Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎141r] (281/1148)

(e) /-
Ending the arrival of his successor from Tehran. Colonel
i^utasham, the Chief of lolice, carried on the v*ork of the
Governor General in audition to his own duties. The new
Ustanaar, Aqai Fazlullah Bahrami, arrived from Tehran on the
^otn October, trom which date he held charge of the post for
the remainder of the year. He has so far been on very
inendly terms with this Consulate and shows signs of being
as co-operative as his predecessor. Since his arrival he has
£>nown a keen desire to make improvements in the district, such
as establishing permanent housing arrangements for the poor
*na improving the existing water supply.
(b) Farmander
A.qai Reza Fahirai who had received orders of transfer
to Tehran towards the end of 1943, left Kerman on the 15th
-anuary, 1944. From that date the post of Farmandar was
unoccupied for the remainder of the year. ^.qai Vosuq, who
in%h!! e o*i ap ?w nteffl a *. iQ8p * ctor of the Ministry of the Interior
in the 8 tli Uetan was however unofficially carrying out the
autiee of rernandsr, J '
(ci iiconoaiic and finance Department
tn i , ; r r ; T M<i 3 * r J ari helcl ^e post of director of Finance
bv 1 th« b *m^i^I ! i 54 01 '^^t, when i'.e waa auinmarily diamisaed
w? ic 1 n director General ef Finance, Hr. D.F. Tribon.
tt tiie latter s request, Mr. Nazirzadeh, then Chief of the
ixeraan Municipality, waa appointed to succeed iardari as
director of Finance in addition to his own duties. Nazirzadeh's
not 3 how « v « r » approved by the Administrator
f ilnan °« in Tehran, who sent telegraphic instructions
for his removal in September. The post was vacant till the
l?t ovember, when r. inami arrived from Tehran to fill the
vacancy, which he occupied for the remainder of the year.
th. and Fin8 “* e Departments have for long had
?L e Deing notoriously corrupt, and in spite of
r. Tribon s efforts to change the order of things, their
seid r to n haw. t Mrt ti ?* continued. Mr. Sardari, for instance,
tMde lar S e * um * of money, in connexion with the
intenued^for !L m ? n h P Kif Se ? g 0 2 d *' b y retaining the coupons
rui-chssinf Leh^oad. ^ t +h t ‘n° f vlll8g ** “grounding Kerman,
puicnasiiv, the goods at the Government price and re-sellinp*
bh * b ^ck «orket at exhorbitant rates. No idver^f
thoSh^h^T* *°+ f +?! b * en r * ce * v * d about ilr. Imami's honesty,
tnou^h he is not the man of action he makes himself out to^.
(3) Agricultural Department
r ikh-ul-Ialami, formerly Head of the
organisation, waa appointed i^anager of the Agricultural Oeu'T't
mentto June 1944, which post hAeld forthf ^maWr f/the
^Sttori. Cropa during the year were satisfactory. The cniti-
^ 10w * v ® r j bad. a grivance against the Agricultural Depart-
meat, which took over their crops, but was uiable tTpay for
them except in xxm small sums, with the result that the^culti-
tors lacked the money for further cultivation.
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