'تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي، ١٩٤٥ [-١٩٤٦]' [و‎‎١‎٣‎٨] (٤١٤/٢٨٨)

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treatment, hav-3 had to go to India or the interior.
Industry
Eoraug Oxide .lines. Lion, Btilakh held charge of operations
throughout the year as engineer in charge. The mines have been
working continuously and produced about 6500 tons of red oxide
which was shipped by five Strick ships,» As , the demand is on
the increase the authorioies expect to increase their production.
^ioi Ivlu};andis Muhsin Rudachi held charge as manager
throughout the year.
The factory worked for only about two months in the
Persian year ending 1324 and could not produce fish in appreci-
-able quantities. It started again in 1325 and is expected to
pay its expenses. Last year losses ran into over a million rials*
Khun.1 i r.fills.
On account of strikes instigated by the fudeh^ the
mills remained closed for nearly 2 months in the middle of the
year and it is believed th^t '.Ir, il. Kliurn. suffered great lass on
this account, .."ith the appointment of kr, C, N. Knowles as
manager production has greatly improved.
V tii . MILITiHI,
Sarvan Ohaffari was 0,C. from 1,1,46 to 12,C,4 C >
Sargurd 3ehrus Maiijoob from 13«o.4t :i 11,S,46^ Sargord Abbas
Noor Keihan from 12.3.46 to 5-11.46 and Sargord Soleimani from
6,11.46 to the end of the year.
The garrison at Fin was abolished but reposted on
a representation from the people 01 &he area. In December^ ouimg
Sargor Soleimani 1 s tenure four conscripts committed suicide on
account of maltreatment by their superiors. Two o oners v^no also
attempted to kill themselves were saved. People are still un-
-willing to be conscripted and prefer to pay for temporary exemp-
-tions,
Gendarmario. ^ ^ _
Sarvan Kha^il Pasha Khan Salahshoor was 0,0, uen-
-darmarie from 1,1,46 to 15.5,46 and Sarvan Mohsen Fathi from
16,5,46 to the end of the year.
There has been no improvement worthy of report.
Holdups of lorries on the main roads have been
frequent during Sarvan Fathi r s tenure and all roads are infested
brigands. Petty theft on the car a van . oao. 0 i^iinab and
the surrounding villages was discouraged after thenarrti^t mao-t b^
Sarvan Salahshoor early in the year. Corruption is ri^e as usual.
Internal Security. /
Some robberies took place in the town, and the
Bandar Abbas -Kerman motor road was infested by brigands throughout
the ye ? r. In the middle of June there was some unrest in the
tribal area near Minab when Mirza Jnoushirvani| son oi ^he late
Mir Barkat, was preparing an attack on All alal N T ik Khan, the
Chief of the Tahurzai tribe. But before occurrence of any clash
the parties reached an agreemen c-.
Ali Mohammad Ali Mellat Krian, the outlaw of Fin, in
spite of several threats of recommencing his activities has
remained quiet awaiting the Liovernment decision regarding his
amnesty.