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and it will "be a nice problem to dsteroiiiAe their
minimum requirements, having regard to the stocks
probably r<s&aining to many of them from last year 1 s
goou harvest. The general cuotom here is said to be
for pee cant& to sell the first third at their surplueaa
irimediately alter the harveet, a aecoua teiru alter the
first rains, and the rmuiaing third only *h«n good
s I’ivig rains have assured the ne.* harvest. this
year* e sprl.^ weathtr uniavouraala in meaty
districts, the *viber peasants ehoulu have reached the
present harvest with a tbiru oi last year’s surpluses
still in hana; but none of course will wish to admit
that this is sc.
26. Progress i*. being st^de in the distribution of
su u ar, tea and piece-goods in rural districts. 1th
the assiat ti nae of the Consular Liaison cfficar, the
American LirectoiMjeneral of Finance has established
distribution points at the district grain-collecting
centres and it seems that monopoly goods arc at last
reaching the peasant cultivators. The first distribu
tion - 4 Tao made towards tho end of July in the district
ot i^araaoani, north oi Kerman shah, where 2,030 poople
received a ration of stxgar, tea and pieoe-^goocla in
three wee ; e.
THAHL Aiv.} CO ! i/- *riO-S* S
27. The market in fenaanshah has oeen quiet, owing to
lamazua and also to the news from France, dealings
are mostly for cash only. \oney rates arc unchanged
at from ld-24... According to a<*rie reports, retail
>rices were showing u tendency to fall at the end of
the month. Mr Hutchinson, the Pi rector-General or
Finance, hopes that the im >roved distribution o* ougar,
tea and pisce-goods will enooura,® thitt tendency. The
fact that his department no.* have in stocc a year 3
supply of sugar should also help, if it becomes general
ly known in the town, to deflate tho free price oi
sri.-ar. Oonmodity prices in serinandaj are reported
to have been falling slightly auring the last three
months, except for tea.