Coll 30/9(2) 'Admin. Reports of the Persian Gulf - 1945 -' [‎521r] (1041/1148)

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It was commonly thought that after the Shah’s speech in June on the occasion
H s truThrth°e coH P t mne there would alleviation in taxation
fundus nkc!or- e °i • voluntar y subscriptions to the national aviation
: nd " < ; discontinued but tins was only a minor easement During the year
fX^ ^ 25 r CeUt ' and Vehidc tax “ lOTries by loV cent.
In addition tne following new taxes were imposed electricity rial 1 per unit •
Stm^t rir^bcal Cy ° IeS TV™ P ' a ' ; a PP lica tion« to agovernmentl
department mil , local taxes on fruit, vegetables, charcoal, ffriwSol, etc., from
10-3 0 per cent of value (m 1938 a donkey load of bushwood cost rials 2, in 193^
ria s 4 -and m 1940 rials 9). b urther the price of loaf sugar was increased by rials 3
and granulated by rials 1 per maund (OS lbs). euuynais.r
good^ame of ^ Sublnitted to Tehran a S ains t ^^ssive taxation but no
Bank-i-Mtlh.—Last year’s instructions that all correspondence with the bank
must be m Ireman has not been strictly adhered to. The Local branch has been
known to use both English and French on occasions.
The bank has been authorised to grant special credits to merchants to the
extent of the value ot their property or business possessions.
Farmandars have been appointed supervisory heads of the bank and are re
quired to inspect the working of local branches monthly.
A branch of the Agricultural Bank (Bank-i-Faiahat) operated in Kerman
iroughout the year. ^ It advanced considerable loans to landowners for which land
was mortgaged with interest at 18 per cent.
Judiciary. The Minister of Justice inspected the working of the local
courts m November. One result of his visit was the re-opening of an Appellate,
t ourt m Kerman. This court was closed in August 1939 and appeals lay at Isfahan
' 0 awa y- ^ ie impracticability of this arrangement having been fully ex
posed the original system is reverted to. Aqai Ali Akbar Musawi assumed charge
°1 118 P 08 ^ f mef Judge of the Appellate Court on 7th December.
1940^° * m P° rtant case i nv °l™g British subjects came before the courts during
PoZme.—Sargurd (Major) Yusuf Bahrami was in charge until relieved in May
by 1 as y ar 11 (Lt.-Colonel) Amjadi. The new Chief is reported to be popular.
The C. I. D. staff was increased to watch the movements of foreigners. But it
was noticed that these men were less in evidence in the neighbourhood of this Con
sulate than formerly.
The attitude of the Police Department towards this Consulate and its staff
was very satisfactory.
/ osts and Telegraphs. This department now employs a number of young male
and female telegraph operators whose lack of training causes many hours of addi
tional labour to H. M.’s Consul.
A combined postal and police censorship was established at the beginning of the
} ear and suspect letters and telegrams are subjected to examination. So far as is
known no postal covers to and from this Consulate have been interfered with.
qi u As 1 ™ ai }y anonymous and abusive letters being addressed to the
bkan and other high officials mostly on the subject of taxation and the high cost of
ivmg, L. 1. D. men were set to watch for persons who posted covers to these add
resses.
During the year new post offices were opened at Jiruft, Zarand, Ravar and -
Mamin. ^ telegraph office for military use only was opened at Jiruft; a military
I. (). already existed at Rudbar. J
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Education .—The Pehlvi boys’ school was moved to the former C. M. S. build-
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Eleven night classes for adult men were opened durin 0, the year
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