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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [141r] (281/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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& Estimates of Expenditure for the coming year amount to Bials 3,210,973,027
(£47,924,970 at the official rate of Rials 67 to the pound sterling) and Revenue
is estimated at Rials 3,094,393,977 (£46,184,984) leaving a deficit of Rials
116,579,050 (£1,739,985). Although revenue from oil is not calculated in the
ubove figures, the estimated revenue for the year shows an increase of just over
one million rials over last year’s figures.
3. Comparative lists of the chief sources of Revenue, as also of Expenditure
herewith transmitted show the increases over the 1939-40 budget.
4. Under Revenue the Sugar and Monopoly Tax, Rials 180,000,000 and the
Road Tax, Rials 85,000,000 appear under Customs Duties, possibly to swell the
Customs Receipts which are known to have fallen considerably during the past
few months.
5. The receipts from the various Government Monopoly Companies are not
given separately as in previous budgets but are calculated at Rials 835,000,000,
which figure would seem to be grossly exaggerated. Similarly, estimated
revenue from Industries at Rials 367,000,000 is nearly double that of last year.
The most interesting figures are the following :■—sale of embroideries, pottery,
etc., from Rials 60,000 to 500,000 ; the tar and sleeper
factory
An East India Company trading post.
from Rials
37.000. 000 to 50.000,000 ;
factory
An East India Company trading post.
No. 5 from Rials 10,000,000 to 29,000,000 ; Ihe
glycerine and soap
factory
An East India Company trading post.
from Rials 10,000,000 to 50,000,000 ; the cemer*
factories from Rials 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 ; and the sugar factories from RL
42.000. 000 to 80,000,000.
6. On the expenditure side, with one exception, namely the Ministry of
Interior and Public Health, there are notable increases in respect of all Ministries
and Administrations. This year again, the Ministry of Roads and Communi
cations tops the list with Rials 999,136,800 (£15,000,000) made up as follows
Rials 120,000,000 (£1,889,552) for roads. Rials 862,991,800 (£12,880,474) con
struction and maintenance of the railway and port expenses at Bandar Shah,
Bandar Shahpour and Nowshar.
7. The estimated expenditure for the Ministry of war amounts to Rials
463,729,980 (£6,921,304). In addition to this sum the Minister of Finance is
authorised to spend an additional sum^of £2,000,000 out of reserves for army
requirements.
8. The estimates for the Ministry of Industry and Mines reach the fantastic
figure of Rials 724,620,000 (£10,815,223) an increase of Rials 296,190,000
(£4,420,761) over the figures for 1939-40. The main items are the following
spinning mill and school for weaving, Rials 42,000,000 ; glycerine and soap
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, 39,000,000 ; tar and sleeper
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, 41,000,000 ; sugar factories,
147.000. 000 ; administration of mines, blast furnaces and copper refinery,
275.000. 000 : cement factories, 46,000,000 ; caustic soda
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, 46,000,000 ;
nitric soda
factory
An East India Company trading post.
, 23,000,000.
9. Further items of special interest figure under miscellaneous expendi
ture, grain silos (engagements of previous years) Rials 20,000,000, construction
and maintenance of slaughter houses, 5,000,000, printing of bank notes, 7,500,000,
service of foreign debt 5,500,000, repayment of State loan to the National Bank
of Iran, 100,000,000, purchase of a dredger, 6,500,000, telegraph and postal cor-
respondence of Government administration, 25,000,000, purchase of tankers
7.750.000, capital of Agricultural Bank 5,500,000, and credits in previous year
due, 35,000,000.
10. To meet the declared deficit the Minister of Finance is authorised to
make use of unforeseen receipts, surplus revenue from commercial enterprises
of the State and by borrowings from banks in the country.
11. It is undoubtedly a very optimistic budget but it is reported that it was
prepared in a hurry by the Minister of Finance, General Amir Rhosrovi, and a
number of new officials who now surround him, with the result that estimates,
both for receipts and expenditure, are carelessly compiled and grave disappoint
ment at the results at the end of the year are to be expected. 12
12. A copy of this despatch is being sent to the Government of India in the
External Affairs Department and the Department of Overseas Trade.
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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.
At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).
A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (158 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:7r, 8r:11r, 12v:14v, 16r:16v, 20r, 23r:32r, 34r:41v, 42v:48r, 50v:55r, 56r:61r, 63r:65r, 68r:69r, 71v, 75v:77v, 79r:81v, 82v:85v, 89r, 91r:91v, 92v:93r, 94v:96v, 97v:101r, 102v:108v, 115r:118r, 124r, 125r:130v, 132r:134r, 136r:139r, 141r:141v, 145r:146v, 149r:151r, 152r:153v, 154v:159v, back-i, back
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