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V. LOCAL GOVERir.SNT,
(a) Governor General. iiqai Mehdi Shahrukh held the post
of Governor General from the beginning of the yearjuntil the
20th of June when he was recalled to Tehran® During his period
of office he showed great timidity in handling the disputes which
aro^e over elections for the Provincial Council and a lack of
enterprise or interest in the affairs of the province® The Tudeh
Party in Kerman also thri^ved as a result of weakness which he
displayed towards them.
In his absence Aqai Adl Isfandyari, the Farmandar,
officiated as - T staiidar in addition to his own duties®
About the beginning of October Sartip Ali Qadar, the
G®0,C., received instructions from Tehran to carry out the duties
of the Ustandar until the arrival of the Ustandar designate,
Aqai Reza Hikmat ( Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Fakhir )• Shortly after, Sartip Qadar
was obliged to hand over the affairs of the Ustandari to Sactip
Vahdati as the former was busily engaged in supervising the despatch
of troops to quell the tribal revolt in the Shiraz area® Vahdati
officiated for a day or two after which he handed over to Aqai
Hikmat who ar 'ived in Kerman on the 12th October and remained unti-i
the end of the year® Aqai Hikmat was fortunate in arriving in
Kerman after the influence of the Tudeh Party was dm the wane® As
a result of his representaticoas /regarding the bad water situation
in the province the Shah granted a sum of two million rials to
improve the water supply in Kerman and Baluchistan, The Ustandar
visited Tehran twice'by air during the year to obtain instructions
in connection with the Democrat Party and the holding of elections
for the 15th Majlis®
(b) Farmandar® Aqai Adl Isfandyari ( Adl-us-Saltanih )
held the post of Farmandar, Kerman, throughout the year.
(c) Economic and Finance Department . Aqai Moosa Khattatan
arrived in Kerman on the 17th January in the capacity of Director
of Finance, 8th Ustan, which post he held throughout the year®
He had strong Tudeh sympathies and gave the best posts in his
department to those of similar views® Between the 19th September
and the 25th October he was in Tehran on leave®
Aqai Jabbari remained as Head of the local Finance
Department until the first week of August after which he was
recalled to Tehran for his Tudeh sympathies.
Aqai Hussain Ali Khan Farzan remained as Head of the
Economic Department and deslt with grain collection and the
distribution of sugar and tea throughout the year® ,
A case of embezzlement involving a sum of 4-0,000.—
tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. was discovered in the Finance Depertment about the middle
of the year and a commission was ciesp tcned fr m Tehran to in—
-vestigate and report® One person who was reported to have been
in possession of information which would hav^i the offenders
to justice was found dead in suspicious circumstances and was said
to have been murdered by them. The case is still under investigation
in the local courts®
(^) Apricultural Department ® Aqai Muhsin Sheikh-ul-Islami
held the post of Manager of the Agricultural Department until the
15th November when he was transferred to Tehran and relieved by
Aq«i Muhandis Mustafa s hah A lai who took over charge on the 27th
November. Though timely rains fell in the winter months and the
wheat and barley crops were regarded as average, the prices of
these grains remained comparatively high during the year. No ^rops
are reported to have been damaged by 1 sen *( rust ). The frtit
crop was good.
Cotton® The cotton crop was excellent and sufficient to meet all
local demands.
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