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on the pastures on which poison had been scattered. In the month of V
anti-locust staff exhausted their budget of T. 16,000 and Fateh left i
T hran after visiting Duzdap and Baluchistan. He left a represe tat ' •
Kerman by the name of Qaveh. An article appeared in a local pane inW”
arguing that the allotment of T. 16,000 could have been better spent in n ^
the villagers for locusts' eggs and hoppers. It was asserted that vihagers wnT?
be willing to bring m 5 batmans for a Kran, and that this besides being chea
than the poisoning of hoppers would put some money in the Dockets nf
who are notoriously the poorest in Persia. vatois
The total damage by locusts in the Province during 1930 was one-tlml t
the total crops. ira 01
Sejjil-i-Ahwaal (Census) Department.—Ovemg to various cases of commti^
having been discovered and severely dealt mth, the Sejil-i-Ahwari Deoartm t
now carrying on its work more efficiently. In the month of September theWH
of the Kerman office of the department and 3 other officials were sent up to Tehran
iQr trial. ^
The department extended its work to the* remaining districts of •
which had not been dealt with till the end of 1929. ^ ° mce
12. Local Politics. The year 1930 has been uneventful in the political sense
for the Kerman province. r
At the beginning of the year the last echoes of the rebellion in Fars had died
away and Kerman had sunk into its usual apathy. 1116(1
The elections to the 8th Medjliss began on the 24th August and were comnleted
m October. In all cases except one all the previous deputies were returned in
accordance with the instructions received from the Capital by the Governor
General. The exception was in the case of Sirian cohstimenov <
which Dr Ahya-ul-MuIk, a protege of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad, the War Minister, was returned
in place of the former Deputy, Mirat-us-Sultaneh, son of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Nusret, C.BJJ
Hashimi, the editor of a local paper “ Bidari ” who during the 1927 election
nad been the head of the Anjuman-i-Nuzzar (Election ConSnittee) and hold,
communistic views, was left out this year with the result that he fell out 4h the
Governor-General on whom he made a number of veiled attacks in his naner
; y ernor - ( >eneral at once issued orders for the collection of copies delivered
and the paper remained under suspension till the elections were over.
The public showed little enthusiasm since they knew that the deputies nom-
yy J ' 7 ehra ? must ; n an -Y case be returned. In the case of two deputies for
e man town the number of votes was increased by the Municipality sweepers
being ordered to vote twice a day. J dI - swee P ers
. , y ¥' y e ®bab visited Kerman in November but was apparently dismisted
with its backwardness and poverty This navp Wqp ^ listed
of the Province was to be reduced from that of ^ AyalaTTo Tat TAT 1 "?
but nothing has so far transpired. 7 to tiat of a VlIa I at
absenceTf anv^mn ^,*4 wtole as a disappointment. The
have existed On the road tnT ny 14^“? latent that may
ndle or 4o ahead of elT ““f 11 ^hah sat alone in his car sometimes
was the Shah who had TaTT t*'- F 6 ViHa « ers re£used to believe that it
His Majesty scarcely appeared during hi two dlyTly^He^d^t
Mi. t. 2™b5« ki, “" m *' but
he hSkotXme k i l'.rm..'Gli' '' ttat
»h*. the „ <&3UttiZS *j£Z
has fpTeaTftn’rt? 0 , b j ec , ti, ? J nabIe from the point of view of British interests
published at Kerman. ^ lhere 316 at P resent nominally four papers