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Shiraz, where ho was said to bo proceeding on business connected with th
purchase of carpets, and of the Agent of the Hamburg-Amerika Line j!
Eushire, these are believed to be the only foreigners coming under Docto*
Listemann’s jurisdiction, within the year. f
The Hamburg-Amerika Line and Herr Robert Wonckhaus and Compaq
were represented nil May by Herr Eisenhut and Herr Sandri. When Hei*
Eiscnhut departed on leave in the summer, Herr Albert Uklemann arrived
from the Basrah branch to replace him. In the early autumn Herr Sandri wai
also transferred to Basrah.
Twelve vessels of the Hamburg-Amerika Line called at Bushire on the
outward voyage during 1912, and landed about 42,630 packages from Antwerp,
a total of 47,807. This total was over 10,000 packages in excess of the figu^
for 1911, and constitute a notable increase, composed entirely of Belgian loaf
sugar. *The last two or three vessels were carrying the initial consignments of
material for the Baghdad Railway Company to be discharged at the wharf,
which the Company have leased above Basrah : transhipment of this cargo and
arrangements for forwarding it to Baghdad were to remain in the hands of
Messrs. Wonckhaus and Company till February 1st, 1913. No German vessel
loaded with dates for Australia this year, and the field was left open to the
British India Steam Navigation Company’s vessels.
On the homeward voyage 12 vessels of the line called at Bushire (the last
leaving for Bombay) and loaded consignments of Messrs. Wonckhaus and Com­
pany for Hamburg, and a limited number of packages, general cargo, for
Persian exporters.
Russian.—Monsieur A. Dmitrieff remained as Acting Consul-General
throughout 1912. The Russian Steamship Agency was in the hands of Monsi­
eur Alexandre Ronoff, who returned from Russia during the year. His elder
brother is in charge of the Agency at Basrah.
In January 1912, while the Resident was on duty in India, Monsieur
Dmitrieff, in collaboration with Monsieur Konoff, began hoisting two powerful
Acetylene Lamps high upon the flagstaff of the Russian Consulate-General,
with the object, as he himself said, of assisting vessels to navigate at night.
The lights were much appreciated by the seafaring community and all shipping
and could be seen far out at sea. By the summer they were, however, working
very irregularly, being often extinguished during high winds and towards the
end of the year first one and then the other lantern got out of order and were
not shown regularly.
Five steamers of the Russian Steamship Company arrived at Bushirc from
Odessa during 1912.

S. S. “ Tigre, ” on March 2nd.
S. S. " Euphrates ” on April 14th.
S S. “ Vosta ” on September 24th (cargo of oil).
S. S. u Tigre ” on September 25th.
8. S. “ Euphrates ” on November 19th.
The cargo landed at Bushire showed a great advance on that of 1911, and
consisted of 12,141 packages, as compared with 2,819 packages in 1911.
to
This increased trade is largely the work of Messieurs Konoff, who appear
be keen business men, and desirous of pushing Russian commerce Twenty-seven
packages agricultural machinery represented the first experiment of the kind
in this part of southern Persia, and consisted of 1 reaping machine, and half a
dozen 6 furrow ploughs. The latter have only met with moderate success an
two machines were returned to Bushire, as agriculturists found that they dl
not suit on broken ground, but one machine at least has done good wor^Sn
the experiment will probably lead to further orders. It is rather a reflect1
on British trade here that Russian manufacturers should be the pioneers
this branch.
the forwarding
The Russian Steamship Agency still holds the contract for
of the Societe de Tambaku's Persian monopoly to Turkish ports.