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Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [148v] (301/1028)
The record is made up of 1 volume (510 folios). It was created in 19 May 1927-14 Nov 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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(£8334) was granted by the Government in October for improvements to the
town. With this money a share in the Zirisf Qanat (under ground water
channel) water was bought for the avenues.
Aqayi Faridooni (Omoor) the Ministerial Inspector for the Provincial
Municipalities accompanied by a German Civil Engineer visited Kerman
in October and the Governor-General explained his various schemes and
proposals in order to get their support on their return to Tehran.
The town beggars were collected and fed by the Municipality during
the winter months.
The Municipality Council in March sanctioned a tax of half a rial on
each bale of merchandise entering the town. The income from this source
was estimated to be about Eials 30,000 (£500) annually and another Rials
30,000 was sanctioned by the Ministry of Education to make up Rials
60,000 for the upkeep of Government Primary Schools in Kerman.
A new tax of Rials 2 per passenger travelling by touring cars and
Rial 1 by motor busses and lorries was imposed by the Municipality with
effect from 1st Deymah 1314 (23rd December 1935) to be utilised for the
improvement of local educational Department.
Harandi, the Ex. Russian trade agent and proprietor of the Kerman
electric plant has imported a new 400 horse power motor of M. A. N. manu
facture. This works alternately with his older 200 horse power plant
and he is now able to supply the increased demand of the town. The
Municipality alone pays a sum of Rials 10,000 (£100) per mensem for the
illumination of the streets.
Agriculture .—The wheat and barley crop during the year under review
was on the whole better than the previous year. Rainfall was satisfactory.
The land taxation was abolished early in January. Telegrams of
thanks were sent to H. I. M. the Shah from various centres in the Pro
vince and agriculturists were generally very pleased.
The cultivation of opium was greatly increased.
The pistachio crop was poor and prices were higher ranging from
Rials 21 To 24 per 6 ^ lbs., those of previous year being 16 to 18 rials.
A Government Experimental Farm and a branch of Agricultural Bank
were established in Kerman during the latter quarter of the year.
Locusts .—No swarms of locusts were seen in the province during the
year.
Sijjil-i-Ahwal {Census Department ).—Aqayi Nimatullah Mirza
Kameran (Muhtasim-ul-Mulk) remained in charge throughout the year.
He paid a visit of inspection to Jiruft and Rudbar during the month of
June. The Census offices in Iranian Baluchistan, which had been under
Kerman, were placed under Zahidan in the middle of the year.
Aqayi Kameran proceeded to Tehran in November, handing over the
charge to Aqayi Sam.
10 . Local Politics .—The Moharram processions were curtailed this
year to an unprecedented extent. They passed off quietly.
Two notable Roza-khwans (religious orators) Haji Sheikh Ahmad
Rukn-ul-Islam and Seyed Mohamad Zarchi were brought under escort
from Yezd to Kerman. They were deported for speaking against the
reforms. They were allowed To continue their religious work in Kerman
under Police supervision.
Orders to enforce the adoption of European hats were received by the
Governor-General and other local Government officials in June. This was
enforced in July and Pahlvi hats were pulled off wearers' heads by the
Police and destroyed.
There was talk of starting a felt hat
factory
An East India Company trading post.
in Kerman, but so far no
action has been taken. Mr. Wetli (see paragraph in page 7 above) is
interested in the proposal and hopes to be on the Board.
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This volume contains copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' prepared by the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bushire and printed at the Government of India Press in New Delhi for the years 1926-1938.
These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:
- Administration Report for Bushire and Hinterland
- Administration Report of the Kerman and Bandar Abbas Consulates
- Administration Report for Fars
- Report on AIOC [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Southern Area
- Administration Report of the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
- Administration Report of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
- Administration Report of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat
These separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections including the following:
- Visitors
- British interests
- Foreign Interests
- Local Government
- Military
- Communications
- Trade Developments
- Slavery
The reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. .
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- 1 volume (510 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 512. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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