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result of this succession of bad seasons, the cost of by the Forwarding Department of the local
living became dearer thin had been ever known Government:—
before, great distress prevailing among the tabes-
people, aud the poorer classes in Bnshire being Xun. Dajrrxn.
hard pressed to make both ends meet. By the end JJaulh.
of March 1015 wheat was Selling for 3610 WlMi. :3li-I5. 10IV. ft. 191*14. Ifltft-lS. 1815-1*.
Krans per Ilashim man of 121 lbs., and barley
for 25 Krans. MxrebTUaSl Sft v« 313 <sn t^ft
April C5 3.3*7 3,^J
ffi : K ,.S $ 1.11*7 678
309
:.<x» v.«'ft
2,3 'i
Public Health. July pS-l i.*/ 671 1.038 4.051
MB
Auircst . 3^18 r.ro 3,«4 ;.-j>
Sfjitcnbrr
For the second year in succession there was no Ociober . 2^12 I„*W 1.401 ■X'l
plague. Out of a population of some 23,0oU the Nore-nher ‘•S g
n«««x b-»
following deaths took place during the past seven Jann»ry . as Ba i^« uu
‘Oft 1,1-0
r«*jrctjy
years: — March xo 30:h 1,583 S;:S2 3.VJ1
36.0:3 31.10ft 7,73ft 3?.VII 11^33
Other Total
Pligac.
Causes. Deaths. The figures for 1914-15 and 1915-16 suffice to
prove that the number of muhs available for
1900-10 XU 965 90-5 transport to Shiraz 13 nowadays very small, and
ly 10.11 4G 637 633 that donkeys are rapidly becoming all-important,
1911- 12 H9 559 :;s though even with donkey c.iravaas, which work
1912- 13 678 SIS 1,106 only intermittently, the supply of transport is less
1913- 14 25 5t<3 525 than the demand. This problem will become
1914- 15 XU 43-i 4-6
1915- 16 XU 671 571 increasingly difficult for commerce ve;r by year.
The disorders in .Southeru Persia in* 1915-16 did
further damage to mule-owners, aud decreased
Three cases of plague were detected on board their animals.
ships in the roadstead on two occasions; they were (II) There exists an alternative roufie from
segregated on Quarantine Island. Plague was Bushire for trade with Shiraz: goods are trans­
present in Bahrain £r>»m the eud of December hipped 9 miles, across a bay, to Shief, whence
1915 until after the end of the year under review. they are fetched by local transport animals to
The number of ships calling at Bushire, which Borazjnn, and thence forwarded to Kazarun
underwent medical inspection, was 259 ; the aud Shiraz, this route also serving for the supplv
number of passengers removed to quarantine was of the districts bordering on Borazjao. From
1,154. 1906 onwards this Shief-Borazjun route was little
Smallpox iu epidemic form did not occur ia used for trade with Shiraz, but during the past
thrte years, apart from local supplies, it has again
Bushire during the year. Malaria, which is come into competition with the land route via
prevalent to little extent in ordinary circumstances, Ahmadi. Daring 1915-16 this road also was
was extremely so daring the autumn and winter. only freely open up to July: after that month
Prevailing diseases : malaria, rheumatic affections, goods despatched, from Bushire to Shief were
eye diseases, diseases of the digestive organs.
restricted to supplies really needed (by loval dis­
The following were vaccinated : 211 males, 161 tricts) in the immediate neighbourhood of Shief.
females, total 372. The apjrosimate weights of goods forwarded
inland by this route are given in this report under
Corpses despatched fo Kerbella : A’ii.
the heading “Distribution of Imports." The
Pilgrim ships: iV3. actual number of loads shifted from Shief (by
mules, camels and donkeys), the greater portion
Transport on the Bushire-Shlraz Road* being for Shiiaz, was::—
(1) Aa has been mentioned under the beading 1913-14. 1914-15. 19 5-15.
“ Conditions affecting Trade" all traffic with 13,124
Shiraz by the usual'land caravan route ceased la ,964 9-ii*
from Jnly 1915 onwards. The comparison of the Comparison with traffic on other roads (Imports
lor Inland).
n ambers of animals working on the Bu3 hi re-
Shiraz road with those of former years can only Of the three great caravan routes from ths
be partial. The following figures were recorded Persian Gulf to the interior traffic on that from