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to 15 tons: about 50 vessels of 50 to 40 tons which The revenue from the Fame sources for nil tl:e
navigate between the Gulf Ports: 25 large vessels tip Persian ports of the Gulf except those of Arnbistaa
to 80 tons burthen which make voyages to the , totalled in the same 1 years
Indian Ocean, nnd 550 fishing boats. £
There is little connection between Rushire and ' IPOTOS . I7.VMVJ
northern Persia and the capital: the interests of the 190909 . 123.402
population arc principally confined to the local pro* I 1900-10 . 99,010
vincc and to towns along the caravan routes. I 1910-11 . 97.770
The immediate hinterland of Rushirc is entirely i The net proceeds of the Customs of Bushircandthf
tribal in character, the land being divided up into other ports of the Gulf have recently been assigned to
districts, each ruled by a local chief or Khan, and the service of the Government loan placed with the
comprising 20 to 30 or more villages. The tribes- ! Imperial Rank of Persia for £1,250,000.
men, mostlv well armed and owiri: feudal service to ■ . . .
tl.fir chief..,' have tlie uu.Ior n,lliv„.io„ of wheat , >rt. f™" ;mr™ » *<•"■««
(iml b.ulov. The principal furroumlir- .li.trirts <,cs>|!,,<'| wJ to the cap, .1 ami no«|K-n.. lo. or, the
■oath „f the mountain ringe, and th.Vcstimntcd of the provmco at nil, with the result that .t,
c ! dilapidated appearance or the town is yearly increased
population arc:—
j and the number of ‘‘ wukf ” properties, or religious
Bushirr peninmU........................... 23,000 ; benefactions, which owing to the jnivertv of the hold-
Dashti....................................... 20,000 Jj ers for life have fallen into a ruined state, and ret
Dishtirino................................... 20.CCO |J cannot aevording to custom be removed, adds to this
Ha\at Daou'l and Lira«i . . . 20.000 ij appearance. Signs are not wanting that municipal
The onlv services for which the chiefs are rerpon- : !c','ll'rs,.,K'5ira «° ^ »«P'ovmWpt» by tueam nl
.»i i i n ■ , (-< . . ■ innovations in taxation, but there is groat clifiiciiltv
Bible to the local Government or the Government of > . • . , , e , - . . •
Far? are the pavmcnt of laud revenue (which in recent ' ^',h :h- "ccesrarv funds and ,n havmr
1 *
, . li i •
...
1 .. them ber.chcialiv spent: the population is averts
years owing to constitutional trebles h .? in several . „ . 1 1 1
J t n • » » ii • • i ; to all direct taxation,
cases fallen into arrears) and the provision of an |
armed force wlmn necessary. Caravan Routes and Insecurity rx 1910-11.
Ex.ou.ivc smu^lm.: ■ ; ruloa nr. 1 am . '....ten lo T]r. ^ j, c,( Bll,hiw u aaaforwardin-
shccovit in the b.;kI,Ih...:!..« f.-r • • .me ycy, part h-.» . tw,„ (w -.,0 o[ F,r?, as , torlninus fe
permit:*-! the cl.tofs ... , (her ■ .on w, .1. and the ■ „rts ,K> countrv . ,..c ,r0„b!es attend.
™»p!:l:r.i!i„.l„;.trT.one of tl.ocv:: results cf the pro- | ‘ „„ , cIu! ot con-.itt.tion it was the most
F<*nt Customs TunlT, lus considerably enriched the i
districts. important coimr.-'rcial sea*port of Persia. The greater
I the dcim.r.d in the interior, the more prosperous
The 'main caravan road to Shiraz nod Ispahan . js the condition of traders in Rushire : but the trade
passes for about 100 miles through these tribal ! connections beyond Shiraz, and especially Ispahan
districts, and tb.cn com:? into the zone of the larger : are all important to prevent congestion in the Shiraz
nomad tribes. ! market
Revenue or the Province or the A: proximate ' In 1907-0$ partly owing, perhaps, to constitutional
Gulf Poms. kH'isnirni. 1 disturbances in the provinces bordering the northern
£ ' frontier?, the trade of the port of Busliirc was flowing
Bushirc-Rcshirc .... 2.973 ' in steadily towards the high water mark of its normal
Cc3.-t.il district# near Buil.irc . 1.049 i expansion in the present state of the development <J
liccah and dependent districts 2,473 j the country : from 1908 onwards the prosperity of the
Three small porta between Bus Lire port, the hinterland and the whole province of Fan
and Lir.jNih .... 4,277 I has shown a steady decline, by reason that the focus
Bandar Abbas and dependent district* 4.909 i of Persian anarchy has changed to the Southern
j provinces, and embraces a large portion of the region
10,281
j which formed a market for British goods imported
Customs Revenue from Imports axd Exports. from the Persian GuJL
The proceeds of import and export duties collected I The two main factors of moment to commerce are:—
at the Bur-hire Customs during the year totalled 1 (1) Security of the great caravan route.
£52,357. This figure represents a great decrease on (2) Security in the province of Fare.
the totals of the previous 3 years.
£
1907- 08 . ! 25,502 (1) Insecurity of the caravan route.
1908- 09 . 88.833 Reference was made in the report for 1909-10 to the
1909- 10 . 61,416 arbitrary change in the route followed, which had been