Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎162r] (324/669)

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of finance, Azari, c«mplain«, not without reason, that he
was ^ent to Khorremahad so long after the harge^t that it
was to# late for him' to collect much graino He has promised
(n®t ta’ahuds) for 800 tons, hut the promisors d® n®t ^eern
to be in an/ hurry fulfil their promises. It is late now
to start collecting grain in Khorramahad -and it that
the system of free hakerie^ will hrve t® remain; hut pos~•
/ —i.hly it would he better to have them under the control of
ohe Kharhar, instead of, as at present, under that ®f the
^hahrdar,
(13) c In Burujird ta'ahuds were still being received
up t® the end of Asar, when they amounted to 3500 tons. Of
this just under 2 H 0 J ton** had been collected and just; under
2250 tons were in stock, mainly in*Burujird itself* Bhe
reason for the large quantity in stack* is that out <*f ceil-
ecti®ns on.].y the Army has been supplied and nothing is yet
being issued f®r consumption in the town* ^iie system which
was in force before the harvest is being maintained and ohe
town is supplied entirely from free bakeries which import
their own v/heat ®r flour, into the town* Import is, ho-rever,
by permit, and all grain and flsur has t*> be taken to the
anbar from where it is issued to the bakers* ^he price cf
thi^ 1 free ! bread is 14 rials a mann, compared with the usual
Government price «f 0 rials; t# which, however, has usually
to be added seme unofficial charge far the coupon. It is
therefore proposed to continue this system of ’free' baker
ies and t® keep the Government stocks in reserve against a
time when grain may become scarce ®n the market and the
price begin t® rise* If such time dees net carao the stacks
I may be kept for next year and taken somewhere where they
f are required* As the total requirements the town are not
more than’ IS tens daily there is already in stock sufficient
for @ver 6 rnsnths*
(14) * In the Gulpaigan area the amount collected by
ta’ahud has been law than expected; but on the athe? hand
consumption in all three towns, Culpaigan, Khomain and
Khonsar, has been less than estimated, and all have x®v r
sufficient •-tocks to last until the next harvest. vu
small surplus in Khomain * r agar has been sent to Khj
for barter* Out ®f the 60C t®ns with which Kh®nsarj|ft@
be supplied fr®m the Keraidan district, ®nly 45C have
been received: but this is sufficient for the needs the
town *
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®f Azar ( the last figure*'' obtained'' $niy 5254 tun- had
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Amampur lay hands on it* To the amount collected in che
All Gudarz area must, however, be added 800•tans which
Khajeh Aehdi Ghuli, attracted by a better effer, has del
ivered from the area to Isfahan collecting centres* ^r.is,
like the wheat collected in Ali Gudarz, is apparently
destined for Tehran; but, earning from the area ea^t of Ali
Gudarz, within 30 miles of Kzna station, its journey by
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