Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎139r] (278/669)

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fir pt ten days of Mehr 547 ton^ were purchased and the stock
at the end of that period was 1062 tons, of which 363 tons wa
in the hu it anal) ad anhar and the rest in the collecting centre p.
Up to the end of Shahrivar the amount of- grain "brought from the
collecting centres to the city was 552 tons* In the first ten
days of Mehr 247 tons were "brought in 9 "bringing the total to
798 tonsa The stock at Hhahzand, except for about 5 tons being
milled daily and brought to the city as mo.pt of the city mills are
not yet working, is to be transported by rail to Tehran* For the
transport of the rest to Hultanabad there are 21 Pool lorries
working; 30 having been received altogether, but four having
gone to Tehran for repair^ and five having been sent to transport
to Thonsar the 600 ton^ of wheat being supplied from the collec
ting centres of the Ourje and Karchambu districts of Isfahan*
*The Pool trucks have now been placed under the control of the
Kharobar and their work has improved; but there are still many
’’breakdowns" and much illicit carrying of freight and passengers*
(25) Wheat is being sold in the city at 500 tertians a ton
to householders who surrender their coupons, 319 tons having
been sold by the 10th Mehr 0 The amount of flour issued daily to
the bakeries is about 14 tons* Wheat is also being supplied to
the Railways and to the employees of the sugar factory An East India Company trading post. at
Shahzand: and 150 tons of barley has been sent to Kaghan, The
flour being supplied to the city bakeries is whole/flour* The
discovery that wheat at the collecting centre at Tureh was not
being properly cleaned before being sent to thv mills and
contained a large number of small stones, has led to an improve
ment in the bread; which previously, though otherwise of good
quality, contained a considerable quantity of grit.
( 20 )
In Gulpaigan , at the end of Rhahrivar, undertakings
had been received for 143 tons at Gulpaigan and 630 in Xhomain;
of which 72 tons had been collected in Gulpaigan and 184 rons
in Khomain., It is estimated that Gulpaigan will collect enough
to feed itself (a little over 500 tons) and that undertakings in
Xhomain will amount to about 800 tons, which 7 ,/ill/a small
surplus over its own requirements ? At Khonsar a start has been
made in transporting from the collecting centres in Gurjo and
Karchambu of the 600 tons which has been allotted to Khonsar
from the collections of these districts of Isfahan; and five
Pool trucks from nultanabad have now been sent to complete
delivery before the winter*
(27) In Buru,1 ir d undertakings received amounted to 1439 tons
at the end of ghahrivar and amount to 1636 tons up to date (to
16th Mehr), This is still less than half the target figure of
4000 tons. Up to dcate 730 tons have "been purchased and the stock
in Burujird itself is 410 tons of wheat and 27 tons of barley»
There are 5 pool trucks bringing in the grain from the collecting
centres at Dorud, Chalan Chulan and Ushtarinah; and 60 hired
camels bringing it from the collecting centre at norenjeh*
(28) From Ali Gudar z Dr, Amampur reports that he has now
obtained undertakings for 6000 tons and that 1000 tons have "been
collected at Ezna, Marzian and Imamzadeh Qasim for transport to
Tearan, These figures appear to me to be susrtcicusly round*
{2^) Undertakings
3600 tons having been
been fixed by the Comm
Ali Gudarz, 850 tons a
Imamzadeh Qasim, Five
at Ali Gudarz amount to 4100 tons; those for
given voluntarily and those for 1500 having
ission* Purchases amount to about 600 tons at
t lizna, 230 tons at Marzian and 150 tons at
Pool trucks have been received, of which one
/was taking