas and Lar. But this area has never been really settled.
Iranian Navy.—All units visited this port at intervals during the
year.
VI.—COMMUNICATIONS'.

Roads.—No new roads from Bandar Abbas to the interior were opened
or commenced during the year. In March the Kerman road between Gakum
and Aliabad was breached in several places ; traffic was held up for 7 days.
The Bandar Abbas—Lar road which is rough going at the best of times, also
suffered from the March rains.
Wireless.—The former British wireless station at Hcnjam which was
handed over to the Iranian Government in December 1935, was dismantled
and the apparatus brought to Bandar Abbas for despatch to Tehran.
Aviation.—The landing ground at Bandar Abbas is not maintained in a
serviceable condition. The ground has become bumpy but could probably be
used m an emergency. No ’planes landed at Bandar Abbas during the
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The Fnrinnodnr collected rials 50,000 from local inhabitants as contribu-
tions towards the national aviation fund.