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prices for imitation silk fabrics by 50$ and that of
tea by 44$. The authorities expect that further §
increase in the prices of Government monopoly goods
will be iriade in the near future, in order, it is said,
to raise the State’s income by one hundred million
Rials.
. In May Bushire merchants were called upon to sub
scribe Rials 4,000,000 capital for a Provision Company,
o,y tne for.mtion ol which the Government hope to be
able to retrench half the staff of the leal Department
of Economics. Owing, it is said, to the removal of
the guiding hand (or propelling boot) of Amir Khosrovi,
late Minister of Finance, the Company is now being
formed with a capital of Rials 1,500,000.
VII. PUBLIC QPIRIQhh
lixe news of the German attack on Russia was
received with joy by all as it was considered to end
the threat of a combined attack by them on Abadan or
on India through Iran. No thoughts of the ending of
Iranian trade with Germany in the event of a Russian
victory, or of the inevitable embroilment of Iran in
tne war m the event of a German victory, have apparent^
yet occurred to mar the public pleasure.
Reference paragraph 263.
Consternation has been caused by the institution
of enquiries by the police in the matter of the
Governor’s indiscreet reference to Germany. Fortunately
xor him no police officer was present at the time,and the
memory of such persons as the police have questioned
is proving uniformly bad. The Governor, in his
search for a Judas, enquired by round-about
channels i or tne Consula te-General whether the latter
was responsible for reporting the matter to Tehran .’
vm. broadcas ts./