Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1874, forwarding, for information, twelve copies of the Annual Medical Report on Bushire [Būshehr] for the year ending 31 March 1874, by surgeon George Waters, Civil Surgeon in medical charge of the Bushire Residency.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 100, and terminates at f 220a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains eight foliation anomalies: f 100a, f 115a, f 130a, f 145a, f 160a, f 190a, f 205a, and f 220a.