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c^a*»ia«r the«fc«lvea eoapl«t4» nitwita ii they dlu aot avail
thtroaelvea oi theac ©aay chances oi sslf-enrichaent. In
caae, ao olliclal, hUh or low, can poaalbly live on pay.
^e head os the Supply liepartac^t rcceivca only JUula 4JUU or
ittle over £50 a iaonth, and aujae oi hi^ clerKa with jat*ny y: ara
service »ad 1& r tt w families ^et Eiala ^ 0 or £3 a month, the
jrebeut >riee of a pair ol second-rate locally made ahoes. ^he
chiei i.xCome-tfeX ina ; >ector here receives leaa than ^10 a o^th,
ao that talk of increakiu^ the yeiid iroia direct taxutioii ox
the richer clafeaea is mostly iale; they can easily see to that.
Lota official salaries and the concomitant bribe-ta£in* was part
oi Ream hah*s system oi indirect taxation, and a method oi
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oi landowners, monopolists a, d ifidustr is lists, of whom he was
the moat interested*
ip. There ia still a little trade passing through neraanshah
in soite ox all diiiiculties. It consists ahlefly of fe oods
sma^led out oi Iraq into \aar-i-ihirin ^where the uovemor xs
generally sale to be heavily implicated;, and transported to
rCenuruishah by illicit means and heavy bribery of the officials
of the ntj'# Transport control dcpsrtment. The li.n.o.C lorries
bringing supplies fr>m rail—head in Iraq ior iinssia also play
thteir )&rt in this unauthorised traffic, bo oca and
passengers. It is somewhat curious that he Transport
Control department has bsen sslsing every avsiUou; vehicle for
c r ylag gr; ^eods snu g all private merchandise^
the local Pood Supply department hove been afcin^ their lew trucks
for transports.o private merchandise, on idtructions from the
& inis try oi Supply In Tehran.
Cq/ovxT,U>.,L RLU~P.
20. This Consulate Continued to feed 1200 people a day with
soun and breed duri*^ the month, but will reduce this number
considerably alter May 1st. The 1ccal charitable comsiittees
have ao ac v .ry little real O ood in sp^tc oi ^*11 their promises,
but a lew small groups oi private citixens seem at lid to h<*vc
made an effort -hen the winter waa almo t over. Everyone has
b i ven up hope of hoapital or medical benevolence, a* the persons
concerned therein fti*e particularly worthless. After rnunths oi.
a bad ty )hus epidemic, the Tehran government has at li st aeut
t mti-t
so vaccme• The uovernor is trying to get more r for the
iounaliiie b* dies, the oificial allowtuice for maintainiii^ v * i
is Kials ob/