'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎530r] (35/73)

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1929.
1930.
1931.
1932.
7,746
13,140
12,079
8,591
1,295
913
888
1,200
i n / M lah n f the 1 0i \ n ’ Mirza Mohamad Reza, ‘Ayatullah
inclined the Governor-General s displeasure because he failed to fulfil the pro-
nuse extracted from him to make a public speech concerning this affair in one
of the chief mosques.
. Tlle tra ( d . e operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Kerman have,
however, not been interfered wutii in any w r ay.
The local papers liave been publishing articles with regard to the Anglo-
1 ersian Oil (.ompany affair on the same lines as printed by Tehran papers.
6. Carpel Trade and Spinning Mill Project.— exports of Kerman carpets
and tubal rugs expressed in thousands of Rials during 1932 and the three pre
ceding years were as follows :— 1
Kerman carpets ^nd rugs
Tribal rugs
Ihc decrease in the export oi ivtuman carpers ana rugs is noticeable and
as this industry is the clnet source of income in this Province the slackness in
carpet trade affects all classes of the inhabitants. Till tlTfnd^
general improvement can be expected in trade.
In the month of May one of the chief export weavers in Kerman imported a
wool caiding machine from Germany. This machine is somewhat smaller than
that owned bv the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited, a British Carpet
T inn, but is said to be of a more up to date type. *
- p wgMill Project.- As the cotton yarn used in the weaving of carpets
m Persia has to be imported either from India or Japan, in the year 1931 a scheme
was set (m foot Ivy the local authorities to follow up Colonel Noel’s
proposal to form a Company wnth the idea of importing a Spinning Mill nhmt
amt erecting it at Rafsinjm, the chief cotton producing centre in "he province!
A Company was formed with a promised capital of Tumans 500,000 one-third
ot which was to be subscribed by the National Bank of Persia. During- the year
the latter, however, backed out because they w T ere not successful in inducino- the ,
share-holders to import the machinery from Germany. The share-holders mid
up the first instalment of 80,000 tumans which amount is still lying with the
National Bank of Persia. At one time it was thought that the Yezd merchants
won d participate m this scheme but later they decided to import a separate plant
ioi their own town. The Kerman share-holders were thus unable to raise the
still am0mit reqiure d> and at the time writing the matter was at a stand-
In May news reached Kerman of the formation of a Syndicate in Tehran
?i m ^ h ° s . ljai ' 0 - hoicl ers ot the Kerman Spinning Mill Project are of opinion that
the S\ ndicate should take over this concern also, or that the Yezd and Kerman
provinces should join together as no machinery has yet been imported for" the
former place either. Failing these two alternatives they would prefer to receive
back their paid-up shares as the money is lying idle with the National Bank of
I ersia and the Kerman province is in great need of cash owing to damao-^
caused to the water channels (qanats) by floods during the year under review
the majority of the share-holders are land-lords. ’
7. Communications and Security.—{a) Communications.—PvmcQ A’izaz-ns-
' u b.f^anieram, held the charge of the Road Administration in South-East
Persia, with headquarters at Kerman, throughout the year at the end of w hich
however, he was transferred to Mazenderan. Kamerani took great interest in
Ins work and even spent money on the improvement of roads without waiting for
sanction from his Ministry. At the time of his departure a sum of Tumans 20 000
was outstanding on tins account and till the Ministry sanction this expenditure
no disbursement could be made to the parties to whom the money is due. ’
- ioo! 10 - A Tu •° n th ° Xermai b-Kh a bis motor alignment which was taken in hand
n 931 is still m progress. At the close of 1932 about one-half of the Sireh mss
had been made practicable for touring cars. 1 ^
No new roads were started in the Province during the year under review.
The condition of the motor road from Bandar Abbas, via Sirian t)
principal trade route to Kerman, was improved during the year I r ’ > •
weather, however. Ibis road occasionally remains blocked for short periods imn
tbe damages caused could be repaired. The heavy floods in July caused a oln
deal of danjage to this road, *
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