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out the year. The general opinion appeared to be that he ie
more interested in the affairs of other departments than in his
own and reports have been received to the effect that he is in
the habit of disclosing the contents of telegrams to interested
persons before delivery to the addressees.
(j) Health Department
Dr. Ali AJcbar Vakili held the po*t of ivedical Officer
Kerman, during the year, Msny steps were taken a nd great
interest shown by all the Hospitals in respect of the treatment
of the poor. Two new Hospitals were opened in Kerman ana Raf-
sinjan for them, and the Ustandar made many attempts to raise
funds for their treatment. No epidemics were reported during
the year, though there were a fair number of cases of whooping
cough among children. Venereal desesees continued to be the
most prevalent, but cures on anything but a small scale were
hampered by the scarcity of essential drugs and the failure
of the authorities in persuading patients to attend a full
course of treatment.
(fc) Municipality .
Mr. Nazirzadeh held the post of Chief of the Kerman
Municipality till the end of June, when he was appointed
Aisist*nt to the Director General of Finance. In October,
when the authorities in Tehran disapproved thia appointment
and ordered his transfer from the Finance Department, he
returned to his former poet in the Municipality. On November
2nd her received orders of transfer and went to Tehran, his
place in the Municipality being taken by Mr, Arbabi, who held
charge for the remainder of the year, 4 fter Arbabi’s
assumption of charge, the affairs of the Municipality suffered
a steady deterioration. In consideration of l^rge sums of
money reported to h^ve been paid to him in bribes, the control
on the sale of many essential commouities was lifted, with
the result that Black Market prices soared upwards and were at
a very hign level at the end of the ye-,r.
( l ) Gendarmerie
Colonel Zawoah held the post of Officer Commanding,
Gendarmerie, till the 15th June, when Colonel Lhadivi returned
from Tehran to resume charge. Durin, the year, the Gendar
merie retained their reputation of being notoriously corrupt
and inefficient, ana were quite unequal to the task of dealing
effectively with lawlessness. They made little attempt to
improve the insecure state ef the roads in the Province, which
was not surprising, in view of the reports that they have
actually connived with the bandits and shared the proceeds
of the robberies. In some instances robbers on the Kerman -
B^ndsr Abbas road are said to have obtained receipts from their
victims for the cash and valuables they had removed from them
in order to safeguard themselves from excessive demands for
"rske-off" made by the local Gendarmerie.
To add to the general disoruer, relations between the
Military and Gendarmerie deteriorated rapidly. Vhile the
Military accused the Gendarmerie of inactivity and connivance
with the bandits, the Gendarmes accused the former of non
cooperation ana saia thr^t they had neither the arms, transport
nor reserves to deal with the situation with any effect.
(m) Industry .
Carpets. Due to a sharp rise in the prices of ayes and