Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎36r] (71/1148)

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Qplum * The opium crop not b .low normal but tne
Finance Department wore able to collect only 4,U0G kilos
during the year vniich ^000 kilos less Uu^n the .uoount
collected the previous year. It is said. tn<*t this was due
to the visits of a succession of Inspectors sent from Tehran
to assess the opium crop, taking tn>ir , rake off*. The Oov-
-ernment purchased pure opium fi'om cultivators at Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
1000 /- per 3 kilos and after adulterating it sold it to the
public at Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 2000 /- per 6 kilos.
All pist cnio trees wore severely damaged by the
frost and great loss was suffered by cultivators. The price
of pistac/iios rose from hi , 1 s 00 /«-^er muond to dials 2 oo/-
at wuich level it remained more or less throughout tue year.
Over 90# of the entire fruit crop was also uumagea
from tne same cause.
locusts . Between larch unu June l*rge swarms of locusts were
reported to have settled in Hudbar f Jiruft, Baft, Narmsnlr, B<ua
and other wa rm areas in wnich hoppers appeared later. The
anti—locust unit stationed at Bandar abbas took necessary meas
ures to combat it and Aq-i Faslulah Bunromi, the U-tandar,
appealed to all landowners affected to cooperate in destroying
the hoppers a nd the summer crop was effectively saved from
damage from tills cause.
0-0 Iducation i)rs a-tment .
Dr.Uuzaffar Baqui was Director of Education,Kerman,
from Janua ry until tno 16th July when he proceeded to Tehran
on leave. Aqai ijuaad .lira m, wiio since April h«id bf 3 en sent by
the Ministry of Education to inspect the work of tixe Department
in tne 3th Ustan, officiated in his absence until the 25th ^op-
- member when he was recalled to Tehran aiid relieved by Aqai
KxhnxvxKxxsxxwi All Naqi Banmanyur. On the 22nd October Aqai
Kahbar Ka sravri a rrived from Tehran in the capacity of Head of
the Education a nd Waqf Department and held cxiarge of the appoint
-ment until the end of the year.
Whilst Dr.iiaqai was dir )Cting tiie affairs of the
♦klucdtion Department he liad serious differences with a jal afzal
xiooni (brother of Aqai Atauila h ioohi, deputy for Kerman) whom
he uncaused of mismanagement of Waqf properties ana of not co-
-op 'rating with hixa. Aqai iooni was suspended as a result, by
Aqai Anrao, but was reinstated shortly after through tx^e in-
-fluence of xxis brother tne deputy. Dr.Baqai was then recalled
to Tehran anu finally retired from the service of the oepartmont
in September.
In addition to txxe six primary scxiools established
last year in tne pi'cvince ten additional primary scnools were
op )ned in Bam, 6 irj hi, Zerona, Bandar iibbas and Hafsinjan.
Of 10,274 boys and girls in tne Primary and Sec
ondary sciiools of the listan 45B6 are in Kerman and suburbs.
In the entire Ustan there are now 34 Night Scnools with 54
classes of which 11 are in Kerman. The total number of stuae/its
attending these classes is 1010 of whoa 3B1 are in Kjrxoan.
During the year a Teachers* Training Scxiool to
instruct pupils up to tne 4th Primary Class was opened at Bam
and Bandar A bbas. The young men and women who pass out are
sent to outlying villages and towns. The former Koriaan Primary
Norma 1 3 chool has been converted into a boarding school and
accomodates 56 students.