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78              PERSIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT
                       Mr. D. IV. M. Gumbley was relieved of the charge of Jask Sub-divi •
                   Mr. F. Pinsont, on 5lli April 1913. The latter’s report regarding th0 JJ*  nby
                   of the districts with which ho is immediately concerned is oncloscd. Ultioo
                                                  JASK.
                       Mr. 11. P. O’Reilly, Officor in charge, Telegraph Station, was the Direct
                                                  SSSm £TSM? E"!H
                                                  red to Charhar.              lansf<*
                       Abdul Rabman continued to hold charge of the Customs throughout «.
                                                  year. In the month of Juno \r-
                             Porai&n Official*.
                                                  Abdullah Khan. Hadhct-ul-Sultan?
                   Karguzar of Bandar Abbas, inspected the Customs Department. He left f
                   Charbar after staying a fortnight at Jask.                      0r
                       The Jask radio-telegraph station was of great help to the ships of the
                                                  Royal Navy cruising in the Porsian Gulf
                            Radio-telegraph Station.
                                                  and on the shores of Persian Mckran for
                                                  the suppression of illicit arms traffic.
                       Mir Barkat Khan has been very quiet during the year. Ho deposited with
                                                  the Officer in charge Jask telegraph station
                             IGr Bariat Khan.
                                                  Rs. 3,500 in part payment of security fo>
                                                  his future good behaviour.
                       A garrison of native troops under British officers was maintained ns during
                                                  the last year for the protection of tlic-
                             Native Troops.
                                                  telegraph station and in connection with
                                                  the arms traffic operations.
                      Most of the ships of the Persian Gulf Division of the Royal Navy visited
                                                  Jask. The “ Moozafar *' of the Persian
                                 ‘ SYJ‘           Navy called on 2nd March and loft with­
                  out having any communication with the shore.

                                               CHARBAR.
                      Mr. W. W. D. Cumming was relieved by Mr. G. D. Burton, in January. Tli?
                                                  latter was relieved by Mr. C. H. St. John,
                             British Officials.
                                                  who held charge of the station up to 19th
                  August, when he handed over charge to Mr. G. D. Burton. The latter was
                  relieved of his duties by Mr. F. J. Hughes, who continued to hold charge of the
                  station for the remainder of the year and to look after the interests of the
                  British Indian subjects.
                                                  Mr. Johannes Pater continued to te
                             Persian Officials.
                                                  Customs Collector during the year.
                      Shahdad bin Abbas, a naturalised British Indian subject, and Jihand were
                                                  Waris of Charbar acting under the orders
                             Warship.
                                                  of Mira Din Muhammad Khan sdu
                                             „   . Mahmud Khan.
                      At the end of the year a case of theft occurred here in which a British
                                                 Indian subject was the victim. Good*
                             Thoffc Case*.
                                                 worth Rs. 218 were stolen. The culpru
                                                  or culprits wore not traced.
                      A garrison of 50 men under a British officer was maintained for the pj*
                                                  tection of the telegraph station till
                            Nstirs Troops.
                                                  March, when it was reduced to 35 Die
                                                  under a native officer.
                      His Majesty Ship “ Odin ” and armed launches “ Karan jo,” “HaroW
                                                 and “ Miner99 visited the port dunag
                             Royal Nary.
                                                 year.                             B
                      Several matters in dispute among British Indian subjocts and
                                                 British Indian and Persian subject*
                            Judicial.
                                                 settled by arbitration and also by
                  spondence with tho Direotor at Karachi.
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