مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎١‎٨‎٣] (٧٥١/٣٦٨)

Total by Brltlah coarivoytt
Pre vlouely by
By X«o» Pool lorri#» to ftim&Ajm
By .&• 3. R* al^co r<rf> 7tb
10 9 460 tuna
th<» ante a nirtH^r 3 f 600 ton© or whftat tmd fc,OOQ
ton© of b«rl«y *©r© awaiting treneooFt.
iJ4# blue wiar< ©t price ol wheat remained fairly
•l*tiemery at abrnt V&b Toman© © xharwar and eueh inr^e
qnentities are eoming on the mv r>et that during the last
five days of the month tetnl issues of Gore mas nt flour
to ‘Government’* bnkerle© in Kenmmehah town arsounted to h*
little ©s 0#9 tons* Fre^tlemlly the whole town Is no%
living on ’free bre w d # nt 4 rtftls the >:llo ©a tt^rinat the
t^ovem/nent price of 3 rials* The people prefer the •free 1 *
all—wheat bread and say it costs them no more because they
are able to eat it if necessary without cheese or other
eoudimonts, which they could not do with the doverr raent
bread, adulterated as It was with onc-thira barley* The
baKers, buying grain on the blac . market at the equivalent
of little ?aor« than 4 rials a Kilo and gaining 30 or iaore
la weight of bread in the baking, ere of course happy to
©ell at the figure of 4 rials*
&b* The abundance of blac or "free* wur «t *u>plies of
grain which makes possible this virtual withdrawal of the
Ooverument from bread distribution is a reflection of the
outlook for the next harvest, which is util i ver; good,
than, s to adoquate rains during the month. There was a
good rain on the 9th, with s sprinkling of miow on the
hills; more good rains on the 1C-17th, when strong winds
blew; aud at the end of the month one or two showers*
These rains h*vc somewhat improved the pros^wots of an
adequate w^ter supply in the sumer manths*
fe£6* Further supplies of sugar and piece-goods arc believed
to have been rent to the PUSHT-l-KOft (sea arch Biary,
paragraph ^6) but lac of funds in the ^in^noe Department
to pay for transport which the load Tra/isport Dopartraent
are wllllag to provide appears to bo aelayiii^ remlly
adequate dlati ibution of these <»m^dltlea* It is to be
hoped /