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42 annual retort or the Persian gulf political residency

lorn nr Jed to tbo InBpcotor-Gcnernl of Communication, Basrah, who ordered
as follow^.—fac rcn(. a(. Eb 3i000 p0r annum as compensation for
deterioration of date crops and Rs. 30 as compensation for each
tree cut. The Inspector-General of Communications "would con­
sider hereafter the question of leaving property as compensation
for redigging of channel.
Assistant Surgeon 0. H. Lincoln held the post of Quarantine Medi­
cal Officer throughout the year. The
Quarantine and Health.
Charitable Dispensary in the town con­
tinued to he well attended. There was an outbreak of plaguo during the year,
and an epidemic of Spanish influenza which made its appearance about the
be^innino* of October and ended about the end of November. The epidemic
attacked °tho nativo population of the town and there were a considerable
number of deaths from the disease.
C. H. LINCOLN,
His Britannic Majesty's Acting Consul.