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been distributed personally by K.l;. Consul on his tours
of the coast from bandar Dilam to Lingah.
^ates to a total of‘54 tons were purchased from
Iraq, and distributed to relieve food shortage in the
area during the year.
(c) In June, a fete was riven by the Political
uesiaen* .^.n the garden at Sahzabad. This was very well
attended by Persians, both official and non-
officialf and a satisfactory sum of money ( Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 8,000/-)
was raised for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Fi htsr Fund.
vi
(a) Cer eals .
-or the 1irst half of ihe year, the Southern
Ports area, suffering from the drought of 1041-42.continued
to subsist on cereals imported by the United Kingdom
Commercial Corporation. Although various difficulties were
experienced, and it was on more than one occasion necessary
to raise an urgent loan from the British Army detachment* 3 ‘
stocks of flour, the supplies were just eked out to last
until t/>e fruits ox the 1842-43 winter's '’ood ''arvest
began to eo?*e in.
Xo ensure the collection of the cro > sur
plus, a contract was entered into with Fathullah ilhan,
C see paragraph V (a) above) for the delivery of the
cereals of his three "buluks* ( sub-divisions). This con-
tract, Involving H.k.Consul in responsibility for the
obtaining and disposal of Persian Government funds, was
admittedly an extreme measure, and can be justified only
i?? dire need of the area and the lack of a general
directive from the capital as regards policy for cereals
collection* The position became more regular at a Is ter
stage, when the policy of ccntr&ats-r&S adapted Ih all
parts oi Persia| and subsequently arrangecje tts were put
in aand tor the re-transfer to the Persian Government
department of the management of this contract and the
settlement of accounts.
(b) ate Jhabankareh Ir rlr^tlon ?-o ieet .
this project had by no means produced
the results that might have been expected from it, an
inspection visit was paid to It in the spring by Professors
Winsor and Pitman, American employees of the Persian
Government, and H.M* Consul. As a result of this visit a
report was written, with recomnendations for the reorgan
isation of the project; and towards the end of the year.
Professor .Unsor paid a second visit, and left a resident
Persian engineer to put then into effect.
No action was taken durinr the year to put
the ;iund river project into effect.
- , ^ Gnyar and floco-r^nd^ranvornm^nf.
monoply goods.)
The prices of these commodities did not
vary greatly through the year. At the end of the /ear,
stocks were approximately 3.700 tons of sugar and 700 tons
Ox oea, as against 4,000 and 3,000 at the beginning of
the year. The remainder had been sent up the road to in-
land town, mostly by I.fC.C.C. transport (see paragraph II
u; xhe rationed issue was (monthly) 400 grammes of
sugar, 50 grammes of tea and half a metre of cloth; but
only one issue of cloth was actually »ade during the year,
of 3 metres per 2 >erson, being arrears of last year. The
sugar and zea issues in the country districts were mostly
misappropriated by local chiefs and officials of the
Supply Department^