Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎23r] (46/669)

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unless thsy produce a letter from a British Consular Iffics^-
This measure i§ obviously designed to orevent British
subjects in reserved occupations leaving the country without
our knowledge 4
Ac a result of a derailment near Charn Bandar tb^e
was some delay on the railway and the mail train fo :; Tehran
was unable to leave on the evening of the 29th August*
The JUeonornic Department has received instructions
to issue two hundred and twenty tons of sugar to the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company to be ussd in connection with ihoir wheat
purchasing scheme. In the meantime the distrihutior. of sugar
by the Soonomic Department has boon suspended for ; ihe present
Foodstuffs, including x'lour, sugar and toft, have
been purchased by the Banque Mellie for distribution to its
staff on a ration system at controlled prices,
7, Wheat s
The wheat situation is rapidly deteriorating and
it is becoming more and more difficult to find sufficient
wheat fr^m Government sources even for the half raiton which
the bakers are now allowed. The situation is mec ir. Ahwa^ and
elsewhere by thorough going adulteration and falsification of
weights, ]‘hc not result is that ui though the nominaC price of
bread j.n Ahwaa remains 8,60 rials for three kiics iiis actual
price is almost twice the amount*
0 . On his return from Shuahtar and Msful t)a Governor
Gene rax v a. sited Hia Majesty’s Oonau! and laarantv)d ’.is failure to
acquire any wheat from the district. He reported ail te
* h tZ y h t had goxiH m.&x&*&:rjO to 5500
■5^ J 11 - , vhcrc was s. /^ry real danger of cultivators
being delude*, by the prices (^nd cho prospect of g^vting so
rials & day^ as oovliev by wry of alternative occnps.vj on) into
- Unoorrect in xeportiag
Zffi ± nis CiQm £f of contractors en^.ged on
wcr*< wea chiefly responsible for the
t^ 4 Di^tUl aends daijy six tom* of wheat
® a v'^rity is used in bakeries feat existed
thi°EL^ of labour end a very small portion goes into
the hands of contractors,
al , Governor-General's oontributicn to the problem
7® h ! «f s ff2^ stsa a charitable erganisation
m Diarul and ohu&htar to havo a capital of 200»030
to buy wheat at 4000 ria;
r 1 a1s and
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ilTnn"’ "b pai ton, No one beli^ei that the
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. ,« In Ncrther'n JChus is tan it seems that all aitemuts
Ct Government price have besn abandoned
with the exception of such amounts a,s are required for
the Persian forces. In Dioful the landowners have
fi vLf 1 to provide 100 kilos ^ wheat and 50 kilos
-M-v" Ab ther ^ ai'e about 1000 khist in the
district this shculc provide very ample supplied fer the
Anninfr? ?* rris ? n . hundred men. The fate of %he surplus
supplies is an interesting object or speculation,
8, Tribal
th* vv 2ohrabi^ when visiting Susangird, summoned
^ £ a y f? ma < r thmi ^ppearad *a they feared
?«f Ch 3 ' a£ ’\ : T aiissa tliat t5i&y '*«*«> crobably
JfTJJ*®? “ Am Wlth a ««c*i xarger terse than he h&d at his
disposal he expressed himself as satisfied with the
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