'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎565r] (33/72)

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CHAPTER V.
Administration Report of His Majesty’s Consulate, Kerman, for the yeyr
1932.
A.— British Interests.
H IS Majesty's Consulate — personnel. —Mr. G. A. Richardson OBE held
t heofficia t ing charge of the Consulate (in addition to holding the appointment
« Consul, Bandar Abbas) till the forenoon of the 9th December
when he was relieved by Captain C. H. Lincoln, O.B.E., from Mohammerah.
n Ahdl i l1 L ■ K • , lleld the post of Indian Attache to His
Majesty s Consul, throughout the year.
2. Consulate Work.—-(a) 34 British subjects were registered at the Consulate
during the year, the number registered during 1931 being 54.
(6) The campaign of espionage on the Consulate on behalf of the Police
authorities continued throughout the year. A certain Mirza Darwish, a Persian
subject, who was lormerly a Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. in the British Vice-Consulate, Bam, but since
its closing down in 1906, kept on supplying local news to the Consulate, was
arrested m Bam by the Police authorities on the 2fith January and sent to Kerman
where he died on the 9th March in the Police lock-up.
The anniversary of H. I M. the Shah’s Birthday and the Nauruz were
celebiated by the acting Governor-General on the 15th and 21st March
respectively. On both the occasions the acting Governor-General abstained from
sending any official intimation or invitation to the Consulate as had alwavs been
vSts H ’ S Ma ' |esty ’ s °®ciating Consul, however, paid complimentary
; , A Hl ''u”J- ra '? e - r \Pamanmal, ryas sent up to Kerman from Bandar Abbas
in May to stand his trial for attempting to smuggle in Anril 1931 413
of goM out of Persia. The Court of the First InMance^ntS
months nnpi isonment and to a fine of double the value of the gold. Pamanmal
\\ho was absolutely destitute, filed an appeal which was heard on the 28th July’
He ieceived unoineial support of the Consulate. At the hearing by the Appeal
Court he denied having admitted at the lower court that the gold was hi^Kit
stated that it actually belonged to another Hindu, Waparimal at Bandar Abbas
Tim Appeal Court forwarded the dossier to the l’atter%la“e for furtter en^frv
and nothing further has been heard of the case. In the meantime Pamanmal
appears to have returned to India, his surety at Bandar Abbas (a third Hindu)
has died and Wapanmal has also proceeded to India.
■the ^l,yZ local ^Court ™* naI 03868 C0,1Cerning BrUish S " b ^ tS tried
3. Imperial Bank of Persia and Trade in General. —Mr. W. Y Cow onn
turned as Manager of the Kerman Branch till the end of October when he was
M , le T e< P T n f 7 a n Sfer t ? Moh ammerah, by Mr. V. H. Glendening from Resht
Mi. J. F. Luttiell was Accountant throughout the year.
There is very little to say about business during the period under review
except to repeat what is unfortunately becoming an only too monot m
remark—Nothing doing ”. High customs and the new trade regulations have
not improved matters m any way and the fact that business in general has falKn
off considerably is confirmed by the shortness of ready cash in the bazaars.
The average demand Rupee buying and selling rates for “ Free ” exchsmm
during the year were :— ii-uige
ing .. .. .. .. Rials. 756 per Rs. 100.
Selling .. .. .. .. Rials. 762 per Rs. 100.
_ These rales may, however, be taken as practically nominal as very little
report 88 ' V3S d ° ne m R, ’ PeeS by the loCal Banks durIn S the period unde?
tt ^ f ! T rh Missionary Sonefy.-(a) General.-Dvri™* the year the Rev
H. E. J. Biggs continued to discharge the duties of Chaplain and Mr p T b’
?v°"i J « A ' fCa " tak '. ) ’ "; as 111 djai-Re of the C. M. S. Boys’ School. Miss J p
Woodroffe remained in charge of the Girls’ School throughout.
T»- D r the head of the Medical Mission, assisted hv Hr f Miss)
Piggot as Medical Officer of the Female Hospital. Miss Stratton, who was in