Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎349r] (697/1148)

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roeen ue^-
’troyea oy
lire in
September,
^ n
centre in Zr«n* Thi* is largely due to the poverty or the ye tan#
Opiwa is the cheapest intoxicating dr it; and is used as a sabstitate
for v»ine an^ spirits#
This year shortage oi* opiuin eas felt in Kertaan ^nu half the
licensee snops feere closed* ;ovemnent is nov* collecting half tne
quantity of burnt opiu-u before issuing a fresh supply# Tr^is burnt
opluui is said to be ecuied to the r opiviri of t£ie ney» harvest# -
Opiu& eaters aJ'e in difficulties as they hr ve no burnt opiiia to
exc’i'Sii^e •
g-tar supply lor b.er.aan #
scheme which
originally propose- by His
xcellency
of
ifttiterialexcept talk# X<jai ?^ehdi yarrukh ha inc3 ubed in his
i»prove ient sche e the buildii\'.: ; oi hospit‘il| b'^ni j hot? 1 ^ ci^i.
■■■>nd widening of th streets, and had left the water supply to the
list# The Kema-iin deputies to the Majlis objected thot the sup. ly
of w^ter should come first. Hence Irek of progress# ut sotaething;
fxjny yet come of it as the present nutan&ar iQai r.at. ^.s ^sbo'^ i'v
interest in the matter# Incr^nseu water suiy> ly woulu ad^ new liie
to ermen#
(n) Inuustry and )eveloi^nent .
‘here was no industrial development
tk^t
U i.
Uie year.
I Carpet-mking is the a inipcrtan t in ■» ti^is province#
mcpoits to the United States of uaerica decrease- anu finally
ceased almost entirely owing to the wo*'• There was however a
teapor 9 ry boom in the 1 te autumn owiitg to a sudden de^aanb for.
carpets of every quality from Tehran# It is thought that this w?s
uue to lacx of faith in the currency as a result of which many
people wished to put their money into reel property. In "oveaber ^nu
* rl.j dcce ibei the pi ices of Carpets rose by lu(2 30v» S* This had
drop*. e&Jl 1 ttle towards the end of the year an^ tbe uooa is now over.
The Khorshid Spinning Mill worked throughout the year, out
suffered from shortage of raw material tow >rus the enu of the yesr•
is w ?» partly due to their stock of cotton wool, amounting to
70—SO tons haviog/Ita value 80—90 thousand tom ns is understood to
• V" • ' c - •••
The divident (
;.rch 1942 wns 48|
now cost Hi^ls 1650/-#
U.
by this C«»P«ny for the year ending
’he 1000 Rials shores of this company
VI# MIOTiRY #
J»C*C» Southern Co^Uoand #
>urtip Kfrlk^vusi held the post of 3*C#C# throughout the
year# He kIso acteu as Jstandor from f Tune 15tli to Vovosabor 9th# He
is a sensible and popul r officer, uot lockini: ir. eneig - < ^fi-
ciency. Us real political views are perhaps open to uoubt, but in
all ordinary matters he h&s been helpful anu cooperative.
-arly in the ye^r he aaoe the following tours t -
(1) To hjM f dahidsn and Kwash between 8th to 31st January#
(d) To Sahiban ana Charbar between 19tii February nd dru ipril*
this tour ;>arh»ng ie-iu,tlie military inspector accompanied him#
(3) To iahiuan and -abul between 2«th April ana 16th lay,
(**nd after he hud been relieveu of the additional work of
Ustandar )
(4) To iahi mn* ^abul
awt y ti ^t ei>i ^ne y-^ar
ikran fron 9tb December and
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