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the Persian Gulf, to ascertain and report whether
the Island of Ilenjmu would or would not ho
more suitable as a sito for a “ sentinel" station
near the entrance of the Gulf than the Island of
Ormuz. He reported in September 1005. Stated
briefly, his recommendations, which wont beyond
the terms of his reference and dealt with the
whole quc.ttinn of the sanitary defence of the
Gulf, were as follows :—
1. That lazarets should be established at
Hcnjam and Fno, to bo controlled respectively
by the Persian Government and by the Constan­
tinople Hoard of Health ; and
2. That sanitary stations for purposes of
‘observation” should bo erected at Bunder
Abbas, Lingali, Hushirc, and Alohammerali,
under the control of the Persian Government,
and at Bussorah, Kowcit, Bahrein, Dobni, and
Muscat, under the control of the Constantinople
Board of Health.

Dr. Faivre’s Report did not reach His Majesty’s Sir F. Bcrtio to
Government until December 1900. In tho mean- Ueccmbor3*, 1906.
while it bad been decided in November 1905 that
Dr. Theodore Thomson, of the Local Government
Board, should visit the Persian Gulf on behalf of
His Majesty’s Government, and report “ on the Mr. Brodrick to
... . , e . . Government of
sanitary requirements of those regious in respect, in(jj3|
not only of Persia, but also of Buropo, as well as September 8,1905
on the question of the need of a sanitary station
and tho suitability of Ormuz, Henjara, or other
sites for the purpose.” The Government of
India, who were consulted ns to the proposal,
agreed that it might be advantageous at any
future discussions for the British Government to
have at its disposal expert information indepen­
dent of that collected by Dr. Faivre, but expressed
the earnest hope that “British opposition to JJjjjJSi'of
establishment of sanitary station will be uneoui- November 6,1905.
promisingly maintained.” It may hero be noted
that the objections of the British Government to
the establishment of an international sanitary
station in the Persian Gulf, as classified by the
Foreign Office in April 1900, are (1) political,
in so far as the station would introduce a certain
amount of international control in a sphere of
British influence; (2) commercial, as placing
within the reach of other Powers a ready means
of hampering and restricting tho shipping trade
with Bombay and Kurracliee, against which a