'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎101v] (202/416)

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It will be noticed that there was an increase in the case of Kerman cam
compared with the previous year, of nearly three million Rials, due, as inent’ S |
elsewhere, to an increased demand from New York in the early summer
the fact that the goods exported were on a whole of a higher quality than u i
and, therefore, more expensive. Sua «
The amount of tribals exported, on the other hand, shows a decrea^p nf m t
270,000. , 01 KlaI s,
’ j j « :. a j
The total amount of exports in Keiman and tribal goods during the v
therefore, improved by just over 2f million Rials, which considerino- the denr
ed condition of trade in general and the fall in the dollar is more than cn i n 8 '
expected. 1)6
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As regards the technical side of the industry, marked improvements haw
been effected in the actual weaving, chiefly as the result of a better anal,'tv I
woollen yarn produced by carding machines during the last two or three
but the standard ot design and colour combination has on the whole deterinwt
ed m recent years.
Spinning Mill Project—The idea of importing spinning mill for Kerman for
ne ocal manuiacture of cotton yarn, introduced by Lieutenant-Colonel E \V (J
Eoel m IdoO and followed up by the local authorities in 1931, fell through in the
IV \ ]J art ^ ie 7V r ’ dll( b V tiie i na bihty of the Kerman share-holders to raise
ie lull amount of the capital required and as the result of representations made
to lehan, orders were received for the re-inbursement to the share holders of
ttar bofofe ^ ''' thom ^ the Persian National Bank more than a
mduced suclfshalelehto^as belonged"’to tt^TemaV'town^to a^to*^
50,000 and 60 000 which Iva.sh'o'f!'"’ .^'^ re f or ®> amounted to between Rials,
100,000. ’ ’ 1Cl1 " as t0 be raisod by further subscription to Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
tio„ 8 T trfoXSr S orl naU L f0rmed in Jnne - bat toher subscri„.
their shares in thSm^ ^
eluded in Tehran early ufcVlmr'Lif l]"r'' a mac ' dne wa s, however, con-
have the machinery delivered at Bandor t hn” 1 A™ 1 . 8 ’ who undertook to
at a total cost of Rials 180 0007,7 i V as Vl^in a period of three months,
the German firms concerned caid n ^ Russian Engineer in the emplovment of
the building operations ^ fhe ^l ^V 0 I ? rman in November to supervise
The work of 1?^^ !°\ ‘ he section of the plant,
at the time of writing. ‘ c , ome ’ u hat elaborate scale is progressing
It is doubtful what advantages -nnii Ur, • -i i
plant, especially in view of the fW I e > § ’ ailie( ^ the importation of fins
Plants in Kerman, o^r a British ^ 0 ^ re are V rea ^^ two wool carding
The Oriental Carpet Manufacturer/It’'S' V a ? hlne ’ belonging to Messrs.
10 1 l P- machine, imported from Genmnv conGern ’ aTld the other ’ a
weavers m Kerman. The new machine w i]l be a“ 30 h 0ne one thG pnnClpal 2arpet
question of a cotton spinnfno^mil 1 °i that - tlle SPah Pas anparently still the
view with the present ^Govern or-G ene Jn as H - P M. in an inter-
n1 fhe end of August last, made sneciaf r f H e ^ 10 pa ^ er wa s taking his leave
for which there was a great demand ? eren V t° the question of cotton yarn,
in spite of Kerman being one of tlie . P^^ uice, and regretted the fact that,
cotton yarn was mill being imported intoThe ^ PerSia ’