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R.v. - of tV.-ount on Shiraz rose .luring the rains in December folL.-ved by consiflent fall,:
#umi..:r ,f 1013, and -win- lo slightly dourer January, l obruarv ai d March, gave pr- arise „f x
monov and (be considerable amounts offering, burner crop while reports from the «lUtriv*-
the v maintained their petition. wiTC-d to confirm the hopes of would-be exporter!
, »si>u.,i.«.
1 Th- re were no large bankruptcies iu Bushire wc!c°mm^ it''Vs*etfll^cstim 11cfe
during the year under report, but the financial jrJven otherwise normal conditions, a large surn'»*
situali-n iu Shiraz was staled to be generally uu- will be available for export. Reports from Shir?'
satisfactory. 1 to the effect that crops in that locality Lave beta
Karly in March 10H difficulties arose in destroyed by locusts indicate the possibility cf
connection with the rejection by tho bank of light harvests being diverted thither in the earlier part
coins, and threatened seriously to incommode of the export season.
cxp.ut. rs of wheat, who are obliged to send large i Temperature.-The highest maximum terr-
quantif-c* of krnns out to the districts m ad\auce, poralurc in the shade recorded during th** rear w-*«
U they wish to make sure of purchases. j 105*7° on the 13th Mar and tho highest nunimaa
An attempt was made to close the bazaar as a ; 39° on the *23rd July. The lowest maximum
protest, ami snepkeoper? refused to accept anything . reading 59*4° was recorded on the 7th February
except 1 ank notes. This state of affairs continued 1914, the lowest minimum 47*9° on the 3Ut
till the er.d of June 1914, after the close of the January 1911.
jeried under review. Public Health.—Major Hunt, I.M.S., Rosi-
Weather and Rainfall.—The following table dene)* Surgeon, Buskire, has kindly supplied tl*
gives the meteorological returns of rainfall for the following note,
y-ar \:ul:r rep:and the two previous years :— The public health of J3ushire for year March
•21st, 1913-14, was comparatively good.
11-11*12. 1912*13. 1913-11. ■ ' Of epidemic diseases Plague paid only a short
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and mild visit to Bushire ; the first case occnrrel
( on 1st April 1913 and the last on ICth A lay 1913.
Isclici. Inches. Iacliw.
: There were 30 cases only altogether with 25
March 21—31 302 Oil 0-0-1 deaths, and no plague in the first quarter of 1911.
Aj.ril . 007 0 23 002 ! The popular idea here is that the disease gerrcs
002 .
•'••»J • 3-77 | ... 2-6r : r:r»i present still, but dormant, and only await
?\ r.-nt-r
Dc« ember 1*9j MS 4--W ; favourable circumstances to flare up and cause an
Jiur.iry • 3 29 : 304 119 ; epidemic. It is net generally believed that the
Ffhruir/ . • 0-39 1*67 2-M
March uj :o 20th . 010 ■ 003 002 disease is imported by shipping. Whether right
j or wrong, this idea gave an opportunity for more
Total 12 C0 , 6*38 10 S2 attention being paid to tho removal of filth and
1 refuge from th? streets. Elsewhere in the Gulf
The rainfall for the season Octobei to May I plague cases only occurred at Dibai on the Trucial
Las been Coast.
All ships which called at Bushire were
Inches. medically inspected and 538 persons were removed
1501-02 310 to quarantine till five days had been completed
1C-/203 I0>6
lf-CC-07 SM since leaving jthe last infected port. No case of
1KC-08 CM plague was discovered on any ship nor amoDgst
i:-0s-09 642 persons detained in quarantine.
Vs 9*10 10 32
1910-11 20-29 Smallpox, very prevalent at Karachi and many
1911*12 u-90 places in the Gulf at the beginning of 1914, did
1912*13 607
1913*14 11-35 not affect Bushlre till March 1914, when it began
to make headway and soon caused 9 deaths.
It will thus b= seen that conditions of rainfall Several cases occurred on ships on the Gulf run.
were distinctly favourable for the 1914 export During the cold weather months numbers of
season. Though unrecorded, the first showers children were vaccinated at the British Residency
fell in October, enabling cultivators to make a I dispensary, where facilities are always offered to
start with ploughing early in November. Heavy I the public once a week.
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